CuartoCursoHistory

Latin American Revolutions

2010-08-04T14:56:00.000-07:00

For Wednesday we will be working on a little detailed research.

Access this site:

Latin American Revolutions

And review the information it has on the Mexican and Cuban Revolutions along with the Chilean "Road to Socialism".

What Internal and External factors lead to these governmental changes?

Compare and Contrast these three events.

Write a 1-page paper answering these questions and turn it in by Monday, 9 August.

Comments Closed

2010-08-02T06:58:00.001-07:00

End of quatrimestre, class. Comments are closed. For those who posted, good job. For those who didn't, better luck next bimestre!

The Fall of Soviet Communism in Central and Eastern Europe

2010-07-21T03:40:00.000-07:00

Here is your reading Assignment

The Fall of Soviet Communism in Central and Eastern Europe

Discussion Question

2010-07-13T10:15:00.000-07:00

Choose two different points from our discussion of communism - from Owen through Marx/Engels through Lenin/Trotsky/Stalin through Mao/Lin/Deng/Zhou. Write a paragraph on the two points you want to make and how they are related to each other.

Cultural Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-07-13T04:08:00.000-07:00

Reading information you need for the Gang of Four and Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Effect"

Polemic Against the Gang of Four: ‘Grasping Revolution, Promoting Production’ � The Marxist-Leninist

2010-07-04T15:00:00.000-07:00

This is a link to a long article. You will be having a report to do on this for later this week - so make sure you read it.

Polemic Against the Gang of Four: ‘Grasping Revolution, Promoting Production’ � The Marxist-Leninist

Gang of Four

2010-07-04T14:56:00.000-07:00

More gang of Four information

Gang of Four

CHINA: The Gang of Four on Trial - TIME

2010-07-04T14:55:00.000-07:00

Here is some information on the Gang of Four-

Who we will be speaking about this week.

CHINA: The Gang of Four on Trial - TIME

China 1900 to 1976

2010-06-25T03:31:00.000-07:00

Here is a great resource for your additional research into China

China 1900 to 1976

Communism in Crisis

2010-06-24T04:08:00.001-07:00

The remaining part of the 2do Bimestre we will be covering the key IB Topic of "Communism in Crisis, 1976-89"

Our work from April to now has been preparation for this subject. The materials we will use will mostly be off the Document: Communism in Crisis

Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Chpt. 1)

2010-06-13T06:04:00.000-07:00

A paper by Engels on central economic planning

Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (Chpt. 1)

Kulak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-06-13T06:02:00.000-07:00

This article is important for class discussions on Tuesday and Wednesday

Kulak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Repeat Instructions for Last Lecture Assignment

2010-06-08T09:27:00.000-07:00

Here is a repeat of the instructions for the "Last Lecture" Assignment, since most of the class did not do it, and might have problems finding the original post.

Randy Pausch is a famous name in the world of technology. In particular, he has helped develop numerous new ways how computers and humans can interact, especially in the world of Virtual Reality (VR).

The university where Randy Pausch taught, Carnegie Mellon University, holds a regular lecture series called "The Last Lecture." It was designed to bring in world renowned academics to give a lecture based on this premise: "If you knew you were going to die, and you could only give one last lecture to your students, what would you say?"

Randy's presentation was "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" is considered a classic, not only for building a life and a career, but it also holds deep lessons about business organizations.

Your assignment is to watch the entire length of Randy's "Last Lecture." You may access the You Tube presentation either HERE or by clicking on the link on the top right of this page ("The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch") After watching The Last Lecture at least once, your assignment is to write a paper that answers the following questions DUE 8 June 2010:

Name the things he said he would not talk about.

Name four childhood dreams that he was able to achieve.

What are his lessons learned?

What were the two "head fakes" for his lecture?

Describe the difference between the environment of him working in the university and working at Disney?

Describe three things what Randy says about "Brick Walls"

Describe in detail the Brick Walls Randy experienced when trying to fly on NASA's "Vomit Comet"

How did Randy overcome the Brick Walls to work as an Imagineer?

What does Randy mean by "Bringing Something to the Table?"

Randy Pausch was named to Time Magazine's "Most Important 100 People" list. Explain why do you think they chose him?

SparkNotes: The Russian Revolution (1917–1918): The February Revolution

2010-06-07T20:24:00.000-07:00

SparkNotes: The Russian Revolution (1917–1918): The February Revolution

March 1917

2010-06-07T20:23:00.000-07:00

March 1917

Russian Revolution: February 1917

2010-06-07T20:22:00.001-07:00

Russian Revolution: February 1917

Causes of the Russian Revolution of February/March 1917

2010-06-07T20:22:00.000-07:00

Causes of the Russian Revolution of February/March 1917

Nicholas II of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-06-04T09:36:00.002-07:00

Nicholas II of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alexander III of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-06-04T09:36:00.001-07:00

Alexander III of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Alexander II of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-06-04T09:36:00.000-07:00

Alexander II of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nicholas I of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2010-06-04T09:35:00.000-07:00

Nicholas I of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Russian Revolution

2010-06-04T09:34:00.000-07:00

Russian Revolution

Last Lecture Assignment Details

2010-06-03T03:22:00.000-07:00

Randy Pausch is a famous name in the world of technology. In particular, he has helped develop numerous new ways how computers and humans can interact, especially in the world of Virtual Reality (VR).

The university where Randy Pausch taught, Carnegie Mellon University, holds a regular lecture series called "The Last Lecture." It was designed to bring in world renowned academics to give a lecture based on this premise: "If you knew you were going to die, and you could only give one last lecture to your students, what would you say?"

Randy's presentation was "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" is considered a classic, not only for building a life and a career, but it also holds deep lessons about business organizations.

Your assignment is to watch the entire length of Randy's "Last Lecture." You may access the You Tube presentation either HERE or by clicking on the link on the Class Blog Page. After watching The Last Lecture at least once, your assignment is to write a paper that answers the following questions DUE 8 June 2010:

Name the things he said he would not talk about.

Name four childhood dreams that he was able to achieve.

What are his lessons learned?

What were the two "head fakes" for his lecture?

Describe the difference between the environment of him working in the university and working at Disney?

Describe three things what Randy says about "Brick Walls"

Describe in detail the Brick Walls Randy experienced when trying to fly on NASA's "Vomit Comet"

How did Randy overcome the Brick Walls to work as an Imagineer?

What does Randy mean by "Bringing Something to the Table?"

Randy Pausch was named to Time Magazine's "Most Important 100 People" list. Explain why do you think they chose him?

The Last Lecture

2010-06-02T03:46:00.000-07:00

Every year, my Cuarto Classes have an assignment of watching "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. Professor Pausch was an important person in the development of Virtual Reality computer programming from the 1990s through 2008.

The Last Lecture was a series of lectures at Carnegie Mellon University, which featured ditinguished people who were asked the following: If this were the last lecture you would make before you died, what would you lecture on? This particular lecture was very pointed, because Professor Pausch was dying of cancer at the time ha gave it. It is considered a classic about making and attaining dreams as well as being successful despite barriers in life.

Your assignment is to watch the Last Lecture in its entirety ( just over one hour). On Tuesday, 8 June there will be a graded assignment and discussion based on the information from the lecture.

1905 Russian Revolution

2010-06-01T10:23:00.000-07:00

1905 Russian Revolution