Jennifer Dikes

Study for the unit 6 document test.

Create a study guide.

I gave out a sample exam in class – you can come and take the sample test during 6th period for feedback if you like.

The possible topics for the documents on the test:
1. Late Brezhnev era (1976-82): economic problems, political problems, the invasion of Afghanistan
2. Gorbachev era (1985-91): economic problems and policies, political problems & policies, Afghanistan, foreign policy (relations with the USA), reasons for the collapse of the nation
3. Eastern Europe (Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany) – reasons for the collapse of the Communist governments

Chapter 11 Guides

Daniel.pdf

Janay.pdf

Latisha.pdf

Luis.pdf

Megan.pdf

Shira.pdf

Thiago.pdf

I mentioned in class some interesting images from the 1989 time period. In the next couple of posts you’ll find pictures and video that I hope you’ll find interesting.

1. The Round Table talks in Poland.
I mentioned that the negotiations that took place February and April 1989 between Solidarity and the Communist government were called the Round Table talks because they met at a round table. Well, here it is:

2. I also mentioned in class that there is a famous photo of Erich Honecker (the leader of East Germany) smooching Leonid Brezhnev from 1979. Well, here it is:

This image was turned into a political poster in Hungary and a painting on the Berlin Wall after 1990:

As you may or may not know, folks in the US had terrible taste in music in the 1980s. Well, Germans did too. For some unknown reason, David Hasselhoff (of Baywatch, tacky reality show and Knight Rider fame) was quite a popular pop singer. In 1989 he had a hit called “looking for freedom” and this is video of him singing it on the remains of the wall in December 1989. Check out that jacket!!!