Arrange the images in order of importance and write a description for each image. There is no one correct order of importance; however, you must be able to justify the order that you have selected. Each image description should include:

at least four complete sentences
an explanation of who (if anyone) is depicted in the image, what event the image depicts, where and when the event took place, and why the event depicted is important
a justification for why you placed the images in the order that you did (i.e. I placed this image first because…)
Image Descriptions:
Fall of the Berlin Wall: A photograph of a crowd of people standing at the Brandenburg Gate. Some are standing on the Berlin Wall. Some are standing below it.
Gorbachev appointed as Communist Party General Secretary: A photograph of Gorbachev giving a speech. He is standing at a podium with two microphones.
1956 Hungarian Uprising: A black-and-white photograph of a street in Budapest in 1956. The air is full of smoke. There are tanks and guns moving through the streets.
Prague Spring: A black-and-white photograph showing a tank rolling down a city street. There are soldiers sitting on the tank.
Détente: A photograph of Russian Premier Brezhnev sitting and speaking with President Richard Nixon.
Solidarity: The mark of the Polish Trade Union, Solidarity.
Velvet Revolution: A color photograph of Czechs placing Czech flags and roses at an outdoor memorial.
1991 coup d'état in Moscow: A color photograph of Red Square. There is a tank in the foreground.
Romanian Revolution: An aerial photograph showing hundreds of people marching through the streets and amongst tanks.