Social Studies Warm-ups & Daily Summary Week of March 26 – March 30, 2018 Record on your Warm-up Record Sheet

Warm-up, 3/26 (week ending 3/30) Please have your agenda placed on the corner of your desk Why do you think the Japanese call their islands the “Land of the Rising Sun?” Answer: because it seems the sun rises from Japan, and then spreads across the rest of Asia Today’s Learning Target: Explain the role of the United States in the rebuilding of Japan after WWII.

Daily Summary, 3/26 (week ending 3/30) 1. Write today’s learning target – Explain the role of the United States in the rebuilding of Japan after WWII. 2. Write two sentences explaining important things to remember from today’s class. Must be written in complete sentences and show thought to receive full credit.

Warm-up, 3/27 (week ending 3/30) Please have your agenda placed on the corner of your desk How did the US help Japan after WWII? Answer: rebuilt the nation’s government & economy; wrote a new constitution for Japan (changed their government from a monarchy to a democratic constitutional monarchy) Today’s Learning Target: Explain the origins of the Cold War.

Daily Summary, 3/26 (week ending 3/30) 1. Write today’s learning target – Explain the origins of the Cold War. 2. Write two sentences explaining important things to remember from today’s class. Must be written in complete sentences and show thought to receive full credit.

Warm-up, 3/28 (week ending 3/30) Please have your agenda placed on the corner of your desk When and why did the Cold War begin? Answer: After WWII the Allies needed to rebuild Europe. The US & Britain wanted to spread democracy and a free market economy in Europe; but the USSR wanted to spread communism and a command economy in Europe. Today’s Learning Target: Explain the reasons for foreign involvement in Korea regarding the containment of communism.

Cold War in Europe – the Iron Curtain

Daily Summary, 3/28 (week ending 3/30) 1. Write today’s learning target – Explain the reasons for foreign involvement in Korea regarding the containment of communism. 2. Write two sentences explaining important things to remember from today’s class. Must be written in complete sentences and show thought to receive full credit.