Transcript Berlin Wall Presentation

Atlantik-Brucke
German Study Seminar
April 19 – May 1, 2008
Atlantik-Brucke
Founded in 1952
Core vision of strengthening ties between
Germany and the United States
Personal meetings between Germans and
Americans in economic, political, and cultural
centers
Recognize that an increasingly globalized world
demands more expansive approaches to
international understanding and cooperation
Atlantic Bridge is a private
non-partisan association dedicated
to fostering transatlantic
understanding and cooperation.
Key Principles: networking,
information, and education
Curriculum Units
Conceptual Theme – Ethics and
Stewardship: How are beliefs, values and
perspectives related to views of humanity
and inhumanity? Can one be inhumane
and civilized at the same time?
Conceptual Theme – Global Issues: Does
every human being have a right to be
treated humanely? What acts of humanity
can you cite from our present day world?
What examples of inhumanity can you cite
from our world today?
Curriculum Unit
Unit – The Cold War
Lesson – The Fall of The Berlin
Wall
Conceptual Theme –
Global Perspectives &
Interdependence
Curriculum Unit
Essential Understanding:
People’s culture and
experiences influence their
perceptions of people from
other places and regions?
Curriculum Unit
Guiding Questions:
•How did international politics
affect the fall of the Berlin Wall?
•To what extend did the
existence and destruction of the
Berlin Wall affect people on
both sides?
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LESSON
Subject(s)
IB-DP – 20th Century
World History
Unit: The Cold War
Lesson: Fall of the
Berlin Wall
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Application
Grade Level 11-12
Instructional
Focus
Reading
Students read a variety of grade level materials, applying strategies appropriate to various
situations
Writing
Students write for a variety of purposes and audiences with sophistication and complexity
appropriate to the grade level.
Listening
Students listen for a variety of purposes appropriate to the grade level.
Speaking
Students speak for a variety of purposes and audiences with sophistication and complexity
appropriate to the grade level.
History and Technology
Students develop skills in using technology and recognize the relationship between
technology and history, including its potential and limits.
Turning Points
Students examine the significance of multiple causation and effects of major events in
world history.
Patterns of Change
Students recognize patterns of social, political and economic change in the course of
human history.
Critical Interpretation
Students demonstrate the ability to consult and apply primary and secondary sources in
determining historical fact.
The Berlin Wall – How its existence and destruction
affected people on both sides of it.
East German workers protected by an East German soldier begin
building a wall of pre-fabricated concrete blocks to seal off the
Western sector of Berlin August 13, 1961.
•Border guards
•Soldiers
•Government officials
•People with family on the
other side
•people with children
--People on the other side of the
Berlin Wall
--The German government
--National identity
--Housing
--Employment opportunities
--NATO
--Other countries
"Imagine that you are the
character you have created
through your research and your
homework. The date is
November 9, 1989. The
Politburo has just announced
that East Germans could now
freely travel to the west side of
the Berlin Wall, and vice versa.
The wall that has stood
between the two sides of Berlin
for approximately 28 years is
being destroyed. What
thoughts do you have as you
process this historic event?
Write a diary entry in your
journal, in your character's
voice, about your reflections."
East German soldiers stand in front of the Berlin
Wall November 10, 1989
East German
citizens help
each other climb
the Berlin Wall at
the Brandenburg
gate after the
opening of East
German borders
early November
10, 1989
Atlantik-Brucke
German Study Seminar
April 19 – May 1, 2008