100 years of beauty in 70 seconds
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Although Motown music was taking root and popular in the 60s, other music genre also flourished….
Music and fashion are a great way to witness and measure the changes of any society . . . Iconic songs help define different eras.
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Over 25 years, the Vietnam conflict escalated from an attempt to stop the spread of communism into a full-scale war.
Illustrative Example (p. 146) – Proxy War
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“It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.”
“You will kill ten of us, we will kill one of you, but in the end, you will tire of it first.”
Illustrative Example (p. 148) – Nationalist Leaders and Parties
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The Contras were the various U.S.-backed and funded right-wing rebel groups that were active from 1979 to the early 1990s in opposition to the Marxist Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction Government in Nicaragua which came to power in 1979 following the Nicaraguan Revolution.
Illustrative Example (p. 146) – Proxy War
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Location of Cuba (red), Angola (green), and South Africa (blue)
Illustrative Example (p. 146) – Proxy War
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WW3?
The Closest We have Ever Been to a Nuclear War
Customers in a California department store watch President Kennedy’s televised address to the nation, as he informs the American people about the unfolding crisis in Cuba, Oct. 22, 1962
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Kim Il-sung (April 15, 1912 – July 8, 1994)
Kim Jong-il (February 16, 1941 – December 17, 2011)
The Korean War Veterans Memorial
Located on the Mall in Washington, D.C., is one of the most inspiring War Memorials in our Nation’s Capital. This Memorial, in conjunction with the WWII Memorial and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, constitute a pyramid of honor to the veterans and those who made the supreme sacrifice in those wars.
A proxy war is a conflict instigated by opposing powers who do not fight against each other directly. Instead, they uses third parties to do the fighting for them.
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8.3
1. NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION 2. DETERRENCE 3. M.A.D. 4. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS 5. KOREAN CONFLICT
6. VIETNAM CONFLICT 7. PROXY WARS 8. CONTRAS vs. SANDINISTAS 9. BERLIN WALL 10. 38TH PARALLEL
8.4
1. CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY 2. LONG MARCH 3. CHINESE CIVIL WAR 4. MAY THE 4TH MOVEMENT 5. LAND REDISTRIBUTION.
6. GREAT LEAP FORWARD 7. CULTURAL REVOLUTION 8. WHITE REVOLUTION 9. FAMINE IN ETHIOPIA 10. LIVEAID
TV shows and Hollywood movies during the 1950s
Humor, Drama, Adventure, Suspense, and CINEMASCOPE!
Dating? Can’t talk to your parents yet? See what Mr Bello Blog has to say to help (1950s style)!
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pro·lif·er·a·tion (noun)
– rapid increase in numbers.
“a continuing threat of nuclear proliferation”
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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.
The NUKEMAP is aimed at helping people visualize nuclear weapons on terms they can make sense of — helping them to get a sense of the scale of the bombs. By allowing people to use arbitrarily picked geographical locations, people will come to understand what a nuclear weapon would do to places they are familiar with, and how the different sizes of nuclear weapons change the results.
DIRECTIONS: See the steps below and go to the link to check how devastating an atomic attack would be.
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“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.”
Illustrative Example (p. 145) – NonAligned Movement
and
Illustrative Example (p. 148) – Nationalist Leaders and Parties – Gamal in Egypt
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“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”.
Illustrative Example (p. 145) – NonAligned Movement
and
Illustrative Example (p. 148) – Nationalist Leaders and Parties – Kwame in British Gold Coast (Ghana)
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