33.4

Student learning objective- Students will connect what they learn in this section to their knowledge of the current world.

Film clips
- 1989- Tienanmen Square
What happened?
Why is it important?
What is (are) the connection(s) to today?

- 1989- Fall of the Berlin Wall
What happened?
Why is it important?
What is (are) the connection(s) to today?

- 1991- Persian Gulf War
What happened?
Why is it important?
What is (are) the connection(s) to today?

- 1991- USSR breaks into 15 non-Communist nations
Why is it important?
What is (are) the connection(s) to today?

33.4

Mikhail Gorbachev
Glasnost
Perestroika
1989-1991- Satellites declare independence 
1991- USSR collapses 
CIS
Tiananmen Square (film clip questions answered)
Sandinistas
Contras
Panama
Iran-Contra Scandal
Persian Gulf War 
Operation Desert Storm
Norman Schwarzkopf