1. Car Production Activity Discussion How did you feel during this activity? What made you want to work hard? What made you decide not to work hard? What tactics did you use to try to make sure you could buy some candy? How did you feel about the teacher as director of production? As candy seller? How did your attitude or feelings change as the activity progressed?

2. Purpose of Activity Car production simulation was designed for us to understand the failures of the Soviet economy that led to reforms under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980’s.

3. Connection to Soviet Economy What connections can we make between the activity and the failure of the Soviet economy? Based on the activity, why do you think the Soviet economy failed?

4. Inadequate production materials Shortages of consumer goods Worker apathy LED TO: Economic, political, and social reforms in the 1980’s

6. Soviet Reforms Jigsaw Perestroika, Glasnost, Demokratizatsia 1.What is meant by the reform? 2.Give an example of this reform in action! 3.How do you think this reform led to the collapse of the Soviet Union and Communism? (Even though that was not the plan of Gorbachev)

7. Independence Movements in former Soviet Satellites

8. Status of Germany November 9,1989October 3, 1990