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AP 24.1121 Nuclear Weapons – Oops…. Did we accidentally drop a bomb? Or Two?
Two nuclear bombs nearly detonated in North Carolina
Story highlights
- Goldsboro – one of 32 pre-1980 accidents involving nukes
- Weeks after Goldsboro, there was another close call in California
- The weapons came alarmingly close to detonation
- They were far more powerful than the bombs dropped in Japan
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AP 24.1118 Nuclear Weapons – Nuclear Proliferation
pro·lif·er·a·tion (noun)
– rapid increase in numbers.
“a continuing threat of nuclear proliferation”
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AP 24.1117 Nuclear Weapons – World War 3 (Death Count in a Nuclear War)
Sequel to The Fallen of World War II, The Shadow Peace is a web series that combines data-visualization and cinematic storytelling to explore the driving factors of war and peace.
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AP 24.1115.2 Non-Aligned Movement – Egypt (Gamal Abdel Nasser)
“What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.”
“People do not want words – they want the sound of battle – the battle of destiny.”“We must fight our way to victory on a sea of blood and a horizon of fire”.
Illustrative Example (p. 145) – NonAligned Movement
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Illustrative Example (p. 148) – Nationalist Leaders and Parties – Gamal in Egypt
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AP 24.1115.1 Non-Aligned Movement – Ghana (Kwame Nkrumah)
“I am not African because I was born in Africa but because Africa was born in me”.
“We face neither East nor West; We face forward”.“Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation”.
Illustrative Example (p. 145) – NonAligned Movement
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Illustrative Example (p. 148) – Nationalist Leaders and Parties – Kwame in British Gold Coast (Ghana)
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AP 24.1112 Cold War Basics – The Berlin Wall!
On August 13, 1961, the Communist government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR, or East Germany) began to build a barbed wire and concrete “Antifascistischer Schutzwall,” or “antifascist bulwark,” between East and West Berlin.
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AP 24.1109 Cold War Basics – The United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. It is currently made up of 193 Member States. The mission and work of the United Nations are guided by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter.
United Nations Website
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AP 24.1094 WWII – What ifs
Alternate History! What if Hitler wasn’t anti-Semitic? What if instead of using Germany against the Jews and so called “non-Aryan races”, Hitler was more moderate and less racist? How would this change his rise to power? How would this change the world? This is just one scenario.
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AP 24.1092 How long does it take to count to a MILLION?
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AP 24.1091 Mass Atrocities – Rwandan Genocide
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations Continue reading Post ID 9119
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AP 24.1088 Mass Atrocities – Cambodian Genocide
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations Continue reading Post ID 9119
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AP 24.1085 Mass Atrocities – Bosnian Genocide
Political, Ethnic, and Religious Conflict in the Baltic Region
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1084 Geography – Bosnia and Herzegovina
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1083 Mass Atrocities – The Holodomor (Terror-Famine in the Ukraine)
Holodomor: The planned starvation of millions of Ukrainians
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1082 Mass Atrocities – Hear the Voices of Auschwitz
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1081 Mass Atrocities – The Holocaust
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1080 Mass Atrocities – Nanking Massacre
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
CAVEAT: Be advised of the adult content due to the graphic nature and historical documentation of the Nanking Massacre. Be sure to cover this section in the chapter readings and compare to other genocides previously covered.
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AP 24.1079 Mass Atrocities – China vs Japan (Then and Today)
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1078 WWII – Mass Atrocities (Fire Bombings)
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1077 Mass Atrocities – Armenian Genocide
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations
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AP 24.1075 Mass Atrocities – Herero and Namaqua genocide
Illustrative Example (p. 137) – Genocide, ethnic violence, or attempted destruction of specific populations Continue reading Post ID 9119
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AP 24.1074 What is Genocide?
gen·o·cide (noun)
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
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