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 Task One---DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC -Due Monday, March 12th

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet union, reset foreign policy framework for the regime which made conditions for the collapse of the Berlin wall possible. Since 1945 the soviet union was an empire, controlling such as Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovak and Eastern Germany also known as German Democratic Republic (GDR). “Whenever their occurred anticommunist arrest, the Soviet Union crushed the rebellion with military force or respective threats” says Bernd Shaefer, a research fellow with German Historical Institute in Washington D.C., his article, Fall of Berlin Wall. When Gorbebachev took over though, he changed his policies to “perestroika(reform) and glasnost (openness)” with the satellites. With Soviet Unions refusal to interfere, countries such as Poland and Hungary “ began moving towards full democracy” giving up communism. This later allowed East German to escape from the communist lifestyles in GDR to these democratic countries” it says in Eastern Europe, an article by Beatrice Graaf, a professor at University of Leidin where she teaches in the center of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Yet, Gorbechev was passive and “conveyed a clear message to the people of East Germany: Whatever might happen in GDR, the 400,00 soviet troops stations there would stay in its barracks and refrain from interference” (Fall of Berlin Wall) and that he supported that the wall should be torn down. The people of GDR could escape and rebel without fear of the Soviet Union stopping them. From Gorbechev’s change in international control, East Germany’s lack of support of Soviet Union and fellow Communist countries created a thriving environment for an unstoppable uprising of people demanding democracy. <span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">The conditions that Gorbechev’s made led to unrestrainable rebellion and eventually the collapse of the Berlin Wall. With lack of military and economic support from Soviet Union, GDR has little power over its protesting and fleeing people. The Eastern Germans demanded a democracy, so to please them the communist government gave them some freedom. Previously East Germans could not travel anywhere but now they allowed people to travel to “Czechoslovakia, the only country where East Germans could travel visa-free, [which] became the next magnet for refugees. By the thousands they huddled in West Germany's embassy in the Czech capital of Prague. Ultimately all trying to escape to West Germany”(Fall of Berlin Wall) and a life of democracy. Soon the GDR became aware of this and closed all borders from allowing people to escape to Czechoslovakia. This led to people to boil over and have boisterous demonstrations in major cities of mass numbers while the only ting GDR could do was helplessly watch. On November 9, the GDR “ agreed to ease restrictions on travel between West and East Berlin… {people were so happy] they danced on the wall celebrating their freedom” says Virginia Military Professor, Timothy Dowing in his article The Cold War. “The Berlin Wall literally became chiseled away” (Fall of Berlin Wall) and people began to tear it down due to the uselessness. With they open boarders, GDR gave more freedom attempting to lure people back with free elections but the eventually economy collapse when becoming dependent on Western Germany and reunifying on October 3, 1990. The Berlin Wall represented the tensions of the cold war between communism and democracy and after the collapse, democracy took over from popular demand. In result of Gorbechev’s reformation of foreign policy with its satellites, the Berlin Wall collapsed and the reunified Germany adopted a democracy.

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #5aff00; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #5aff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px;">__Task TwoEVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE--Due March 15th__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 19px; text-align: left;">Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of 3 sources: two new ones and any of the three sources used in Task One. **PROMPT: Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1980s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First Century.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 80%; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: left;">Mikhail Gorbachev and the collapse of the Berlin Wall economically, assembled an end to the Cold War. While Gorbachev in power, he severed relations with his satelites and focused on solving issues in the Soviet Union. Since the Soviet economy has been known for its lack of productivity and over spending, improving the economy was a key goal of his. "He [called] for greater labor effort, reductions of alcohol abuse among workers, and more flexibility of economic planning" it states in Salem History on Mikhail Gorbachev by Taylor Stults, an author of historic books such Fifty Major Documents of the Twentieth Century 1950-2000. Unfortunately his attempts were not successful and the economic conditions of the Soviets worsen. After his new policies "unemployment was expected to rise, creating further problems [such as] ... consumer goods that became scarce" (Mikhail Gorbachev). Resulting from his failing economy at home, he had no interest nourishing satelites or to maintain a communist threat to the Cold War. He "refused to support further repression "at the expense of [the Soviets] interest" (Fall of Berlin Wall) later causing countries to break off from communism. So when the GDR needed assistance in calming riots, Gorbachev did not care to help, which then led to the collapse of the Berlin Wall, and reunification of an anti-communist Germany. "The Soviet superpower was ultimately reduced to an assortment of struggling underdeveloped nations"(Mikhail Gorbachev) weakening the unified communist in the Cold War. The economic solutions that Gorbachev was unable to cure, guided communism and Berlin Wall to a destruction and aided to the end of the Cold War. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 80%; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: left;">On top of the economic situation, Gorbachev politically altered the Soviet Union to end Cold War tensions and deconstruct the Berlin Wall. He simmered down the strain between the United States with is encouragement and adoption of democratic values. Gorbachev "improved Human rights after late 1986... [and even embraced] democratic elections that took place in the Soviet Union" written in Soviet Union and North America by Fredrick Chary, a historian and history professor at Indiana University Northwest. In result of his democratic ways, he steadied his relations with the United States with a close connection to President Ronald Regan. So when Regan Demanded that "Mr. Gorbachev [to] tear down [the Berlin] Wall", he supported it and the reunification of a democratic Germany. Gorbachev desired to stay out of trouble with the United States, Cold war and satelites so that he could focus on rebuilding the Soviet Union. Gorbachev demonstrated his political change by opening new negotiations with the United States. He and Regan signed the "Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty on December 8, 1887, which called for the destruction of all middle range weapons and started a breathtaking process that concluded with the end of the Cold War and reunification of Germany"(Cold War). The Soviet Unions political acceptance of openness and the demolition of the Berlin Wall put an end to the Cold War and communist superpower.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #9008b6; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #5aff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Task Three--JUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATIO --Due Mar. 19th <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #5aff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic and know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, identify the driving forces behind the society's reaction to your topic? Use the criteria described in the the **Great Man Continuum** to determine your topics long-run influence on society. Place your topic on the continuum and justify the reasons for your placement. Please confine your analysis to two extended power paragraphs with each one citing a minimum of 3 credible sources. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #5aff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Encyclopedic sources are not acceptable for this task. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #5aff00; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">**PROMPT: Explain the forces that produced or created your topic. Use the four criteria of the Great Man Continuum to analyze the topic's long-run significance in American society. Specifically, (1) describe the significance of the accomplishment, (2) the endurance of the legacy, (3) extent of the topics influence, and****(4) impact on daily life of people then and now.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px;">Mikhail Gorbachev accomplishments and the collapse of the Berlin wall was a different direction the Soviet Union have ever taken but it was in demand of the people making him fall an Even Making Hero. He set out to change the ways with his change in economy and international affairs in favor of his country and people around the world. "The Soviet Union economy was recognized for years as a problem"(Mikhail Gorbachev) so Gorbachev set forth his new" economic policies that cut sharply at the seven decades of communist rule"( Mikhail Gorbachev). He tried to also take a new turn with his new relations with the United States. He signed the “Intermediate-Range Nuclear forces Treaty, deconstruction of all middle range weapons "(Berlin Wall). The collapse of the Berlin Wall however was in favor of East Berliners and his failing economy. With no money he had "no support to face the mounting protestor the GDR" said Beatrice de Graff, a Modern German History professor at Leiden University. Gorbachev' s decisions created a new but weak Soviet Union and strong democratic rule paved way for the collapse of the Berlin Wall and end to the Cold War making him an eventful hero. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">The collapse of the Berlin wall was a symbol of a turning point in history as communist rule collapse and people across the world began to experience more freedom. Deconstruction of the Berlin wall did not only benefit East Berliners, it also granted new freedoms and peace around the globe. With the collapse of the wall, "Gorbachev clearly showed that the Soviet Union would not interfere with international affairs one by one, the countries of Eastern Europe broke away from communist leadership and introduced democratically elected governments"(Mikhail Gorbachev). People under the communist rule experienced a different life. The "quality of life and standard living for many [Russian] citizens became worse" (Mikhail Gorbachev). With so many problems at home, Gorbachev loss focus on the cold war and favored an end. He signed the "INF Treaty [that] stands today as a singular achievement of the Cold War, which ultimately helped to bring about the end of the 45-year struggle." said J.A. Menzoff, history professor at Armstrong University. The deconstruction of the Berlin wall was the start of the end to communist rule and the cold war changing lives around the world. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">


 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ Great Man Criteria __ || <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ ** 5=long-run ** __ || <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ ** 4=wide-spread ** __ || <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ ** 3=moderate ** __ || <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ ** 2=short run ** __ || <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ ** 1=little effect ** __ || <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ ** 0=not at all ** __ ||
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ ** SIGNIFICANCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ** __ || <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ X __ ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ ** ENDURANCE OF LEGACY ** __ ||  || <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ X __ ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ ** EXTENT OF INFLUENCE ** __ ||  || <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ X __ ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ ** IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE ** __ ||  ||   || <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__ X __ ||   ||   ||   ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 21px;">Great Man Continuum

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Great --XEvent Making X--Eventful --Social

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Men X-Hero --X-Hero ---Determinism . <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Work Cited

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chary, Frederick B. "Soviet Union and North America." //The Eighties in America//. Ed. Milton Berman. 3 vols. Salem Press, 2008. //Salem History// Web. 13 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cieslik, Thomas. "Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: Rapprochement, Reform, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall." //World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 11 Mar. 2012

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: Dilemma: Opening." //World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 11 Mar. 2012

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">“Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: Dilemma: Closing." //World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 11 Mar. 2012

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Dowling, Timothy. "Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: Soviets and West Germans Played the Key Roles in Berlin Wall's Collapse." //World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society//. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Graaf, Beatrice de. "Eastern Europe: Cold War." //World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 11 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Herman, Mark C. "Berlin Wall." //The Eighties in America//. Ed. Milton Berman. 3 vols. Salem Press, 2008. //Salem History// Web. 13 Mar. 2012

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Menzoff, J. A. (2012). Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty: Cold War. In //World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society//. Retrieved March 25, 2012, from http://worldatwar.abc-clio.com/

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Schaefer, Bernd. "Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall: Soviet Reforms Made Berlin Wall's Collapse Possible." //World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society//.ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 11 Mar. 2012

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Singh, Ranjit. "Democratization and the Global War on Terror: Middle East Wars." //World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society//. <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ABC-CLIO,2012. Web. 13 Mar. 2012.

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Stults, Taylor. "Mikhail Gorbachev." //Great Lives from History: The Twentieth Century//. Ed. Robert F. Gorman. 10 vols. Salem Press, 2008. //Salem History// Web. 13 Mar. 2012.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**Holistic Rubric for all 3 Tasks**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">**A quality topic post for the 1980s assignment will**


 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Arrange Media to enhance and extend the significance of the topic to the 1980s decade.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from 3 different sources.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select only signed sources from the LC databases.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Credit sources with internal citations, ( Author's Last Name).
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">List all 7 sources alphabetically in the Works Cited. Format in MLA style.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete Great Man Continuum and Table.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Justify the placement of your topic on the continuum using the evidence from the 7 sources to support your analysis of the 4 criteria.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Answer the prompts for all 3 tasks and the research question thoughtfully and thoroughly. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Well Done

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Need Help Applying the Great Man Theory? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">When deciding where a person may fit on the continuum, think about what society was like at the time he/she was famous. Did the person change history because of their personal characteristics, or would history have gone on in a similar way without this person? Civil Society Defined Great Man Continuum
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Refer to these handouts for additional information: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** eed Help Using the Great Man Criteria Table? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">**Use a scale of 0-to 5 to evaluate the individual’s accomplishments, legacy, influence, and impact.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** 0=not at all, 1=little effect, 2=short run, 3=moderate, 4=wide-spread, 5=long run **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Individuals with high totals, mostly 5’s, should be placed close to Great Men; those with low scores near social determinism.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Need Help placing individuals on the Great Man Continuum? **