In today's class, we watched a Crash Course video on tissues. This video went over the different types of tissues we have, including cardiac, smooth, skeletal and nervous, along with what their functions are and how they operate in the body. We then practiced our anatomical terms and directions.
Today we looked at the Cold War's impact on Latin America because it was a key site of this conflict. Cuba, for example, was originally an American satellite before a revolution brought Fidel Castro, a communist dictator, to power. When the USSR stationed nukes in Cuba, a major international crisis erupted—the Cuban Missile Crisis—which almost brought about nuclear war.
Meanwhile, the US and USSR intervened in and sponsored rival factions in civil wars across Latin America, including in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. Notably, Guatemala’s civil war lasted 36 years. Nicaragua’s civil war consisted of left-wing rebels, the Sandinistas, fighting against the government, then seizing power and fighting against right-wing rebels. When the USSR finally collapsed in 1991, the remaining civil wars died down. However, political conflict remains between Russia and the US, as well as between left-wing and right-wing forces in Latin America.
The Vietnam War (1954-1975) was a proxy war, which takes place when opposing powers use third parties to fight on their behalf. During the Vietnam War, the Soviet Union and China backed communist North Vietnam, and the U.S. provided military and economic aid to South Vietnam. In 1963, the South Vietnamese suffered a major defeat to the North Vietnamese Viet Cong in Ap Bac, and the leader of South Vietnam was assassinated. After two American destroyers were sunk, Congress passed the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to use all necessary means to fight the North Vietnamese. The U.S. chose to send ground troops to Vietnam after Operation Rolling Thunder, a 1965 bombing campaign, did not effectively turn back the North Vietnamese. Marines came ashore at Danang, launching the American ground war in Vietnam. Many Americans turned against the Vietnam War after seeing the horrors of the 1968 Tet Offensive surprise attack aired on nightly TV. On January 27, 1973, a peace agreement was signed, and American forces withdrew from Vietnam in March 1973. When the North Vietnamese invaded the South, Vietnam fell under communist rule.
In today's class, we continued our discussion on anatomy and physiology, talking about serous membranes in the body and where they are located. We talked about what functions they serve, along with other body cavities such as oral, digestive and nasal cavities.
In today's class, we would have continued our discussion on anatomy and physiology, talking about serous membranes in the body and where they are located. We would have talked about what functions they serve, along with other body cavities such as oral, digestive and nasal cavities.
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
0
Lesson Comments
Cameron was absent from class today. We will continue our discussion tomorrow.
