Student Handout 1

Economic Issues in Cold war and Post Cold War Years;The Collapse of CommunismYou will be producing either a Poster or PowerPoint set of slides (how many slides?enough to tell completely everything that is required New York States Regents Boardwants you to know and explained so your fellow students find interesting, understand andwill REMEMBER.Your assignment is to use the websites you find linked to your topic to find outimportant information. You can ask me or the Librarians to help you navigating the siteand finding additional information/images for your topic. You can add video clips easilyto a PowerPoint and if you are doing a poster we can find appropriate moments duringclass to watch a saved video clip (they can make for much needed breaks).1. European Economic Community to EU: (define, explain purpose, maps)http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/1/newsid_2459000/2459167.stmhttp://www.google.com/search?q=European+Economic+Community&start=10&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7ADSA_en&biw=1280&bih=733&prmd=ivnsb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=A39KTp_PHKW10AHM1unqBw&ved=0CEgQsAQ4Cg??? Is this one reliable/unbiased?:http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/institutional_affairs/treaties/treaties_eec_en.htm2. Command Economy: (define, explain purpose, maps)http://www.investorwords.com/951/command_economy.htmlhttp://www.google.com/search?q=Command+Economy&hl=en&sa=N&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&rlz=1I7ADSA_en&biw=1280&bih=733&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=P4BKTtnuNaPf0QH83vXrBw&ved=0CEgQsAQ3. Socialism: (define, explain purpose, maps)http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Socialism.htmlhttp://monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialismhttp://www.google.com/search?q=socialism&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS440&biw=1280&bih=772&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=zJdKTuiZKcbngQe1of1y&sqi=2&ved=0CGQQsAQhttp://www.google.com/search?rlz=1T4ADSA_enUS440&q=socialist+countries&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=7724. Free Market: (define, explain purpose, maps)http://www.investorwords.com/2086/free_market.htmlhttp://www.google.com/search?q=free+market&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS440&biw=1280&bih=772&prmd=ivnsb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=ZJhKTp7ZIsbFgAfWiIRz&sqi=2&ved=0CFsQsAQ5. Capitalism: (define, explain purpose, maps)http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Capitalism.htmlhttp://www.worldsocialism.org/articles/what_is_capitalism.phphttp://www.google.com/search?q=Capitalism&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS440&biw=1280&bih=772&prmd=ivnsfdb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=kpxKTubcFIStgQeMta1z&ved=0CFIQsAQ

6. Black Market in a communist state: (define, explain purpose, maps)http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/black-market.htmlhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/int_miltonfriedman.html#2http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14816992,00.htmlhttp://andrsn.stanford.edu/Other/redmaf.htmlhttp://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS440&biw=1280&bih=772&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=moscow+Black+Market&btnG=Search&oq=moscow+Black+Market&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=16516l20094l0l21563l7l7l0l0l0l1l328l1483l0.1.3.2l6l07. West Germany’s growth after WW IIhttp://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/GermanEconomicMiracle.htmlhttp://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS440&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=K8ZLTtuWCMLUgQeuPxy&ved=0CDoQBSgA&q=West+Germany%E2%80%99s+growth+after+WWII&spell=1&biw=1280&bih=7728. East Germany after WW IIhttp://history1900s.about.com/od/coldwa1/a/berlinwall.htmhttp://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,627720,00.htmlhttp://www.crf-usa.org/bill-of-rights-in-action/bria-19-1-a.htmlhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&qscrl=1&nord=1&rlz=1T4ADSA_enUS440US445&q=east+germany&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1109l113578l1l114750l14l9l1l0l0l1l296l1500l2-6l6l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&ion=1&biw=1280&bih=772&wrapid=tlif131358995890610&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi9. Germany after reunification progresshttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/its-20-years-since-reunification-but-is-germany-still-divided-1716993.htmlhttp://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/12/30/pm-where-is-east-germany-20-years-after-reunification/http://www.google.com/search?q=germany+after+reunification&hl=en&rlz=1W1ADSA_en&prmd=ivns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=772&wrapid=tlif131359289617110&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi10. Problems in Germany after re- unificationhttp://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/12/30/pm-where-is-east-germany-20-years-after-reunification/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,688921,00.htmlhttp://www.google.com/search?q=germany+after+reunification&hl=en&rlz=1W1ADSA_en&prmd=ivns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=772&wrapid=tlif131359289617110&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi11. Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accidenthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/guides/456900/456957/html/nn1page1.stmhttp://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/us-nuclearchernobyl-idUSTRE72E42C20110315http://www.google.com/search?q=chernobyl+disaster&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS440&prmd=ivns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=772&wrapid=tlif131359600529610&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi12. Nuclear/ Water & Air Pollution in former Warsaw States?? http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/12/world/pollution-grows-in-eastern-europe.html?? http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/21/us/report-warns-of-pollution-in-eastern-europe.htmlhttp://www.economist.com/node/327069http://www.google.com/search?q=Pollution+in+eastern+europe&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS440&prmd=ivns&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=772&wrapid=tlif131359632453110&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

13. Fall of Communism in: Hungary 1956http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/hungarian_uprising_1956.htmhttp://www.budapest-life.com/budapest/1956-hungarian-uprisinghttp://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS440&biw=1280&bih=772&tbm=isch&btnG=Search&oq=hungary+1956+&aq=f&aqi=&gs_upl=5844l7031l0l9578l8l8l0l0l0l3l328l1125l0.2.2.1l5l0&q=hungary%20195614. Fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia 1989http://www.prague-life.com/prague/velvet-revolutionhttp://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/18/world/czechs-backtrack-10-years-to-the-time-of-their-life.html?src=pmhttp://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1W1ADSA_en&biw=1280&bih=772&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=velvet+revolution+1989&btnG=Search&oq=velvet+revolution+1989&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=13390l21937l0l24890l18l18l0l1l0l2l328l3593l0.3.10.2l15l015. Fall of Communism in East Germany 1989http://www.economist.com/node/14793111http://partners.nytimes.com/library/photos/10years-germany.2.html16. Fall of Communism in USSR: Perestroikahttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/451371/perestroikahttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/opinion/14gorbachev.html?pagewanted=allhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=perestroika&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS440&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=11797l11797l0l13047l1l1l0l0l0l0l281l281l2-1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=772&wrapid=tlif131360977862510&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi17. Fall of Communism in USSR: glasnosthttp://www.merriam-webster.com/concise/glasnosthttp://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965675,00.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7874920.stmhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS440&q=glasnost&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=4078l4078l0l5328l1l1l0l0l0l0l203l203l2-1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=772&wrapid=tlif131361023332810&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi18. Fall of Communism in Romania 1989http://www.usq.edu.au/artsworx/schoolresources/madforest/romrevhttp://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/exhibits/unique-experience-of-romania/primary-sources/3http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/31/world/romania-s-revolution-of-1989-an-enduring-enigma.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/25/newsid_2542000/2542623.stmhttp://www.google.com/search?q=romania+1989&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS440&biw=1280&bih=772&prmd=ivnsl&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=URpMTr7UL9HogQf18aFz&sqi=2&ved=0CEcQsAQ19. Economic Recovery in Polandhttp://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,970349,00.htmlhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/int_leszekbalcerowicz.html#11http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&rlz=1R2ADSA_enUS440&biw=1280&bih=772&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=communist+poland+1989&btnG=Search&oq=communist+poland+1989&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=32938l36125l0l37985l5l5l0l4l4l0l500l500l5-1l1l0

20. Economic Recovery in Russia Yeltsin & the Oligarchshttp://www.conflicts.rem33.com/images/yett_rumafia/schiller.htm intro onlyhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3927523.stmhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/shared/minitext/int_leszekbalcerowicz.html#921. Romani Peoplehttp://indiafirsthand.com/2010/04/28/incredible-india-%E2%80%93-romani-people/http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/feature-stories/europes-roma-community-still-facing-massive-discrimination-20090408http://www.du.edu/korbel/hrhw/researchdigest/russia/roma.pdfhttp://romani.uni-graz.at/rombase/cgi-bin/art.cgi?src=data/hist/current/aftercommunism.en.xml