//www.rowlandhs.org/apps/classes/1062524/assignments/ Class Name: 1 Period - 20th Century History-IB History Instructor(s): Matthew Cole en-us SchoolSitePro //www.rowlandhs.org/homeworkItem11982908 //www.rowlandhs.org/apps/classes/1062524/assignments/ Fri, 01 May 2026 08:44:54 PDT //www.rowlandhs.org/homeworkItem11982909 //www.rowlandhs.org/apps/classes/1062524/assignments/ Fri, 01 May 2026 08:44:55 PDT //www.rowlandhs.org/homeworkItem11982910 //www.rowlandhs.org/apps/classes/1062524/assignments/ Fri, 01 May 2026 08:44:55 PDT //www.rowlandhs.org/homeworkItem11997195 //www.rowlandhs.org/apps/classes/1062524/assignments/
A clear claim that directly answers the question.
Two specific pieces of evidence from the transcript.
Analysis explaining how each piece of evidence supports your claim.
A brief consideration of another factor, such as popular protest, Gorbachev’s reforms, nationalism, or the decision not to use Soviet military force.
A reasoned conclusion that explains whether economic problems were the most important cause or one of several important causes.
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A clear claim that directly answers the question.
Two specific pieces of evidence from the transcript.
Analysis explaining how each piece of evidence supports your claim.
A brief consideration of another factor, such as popular protest, Gorbachev’s reforms, nationalism, or the decision not to use Soviet military force.
A reasoned conclusion that explains whether economic problems were the most important cause or one of several important causes.
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A clear claim that directly answers the question.
Two specific pieces of evidence from the transcript.
Analysis explaining how each piece of evidence supports your claim.
A brief consideration of another factor, such as popular protest, Gorbachev’s reforms, nationalism, or the decision not to use Soviet military force.
A reasoned conclusion that explains whether economic problems were the most important cause or one of several important causes.
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Read pages 248-290 in your textbook, Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries.
Take quality notes in your spiral notebook, focusing on practicing and refining your note-taking skills.
Use the focus questions provided in the textbook to guide your reading and ensure your notes are purposeful and thorough.
Focus Questions: 
With reference to political systems and ideology, compare and contrast the role of both the Soviet Union
and the US in the development of the Cold War.
Compare and contrast the role of two leaders, each from a different region, in promoting detente.
Compare and contrast two Cold War crises in terms of their impact on the superpowers.
Compare and contrast Sino-Soviet and Sino-US relations.
Compare and contrast the effect of the arms race on both the Soviet Union and the US.
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Read pages 222-247 in your textbook, Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries.
Take quality notes in your spiral notebook, focusing on practicing and refining your note-taking skills.
Use the focus questions provided in the textbook to guide your reading and ensure your notes are purposeful and thorough.
Focus Questions: 
To what extent did US- Soviet relations improve, 1963- 72?
How successful were NATO and the Warsaw Pact in achieving detente and co-existence in Europe from 1963 to 1969?
How did the Ostpolitik contribute towards detente in Europe?
To what extent could the Helsinki Accords be regarded as the final peace settlement of the Second World War in Europe?
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Read pages 222-247 in your textbook, Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries.
Take quality notes in your spiral notebook, focusing on practicing and refining your note-taking skills.
Use the focus questions provided in the textbook to guide your reading and ensure your notes are purposeful and thorough.
Focus Questions: 
To what extent did US- Soviet relations improve, 1963- 72?
How successful were NATO and the Warsaw Pact in achieving detente and co-existence in Europe from 1963 to 1969?
How did the Ostpolitik contribute towards detente in Europe?
To what extent could the Helsinki Accords be regarded as the final peace settlement of the Second World War in Europe?
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Read pages 222-247 in your textbook, Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries.
Take quality notes in your spiral notebook, focusing on practicing and refining your note-taking skills.
Use the focus questions provided in the textbook to guide your reading and ensure your notes are purposeful and thorough.
Focus Questions: 
To what extent did US- Soviet relations improve, 1963- 72?
How successful were NATO and the Warsaw Pact in achieving detente and co-existence in Europe from 1963 to 1969?
How did the Ostpolitik contribute towards detente in Europe?
To what extent could the Helsinki Accords be regarded as the final peace settlement of the Second World War in Europe?
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Read pages 187-221 in your textbook, Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries.
Take quality notes in your spiral notebook, focusing on practicing and refining your note-taking skills.
Use the focus questions provided in the textbook to guide your reading and ensure your notes are purposeful and thorough.
Focus Questions: 
Why was the US unable to prevent the spread of communism in Indochina?
What were the results of US and USSR involvement in the Middle East from 1957 to 1979?
How did the USSR become a successful counter-weight to US and western European influence in Angola and Ethiopia by 1978?
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Read pages 187-221 in your textbook, Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries.
Take quality notes in your spiral notebook, focusing on practicing and refining your note-taking skills.
Use the focus questions provided in the textbook to guide your reading and ensure your notes are purposeful and thorough.
Focus Questions: 
Why was the US unable to prevent the spread of communism in Indochina?
What were the results of US and USSR involvement in the Middle East from 1957 to 1979?
How did the USSR become a successful counter-weight to US and western European influence in Angola and Ethiopia by 1978?
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Read pages 187-221 in your textbook, Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries.
Take quality notes in your spiral notebook, focusing on practicing and refining your note-taking skills.
Use the focus questions provided in the textbook to guide your reading and ensure your notes are purposeful and thorough.
Focus Questions: 
Why was the US unable to prevent the spread of communism in Indochina?
What were the results of US and USSR involvement in the Middle East from 1957 to 1979?
How did the USSR become a successful counter-weight to US and western European influence in Angola and Ethiopia by 1978?
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Read pages 165-186  in your textbook, Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries.
Take quality notes in your spiral notebook, focusing on practicing and refining your note-taking skills.
Use the focus questions provided in the textbook to guide your reading and ensure your notes are purposeful and thorough.
Focus Questions: 
What were the reasons for the Sino-Soviet split?
How successful was the US in excluding Soviet influence from Congo?
Why did Soviet support for Castro provoke a major crisis with the US?
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Read pages 165-186  in your textbook, Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries.
Take quality notes in your spiral notebook, focusing on practicing and refining your note-taking skills.
Use the focus questions provided in the textbook to guide your reading and ensure your notes are purposeful and thorough.
Focus Questions: 
What were the reasons for the Sino-Soviet split?
How successful was the US in excluding Soviet influence from Congo?
Why did Soviet support for Castro provoke a major crisis with the US?
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Read pages 165-186  in your textbook, Paper 2: The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries.
Take quality notes in your spiral notebook, focusing on practicing and refining your note-taking skills.
Use the focus questions provided in the textbook to guide your reading and ensure your notes are purposeful and thorough.
Focus Questions: 
What were the reasons for the Sino-Soviet split?
How successful was the US in excluding Soviet influence from Congo?
Why did Soviet support for Castro provoke a major crisis with the US?
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