Special Topics 1A, Spring 2024 NOTES

"Cold Wars" and Contemporary History

Homework assignments, notes and links will be posted here after each class

April 22, 2024

Download the notes about Chapter 5 of The Untold History of the United States.

Read the suggestions for topics to study for your final research project (presentation)

April 15, 2024

A brief description of the ideologies of communism and anti-communism (pdf).

Transcript for the short lecture about the use of nuclear technology since 1945. The link to the video is in the document.

Notes and summary of Hiroshima: Why the Bomb was Dropped . The link to the video is in the article also. (teacher's blog). The homework this week is to finish watching the documentary from the 25 minute point. The total length of the documentary is 1:08:00 (68 minutes).

Transcript of Hiroshima: Why the Bomb was Dropped. The link to the video is in the document also.

April 8, 2024

You can download the answers for the world history quiz.