Africa and International Aid

Mr. Milo working with Catholic Relief Services in Kosovo.

IRIN, humanitarian news and analysis videos, such as Gem Slaves and Breaking Rocks

Islamists in Mali and Landmines everywhere else.

Power of education and medicine.

Handouts: Africa Key Terms and Map, Hotel Rwanda, 9 Cs, Solutions?, International Aid Project Brochure Example, International Aid Project, 9Cs Promotional Poster, Around Africa, Invictus Questions and Position Paper, Arab Spring Activity, ...

PowerPoints: Empires to Imperialism, 9 Cs, ...

Videos: Divine Chocolate, K'naan, Nneka, Gorillas, Giving back and fighting AIDS, Lions, ...

Map of Africa (physical geography 1)
Map of Africa (physical geography 2)
Languages of Africa map
Difficulties in the Sahel map
Sahel Crisis: Problems and Answers

Essential Questions:

1. How did Sub-Sahara Africa become the poorest place on Earth?
2. How do the 9-C's contribute to the plight of Africa?
3. What solutions can act as antidotes?
4. What makes successful International Aid Organizations successful?

Cold War

Mr. Milo, during the Cold War. Don't let the tube socks and Mickey Mouse shirt fool you. When would the nukes drop?

Essential Questions:
1. How did events during WWII lead to the Cold War?
2. Was U.S./U.S.S.R. competition all that bad?
3. Why were proxy wars so fashionable during the Cold War?
4. What led to the end of the Soviet Union?
5. Was the Cold War Era safer than today?

Handouts: Cold War and OGT Notes, Article Example, News Article Directions, Cold War Cartoon Instructions, Cold War Packet, Summarized Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The End of the Cold War, ...


PowerPoints: Cold War at Home, Cold War, The Soviet Union Falls, ...

Scenes from Dr. Strangelove: Doomsday Device, Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!, Dimitry and the President, Water Fluoridation, Getting our hair mussed, ...

World War II

World War II in Europe played out in map form.
The Pacific played out in map form.


Handouts: World War II Cartoon/Battles, Witnessing the Holocaust, World War II Essay and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Life is Beautiful Study Guide, Holocaust and beyond, World War II Essay, Deep thoughts, ...

PowerPoints: World War II,...

Essential Questions:
1. How effective was the method of appeasement?
2. How can nationalism lead to war?
3. How did the allies of World War II become enemies afterward?
4. How did someone like Adolph Hitler gain such a strong following?
5. What pitted the United States again both Germany and Japan?
6. What conditions allowed for the Holocaust to take place? Can a similar event happen again? How can it be prevented?
7. Was the United States justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Japan?

Totalitariansim

Mr. Milo and Mr. Lenin. Mr. Milo is the one smiling.

PowerPoints: Events Leading to World War II, Totalitarianism, ...

Handouts, Projects: Desperation 1920, Dictators 101, Totalitarian Horror Project, ...




Museums dedicated to totalitarian regimes in Budapest and Prague.

World War I

22 million casualties.

World War I trenches high in the Vosges Mountains. On the border of France and Germany (Alsace).




Handouts: Life in the Trenches, Intro and Review, Treaty of Versailles and World War I work, ...


PowerPoints: Alliances, World War I, Treaty of Versailles, ...


Helpful websites: BBC, PBS Maps, ...




World War I cemetery in France

Mr. Milo standing above the Alsatian valley.

Essential Questions for World War I:

1. What factors lead to warfare?
2. Who was responsible for World War I?

3. To what extent was World War I a "new type of war"?

4. Is war preventable? What about global war?

5. How did the Treaty of Versailles open a path to World War II?