Bellwork: March 12th

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Bellwork March 12th

• What do you think the collection of pictures
  means?

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Eastern Europe

• Today well continue to look at Eastern Europe
• Czech Republic
• Slovakia
• Hungary
• Ukraine
• Romania
• Serbia
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Croatia
• Montenegro
• Kosovo

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Eastern Europe

• Well examine two places today
• Czechoslovakia

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Eastern Europe

• Well examine two places today
• The former Yugoslavia

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A Story.

• Will and Sam do not like each other. They must
  sit next to each other in class, but it is very
  difficult for them.
• If it wasnt for their very strict teacher who is
  always watching them, they would probably have
  fought each other by now.
• Will thinks that Sam is always making fun of
  him.Sam thinks that Will thinks hes too good
  for him.
• All in all, they really despise each other.

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A Story

• They have had to sit beside each other all year
  long and pretend to get along because their
  teacher is always standing over them.
• .then one day.
• Will and Sam were particularly angry with each
  other, and the teacher was called to the office.
  No adult was in the room.
• What might happen between Will and Sam?

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Eastern Europe

• This story will directly relate to Eastern
  Europe.
• The Soviet Union forced ethnic groups to live
  side by side for about 45 years whether they got
  along or not.
• However, in 1991, the Soviet Union broke apart
  and ceased to exist.what might happen to these
  ethnic groups?

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Czechoslovakia

• Read page 362
• After the Soviet Union lost influence in Eastern
  Europe, Czechoslovakia split into the Czech
  Republic and Slovakia.

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Yugoslavia

• Read page 370-371.
• Yugoslavia
• Due to fighting between ethnic groups, the
  country of Yugoslavia violently split into 5
  countries. (pg. 370-371)

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View Video on Eastern Europe conflict
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In summary.

• As a ticket out the door, illustrate how the
  Soviet Unions harsh rule impacted
• Czechoslovakia or
• Yugoslavia

Flag of Yugoslavia
Be sure to add a caption.
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Russia Today

• One quick note on Russia today
• Russia has a President.
• His name is Dmitriy Medvedev.