1. The document provides an extension menu for World Areas Lap 3 Open Labs, with assignment options in different levels ranging from brief historical overviews to maps and drawings. 2. The assignments cover topics like the breakup of Yugoslavia, comparing the USSR and Russia, the Chernobyl disaster, and the rise and fall of communism in Russia. 3. Students must complete one assignment from each level, with their total points between assignments adding up to 50 points, and all work must be done independently.

1. Extension Menu For:World Areas Lap 3 Open Labs
Your total points possible/attempted for the lap must add up to 50
You must do one assignment from each level.
ALL WORK MUST BE DONE ALONE AND INDEPENDENTLY!
LEVEL A
LEVEL B
#3#2#1
Brief historical
overview of break-up of
Yugoslavia
Venn Diagram
comparing USSR to
Russia
Timeline: Rise and Fall
of Communism in
Russia
Point value: 10Point value: 10Point value: 10
#6#4
Write the pros and cons
of Norway joining the
EU
Point value: 20Point value: 40Point value: 40
Map Activity on the
nuclear disaster at
Chernobyl
Point value: 40
#5
Draw the Cathedral
of St. Basil

2. Extension Menu For:World Areas Lap 3 Open Labs
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Cathedral of St. Basil
You will need: Pencils, colored pencils, access to the internet
Procedure:
1. Review the term “architecture”
2. Draw a replica of the Cathedral of St. Basil
3. Students should lightly draw their structures in pencil using a ruler to measure the height, length, and
width of the walls. Using the ruler also will aid them in correctly drawing symmetrical structures.
NOTE: Remind students to include a ground line and setting for their structures.
4. Students will color their completed drawings with colored pencils.
5. Students will use fine point black pens to outline their structures to further define the lines and add
textures.
6. Students should write a well-constructed paragraph answering the question below:
How does the architecture of the Cathedral of St. Basil reflect the culture of Russia?

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Norway and the EU
Color Map of Europe – Label and color members of EU blue
Review articles below and fill in the pros and cons of Norway joining the EU
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/26/world/europe/26iht-norway.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway_and_the_European_Union
SHOULD NORWAY JOIN THE EU
PROS – should join the EU CONS – should not join the EU
Write a brief paragraph explaining whether Norway should join the EU or not.

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Nuclear Disaster at Chernobyl

5. Marks the spot of Chernobyl
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/04/inside-chernobyl/stone-text
http://www.time.com/ti×me/magazine/article/0,9171,961420-1,00.html
Read about disaster… label affected countries on the map of Europe below.
Red – the 2 most affected countries
Pink – countries bordering the affected countries
Blue – countries in Europe, although not bordering the countries, were affected due to loss of trade,
established bans on possibly affected items, and/or received orders from their government to
take precautions.
On the back, list areas outside Europe that were affected and how they were affected
Extension Menu For:World Areas Lap 3 Open Labs
NAME: DATE DUE: SECTION:
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LEVEL: CHOICE # POINTS
Rise and Fall of Communism in Russia

6. 1. Draw a timeline beginning with 1921 and ending with 1991. Be sure to mark each decade and make the
equidistant from each other.
2. Read pp. 370 – 373 in your book.
3. Put important events on your timeline that correspond to the following dates:
1921
1922
1924
1924 – 1929
1945
1949
1949 – 1989
1985
1989
1991
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Compare the USSR to Russia

7. 1. Read pp. 372 – 373; 387 – 391.
2. Use the information in your book to compare and contrast the Soviet Union to Russia.
Extension Menu For:World Areas Lap 3 Open Labs
NAME: DATE DUE: SECTION:
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Historical overview of the break up of Yugoslavia
USSR
Russia

8. 1. Read page 288, and pp. 292 – 293 in your book.
2. Using bullet points, and beginning with the 1400s, list a brief account of the fall of Yugoslavia. You should
have 8 – 10 bullet points.
3. Read the article below and then write a well-constructed paragraph for the following question:
What problems may be foreseen in uniting the former Yugoslavia republics into an era of cooperation,
considering their bloody past?
The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between April
1992 and December 1995. The main groups were the Bosnian Muslims versus people of Serbian and Croatian
descent within Bosnia and Herzegovina, The war came about as a result of the breakup of Yugoslavia. In 1991
Bosnia-Herzegovina declared its independence. At the time it was inhabited mainly by Muslims (44%),
Orthodox Serbs (31%) and Catholic Croats (17%). The referendum for independence was rejected by the Serb
political representatives within Bosnia because they wanted to join Serbs outside of Bosnia and create a separate
Republic of Serbia. Following the declaration of independence, Serb forces within Bosnia, with the aid and
support of Slobodan Milosevic, who was the leader of a separate Serbian government, rose up and attacked all
non-Serbs. Initially there were 3 groups fighting, the Serbs, the Croats and the Muslims. However, the Serbs
and Croats came to an agreement to partition Bosnia and then focused their fighting against the Bosnian
Muslims. The war was characterized by bitter fighting, indiscriminate shelling of cities and towns, ethnic
cleansing, systematic mass rape and genocide. Events such as the Siege of Sarajevo, Omarska camp, Lašva
Valley ethnic cleansing and the Srebrenica massacre would come to typify the conflict.
After the massacres, NATO intervened in 1995. “Operation Deliberate Force” proved decisive in ending the
war. The war was brought to an end with the Dayton Peace Accords in December 1995. In 1995, the CIA
released a report that found Serbian forces responsible for 90% of the war crimes committed during the conflict.
As of early 2008, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has convicted 45 Serbs, 12
Croats and 4 Bosnians of war crimes in connection with the war in Bosnia. The most recent research places the
number of people killed at around 100,000–110,000 and the number of people displaced at over 2.2 million,
making it the most devastating conflict in Europe since the end of World War II.
Slobodan Milosevic was the most senior political figure to stand trial at the
International Criminal Tribunal. He was charged with having committed
genocide, either alone or together with other named members of a joint
criminal enterprise. The indictment accused him of planning, preparing and
executing the destruction, in whole or in part, of the Bosnian Muslim national,
ethnical, racial or religious groups. He died during his trial, on March 11, 2006, and
no verdict was returned.