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The Modern World
Post World War Two Era
Name:
Directions: You will research and become an expert on the contemporary world by
creating a power point presentation and analyzing two documents. Power Point
Presentations must be completed using Microsoft Power Point and must be saved in
your folder. Analysis of the two documents must be typed and hand in on the assigned
due date.
Your project will include the following: Report must follow in this order.
(5 pts.) Title Page. This is the first page. Please see the attached
Page 2 for exact format. Included in power point and
document analysis.
(25 pts.) Power Point Presentation: Please select a topic from
Post-War World Two Era to the present and create a
minimum of a 5 slide presentation. (No more than 8)
Maps/Images and/or visual aids must be included.
(60 pts.) Document Analysis: You must analyze two documents
that are related to your power point presentation. Please
use the Written Document Analysis Worksheet. Students
are responsible to hand in a one page- typed analysis of
each document.
(5 pts.) A Map. Please include any maps or visual aids in your
power point presentations.
(5 pts.) A Bibliography. You are responsible for citing your
work. Students need to cite the power point presentation
and the document analysis. See page 4 for examples.
(100 pts.) %
TOTAL
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The Post World War Two Era
Your Name
Post World War Two Era submitted in partial fulfillment
of the requirements of World History
Phillipsburg High School
Date
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Written Document Analysis Worksheet
1. TYPE OF DOCUMENT
Letter
Newspaper
Interview
Advertisement
Radio
Map
Television
Other
How do you know?
2. UNIQUE PHYSICAL QUALITIES OF THE DOCUMENT
Letterhead
Seal
Handwritten
Foreign Language
Stamp
Other
Briefly describe the document.
3. DATES OF DOCUMENT:
4. AUTHOR OF THE DOCUMENT:
POSITION (TITLE)
5. FOR WHAT AUDIENCE WAS THE DOCUMENT WRITTEN:
6. DOCUMENT OF INFORMATION
A. List three things the author said that you think are important.
B. Why do you think this document was written?
C. What evidence in the document helps you know why it was
written? Quote from the document.
D. List two things the document tells you about life in the World at
the time it was written?
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Bibliography
Books:
Last name, First name. Title of the book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date.
Encyclopedias:
Last name, First name. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Encyclopedia. Date.
Periodicals/Magazines:
Last name, First name. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Magazine volume (Year):
Page numbers.
Online References: (DO NOT CITE GOOGLE)
Web site
Last name, First name. “Title of the Web site.” URL Address (accessed date)
Encyclopedias:
Last name, First name. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Encyclopedia. URL Address
(accessed date).
Periodicals/Magazines:
Last name, First name. “Title of the Article.” Title of the Magazine. Page
numbers. URL Address (accessed date).
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TOPICS
1. Jasmine Revolution
2. Iran-Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
3. Iran-Ayatollah Khomenei
4. Chile-1979-Salvador Allende
5. Argentina-1976-Juan Peron
6. Brazil-Dilma Roussef
7. Middle East Oil Crisis
8. 1972 Munich-Black September
9. Bolivia-Evo Morales
10. Rwanda-Genocide
11. Nicaragua-Sandinista/Contras/Oscar Sanchez
12. Cuba-Revolution 1959
13. Chad-Idriss Deby –UFDC
14. Egypt Revolution-2011
15. Jomo Kenyatta – Kenya
16. Robert Mugabe-Zimbabwe
17. Kwame Nkrumah-Ghana
18. Sudan-Sudan Liberation Army
19. Libya – Muammar Al-Qaddafi
20. Manuel Noreiga-Panama
21. Syria – Civil War-Bashar Al-Assad
22. Congo – Joseph Mobutu (Mobuto Seso Seko)
23. Haiti-Francois, Jean-Claude Duvalier
24. Pakistan-Benazir Bhutto
25. Sri Lanka-Chandrika Kumaratunga “Battle of the windows”
26. Peru-Shining Path-Abimael Guzman-Alberto Fujimori
27. Venezuela-Hugo Chavez
28. Columbia-Juan Manuel Santos – “Plan Columbia” FARC
29. Chad- one of the poorest countries in the world – Petrostate
30. Uganda – Idi Amin