AP World

Class Schedule: 4/10-4/14

REMINDERS:

  • VOCAB TEST—Friday 4/14
  • The reading on China that you have been working from before Spring Break and on Monday includes a full treatment of the Cold War at the end of that chapter (starting on p. 1054). You may want to read it with the Period 6 concept outline handy in order to strengthen your knowledge in this area?

Monday 4/10:

  • Topic—China After the Revolution
  • Reading—from the reading posted on the blog read p. 1045-1054 (starting at “Building Socialism” and stop at “East vs. West…”)

Note—this section combines a discussion of what happened after revolution in both Russia and China. We will focus on China in class, but here my questions are going to ask about comparing the two!

First, what did “building socialism” mean in both Stalin’s USSR and in Mao’s China?

How were the starting points different for the USSR and China?

What challenges did China face compared to the USSR?

How were the policies of the communist leaders toward women similar in the USSR and in China? How were they different?

What were the limitations of communist style women’s liberation?

Discuss land reform/redistribution in the USSR and in China. Make sure that you account for how the process changed over time. Evaluate the success of these programs.

What was the communist attitude toward industrialization?

Describe the model of industrialization pioneered by the USSR in the 1930s that was largely followed by the Chinese government in the 1950s. Were they successful?

Fully discuss the Great Leap Forward. What? Why? How? Outcome?

Do the same for the Cultural Revolution.

Who were viewed as “enemies” in the Stalinist USSR and Mao’s China?

Discuss how these “enemies” were dealt with in Stalin’s USSR. Then in Mao’s China.

Tuesday 4/11:

  • Topic—Introduction to the Global South in the Later 20th Century
  • Reading— p. 1087-1093 from the file posted on the blog (stop at “ The Case of India: Ending British Rule”)

Why was the process of decolonization so significant in the big picture of world history

What were the challenges faced by newly independent nations? (you should have a LONG list here!)

Identify the overall chronology of decolonization (ie—in the late 1940s? in the 60s and 70s?)

What was distinctive about the end of Europe’s African and Asian empires compared to the other cases of imperial disintegration?

Discuss the Mexican Revolution that occurred in 1910—related cause and outcome (I know there is only a little information here—this is one topic we’ll address in class).

Discuss how historians have accounted for the fall of European empires and the emergence of dozens of new nation-states. (this should be an extended discussion!)

Identify the nationalist leaders who led independence movements in their respective countries. What challenges did they face?

Discuss some variations across independence movements.

Wednesday 4/12:

  • Topic—Decolonization and Struggles for Freedom
  • Reading—p. 1093-1097 (start at “The Case of India…” and stop at “The Case of South Africa…”)

Explain how British rule in South Asia contributed to a growing sense of Indian unity.

Fully discuss the Indian National Congress at the time of its formation in 1885. Who belonged? What goals? Overall popularity in India?

Discuss Gandhi’s political philosophy of satyagraha.

How did Gandhi’s leadership change the nature of the INC?

Discuss what the author meant when he said that Gandhi supported “radicalism of a different kind.”

Discuss the conflicts and differences that divided the nationalist movement in India.

Discuss the formation and goals of the Muslim League. Ultimately its leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah called for what?

Fully discuss the events surrounding the independence in South Asia in 1947.

Thursday 4/13:

  • Topic—Decolonization in Africa
  • Reading—

Watch the brief video clip entitled “The White Man’s War” from the “Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century here

From Stearns, Ch. 28, p. 666-669 (start at “The Beginnings of the Liberation Struggle in Africa” and stop at “Global Connections”

  • How did the peoples of European colonies in Africa participate in WWI, and how did the Europeans secure this participation? How did WWI affect European colonies in Africa?
  • Discuss the Pan-African movement. Who were Marcus Garvey and W.E.B DuBois and what role did they play in this movement? How successful was it? Why/why not?
  • What was the Negritude movement? How does it relate to nationalism in Africa?

Also download the file “whap rdgafrica 20th” on posted on the blog and read

  • How was the decolonization process in Africa complicated by internal divisions, and what challenges did the newly independent countries face?
  • Describe how Algeria achieved independence through armed struggle. What role did the FLN play?
  • In general when did Sub-Saharan African nations gain independence beginning with Ghana?
  • How did Kwame Nkrumah contribute to independence in the British Gold Coast/Ghana and in sub-Saharan Africa in general?
  • Describe how Kenya achieved independence through armed struggle. Include a discussion of the Mau Mau uprising
  • Describe the political, social, and economic situation in South Africa prior to and following WWII.
  • Discuss apartheid. What was it? Who introduced it and when? What were some of the policies it include?
  • Discuss the establishment and early activities and goals of the African National Congress.
  • Who was Nelson Mandela? Describe his vision for South Africa.
  • Describe the causes and process of the dismantling of apartheid beginning in 1989.

Friday 4/14: VOCABULARY TEST

  • The test is cumulative back to last semester. Later in spring semester, the list does not follow all of our readings. Up through the WWI list, you are pretty much responsible for all the terms. After that, from Ch. 28-34, there are terms scattered through these lists that you need to know based on your reading and our class discussions (you should be able to ID them)