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April 3, 2007
Wednesday, April 4th: Beginning with the End
Beginning With the End
Instead of beginning at the "beginning" of Russian history, I think we will begin with the end. We will look at what is going on in Russia today, so that we can keep the present situation in mind as we study the past. You will read an article about Vladimir Putin and his approach to governing. While you read this article, complete the chart that I handed to you. We will discuss this in class.
Homework
You homework for tonight is the Russia Chronology Assignment. You chose an event today in class and tonight you need to research this event. You will present your findings tomorrow in class. Your presentation should be about two minutes long and should contain something visual. Use the questions that you can download here to guide your research. This assignment should take between 30 and 40 minutes.
Here are some websites that might help you.
The Face of Russia
Russia and the Former USSR
You also have some Russia geography quizzes coming up. Your physical geography quiz will be on Friday. Your countries quiz will be on Monday. Your cities quiz will be on Tuesday.
Posted by kmurr at April 3, 2007 9:47 AM