1/7-1/11

Monday:

• Due: 3-Ring Binder
• Due: Signed Syllabus
• Weekly Extra Credit: Historical Background (Due: Fri. 1/11)
•                                       Hint: It happened in Des Moines, IA!
•                                      (Historical Backgrounds applied to next quiz or test)
• Binder Check
  
• Quick Fire: How can this political cartoon by applied today?
• A Brief History of China and US Relations
• A Brief History of China and US Relations Blanks
  
• Comparing the US and China (alternative assignment) (Due Wed., beginning of class)
  
• CIA Factbook Website

Tuesday:

• A Brief History of China and US Relations
  
• Comparing the US and China (alternative assignment)  (Due Wed., beginning of class)
  
• CIA Factbook Website
  

Wednesday:

• Due Beginning of Class: Comparing USA and China
• Quick Fire: Chinese Communist Propaganda
• Comparing Economic Systems
• Article: China's Economy Dances Between Communism and Capitalism
• Students complete a Reading Guide.
• Students re-interpret propaganda in light of article

Thursday:

• Quick Fire: Chinese Communist Propaganda
• Comparing Economic Systems
• Article: China's Economy Dances Between Communism and Capitalism
• Students complete a Reading Guide.
• Students re-interpret propaganda in light of article

Friday:

• Weekly Extra Credit Due!
  
• Quick Fire: Chinese Communist Propaganda
• Comparing Economic Systems
• Article: China's Economy Dances Between Communism and Capitalism
• Students complete a Reading Guide.
• Students re-interpret propaganda in light of article

Monday:

• Quick Fire: Images of Tienanmen Square Incident
• Show clip of Tienanmen Square Incident
• Lecture: Democracy vs. Authoritarianism
• Show Picture of "Cake of Capitalism"
• Internal Policing
• Assign: Comparing Tienanmen (Due: Mon. 1/14)
•           -Students must find a U.S. example of "Internal Policing"
•           - Students will conduct research using online credible sources and newspaper articles in order to identify an instance of internal policing of citizens within the USA. Students will also write a reflection  connecting this event to the Tiananmen Square incident.
• Quick Fire: Images of Internal Policing