Rise+and+Fall+of+the+Berlin+Wall


 * 1) ===Write one research question below concerning your topic. Questions should be open ended and in the higher level spectrum of Bloom's taxonomy. I tell my students that all their questions should begin with Why, How or sometimes What(if it is a good question)?===
 * 2) ===Choose one question from someone else writing on your page, and answer it. Be creative, attach pictures, videos as necessary.===
 * 3) ===Cite your internet source.===
 * 4) ===When you are done, read through all the responses on your page. Comment if you choose under a response.===
 * 5) ===Based on what you have read, develop one more research question to extend the learning of your topic.===
 * 6) ===Share what you learned on your topic with those at your table.===

What caused the Berlin Wall to be built and how did it finally come down? What purposes did the Berlin Wall serve for both sides? (Goodner) Why was the Berline Wall constructed and why did it finally come down?

This was cool. From the "Newseum". [] From the same source: The United States wants a democracy to rise from the cinders of Adolf Hitler's dictatorship. To insure freedom, Allied military forces build a privately owned press free of government control in West Germany. People can read what they want and make up their own minds.

The Soviet Union rebuilds its Berlin sector as a socialistic republic. The government controls all economic activity, including the media. News is a teaching tool. People are supposed to read it and learn what the government wants them to

[] The Berlin wall was built as a result of both economics and politics. Well educated people moved from East-Gemany; some worked in East Berlin but lived in West Berlin because the cost of living was cheaper there. The West side would often get into the affairs of the East side (Russian Side).