Do Now: Examine the Political Cartoon -What do you see in it? -Give the cartoon a ‘Title’
Examine the joint timeline With your partner, choose 1 side – Berlin & Germany or Cold War Summarize each event on your timeline using 10 words or less
Choose the most important event from each timeline… Berlin & Germany The Cold War
Examine the handout Use the map to answer Doc # 1 Use the chart from Doc # 2 to answer questions 1 - 5
EconomicSocialPolitical Western Democracies - NATO People own business & make a profit Citizens have freedom, rights & independence People vote for leaders & representatives. Many political parties exist Communist Countries – Warsaw Pact Gov’t owns all business & property. People lack basic rights: speech, religion, press 1 political party, Communist, controls all government functions. Ruled by dictatorships
Which system would you prefer to live in? Why?