Humanities Homework Help

Research one former European Communist country we have read about throughout the term.  

• Read President Reagan’s “Tear Down This Wall” speech from this week’s Learning Resources and reflect upon its impact on the breakdown of the Soviet Union.
• Review Gorbachev’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance speech from this week’s Learning Resources.
• If necessary, review “The Sinews of Peace” (aka “The Iron Curtain” speech) from the Week 2 Learning Resources as well as past readings on your country of choice.
• Consider how individuals living in the former Communist Soviet Union were affected by that nation’s collapse.
• Think about how social structures were affected after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
• Draw from this week’s reading and reflect upon the length of the Cold War era and how long it took for Communism to fall.
• Call to mind the differences in the daily lives between individuals living in a democratic nation versus those living in a communist country.
• Consider how much impact President Reagan’s speech had on the collapse of communism.

The assignment:

• Compose a 2- to 3-page essay in which you do the following:
• Describe conditions in your chosen country under communist rule.
  • Select and defend the biggest change in that country and the lives of its citizens after the collapse of Communism.
  • Which element of change had the most impact on that country?
  • How did life change for individuals living in that former Communist nation?