This download includes:
1) 80-slide PPT (highlighting 33 modern historical developments)
 
2) 33 links to relevant videos embedded in the PPT slides
 
3) 2-page graphic organizer for students to follow along (formatted perfectly to fit one one paper, front and back, for easy printing, in both MS WORD and PDF format)
 
4) 2-page research graphic organizer for students to use in further research on the topic of their choice (formatted perfectly to fit one one paper, front and back, for easy printing, in both MS WORD and PDF format)
 
Enjoy!
 
This engaging series of PowerPoint slides gives a brief summary of 33 historical developments since the close of the Cold War. Each topic is also accompanied with a link to a relevant video clip to show students. Students follow along with their graphic organizer (attached), then each student will pick a different topic to research further and put their information on a different graphic organizer (included). Various samples are included to show as models for the students. Topics include:
 
German Reunification (1990)
Gulf War (1990)
Yugoslav Civil War (1991)
LA Riots (1992)
Battle of Mogadishu (1993)
Internet Made Available (1993)
Rwandan Genocide (1994)
Ending Apartheid (1994)
Kosovo War (1998)
Good Friday Agreement (1998)
Chavez’s Bolivarian Revolution (1998)
Battle in Seattle (1999)
Hainan Island incident (2001)
9/11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)
War in Afghanistan (2001)
Iraq War (2003)
Darfur Genocide (2003)
Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004)
Hurricane Katrina (2005)
Russia-Georgia War (2008)
Eurozone Crisis (2009)
Iranian Protests (2009)
Arab Spring (2010)
Fukushima-Daiichi Disaster (2011)
Terrorism (ongoing)
Globalization (ongoing)
Somalian Piracy (ongoing)
China-Japan relations today (ongoing)
Kony and the LRA in Uganda (ongoing)
China: Emerging Superpower (ongoing)
Olympic Politics & Diplomacy (ongoing)
Israeli West Bank settlements (ongoing)
India: The Largest Democracy (ongoing)