Please do not Talk at this timeOct 27 HW: Finish reading your Afghan Interviews and highlight statistics and specific details. Please get a set of Afghan Interviews Pg. 44A-D Get out your Cold War Map and Notes also.

Examples of Proxy Wars and the Cold War The USA and USSR never actually went to war with each other. Instead, They often fought each other by supporting the enemies of the other side. The superpowers sometimes clashed in the most bizarre ways, such as the World Chess Championships! Mostly they looked for unstable governments and tried to give enough support to make their favourite side win. The Vietnam War Civil War in Nicaragua Revolution in Afghanistan

More Proxy Wars! Please continue to take notes…

Americans supported the unpopular dictator Samoza. When Communist Sandinista leader Ortega took control of Nicaragua with Russian support, Americans funded the Anti Communist Contras to fight him in Nicaragua and other communists in El Salvador. Because of Foreign support, this war raged for 10 years killing thousands and ruining the Nicaraguan economy. Civil War in Nicaragua (1979)‏

Revolution in Afghanistan Soviets back a communist military coup that seizes the government of Afghanistan. Americans give weapons and aid to the Mujahedeen forces (Islamist peasants who opposed the non religious people in power) challenging the Soviet backed government. The Soviets step up involvement and eventually invade when the Afghani leader, President Takari, begins a reign of terror. Meanwhile, Americans channel more and more aid through Pakistan (secretly) and demand the Soviets stop their involvement at the UN (publicly). With both sides of the Conflict well armed by the USA and USSR respectively, Afghanistan falls into civil war. The Russians, experiencing their own Vietnam, pull out Civil war and infighting between extremist factions continued until the Mujahedeen’s Taliban seized power in 1996.

Find Afghanistan and color it the same color you did for the USSR Make a notation on your map that the Revolution in Afghanistan happened here.

Please label countries in the Middle East. Afghanistan Iran Pakistan Non Religious Muslim Hindu

Compare and Contrast Mini Essay We will be practicing a social studies compare/contrast writing technique in a very short essay on the experience of these two people from the Invasion of Afghanistan. Today, you will look over these interviews and tomorrow we will try to find ways these two men had similar and different experiences of the War in Afghanistan

Please get out your Pg. 11 Reading Strategies Scanning for Statistics- Often in technical writing like history and science, statistics are included as part of the MOST important information. If you are struggling with a piece of technical writing, look for statistics (numbers/percentages/ratios/dates or other specific details) and read the information around them. This is usually the most important information.

Please get Pg. 44A-D Afghan Interviews As you read these interviews, practice some of the reading strategies you have been learning. Try out Annotating, Questioning the Text and Scanning for Statistics. As you go, underline specifics and details. Finish these for homwork.