Unit+17+-+The+Cold+War

Class #1 - Containment and the Korean War (Monday, March 29th) __**Prior to class, you should**__: 1. Read pg. 809-823 in your textbook 2. Read the selected excerpts from Winston Churchill's [|Iron Curtain Speech] (1946) 3. Read [|The Marshall Plan](1947)

1, Q&A 2. We'll be looking at how trust broke down between the USA and USSR. To do this, we'll use the activity on the attached document.
 * __In Class Activities__**



After each "activity" in the packet, there are some questions to discuss as a class. They are as follows:

__Activity 1__
 * Comprise a list of agreements that came about at both the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences.

__Activity 2__
 * What was achieved at both conferences? What was not achieved? Compare this to the list made during Activity 1. Why were these things either achieved or not achieved?

__Activity 3__
 * According to the author, why did trust break down?
 * According to the author, why did Americans distrust the Soviets and vice versa?
 * According to the author, what was the greatest fear regarding Soviet-American relations?
 * According to the author, how should the US conduct its foreign policy in regards to the USSR?

Class #2 - The Cold War Expands (Block D - Tuesday, March 30th, Block F - Wednesday, March 31st) __**Prior to class, you should:**__ 1. Read pg. 861-865 and pg. 875-881 in your textbook 2. Finished the elements of the previous day's lesson that you were not able to complete in class

__**In-Class Activities**__ 1. Q&A 2. Lecture - Events of the Cold War



Class #3 - The Cold War at Home (Block D - Thursday, April 1st, Block F - Friday, April 2nd) __**Prior to class, you should:**__ 1. Read pg. 824-836 in your textbook

__**In-Class Activities**__ 1. Q&A (F Block Only) 2. Video: The Presidents: Truman through Kennedy 3. Video: KIS Staff experiences with the Cold War 4. Create a thesis statement and a DETAILED outline responding to ONE of the two the following prompts:

In 1945, Winston Churchill said that the United States stood at the summit of the world. Discuss the developments in the thirty years following Churchill's speech which called the global preeminence of the United States into question.

OR

Analyze the successes and failures of the United States Cold War policy of containment as it developed in TWO of the following regions of the world during the period 1945-1975: (1) East and Southeast Asia, (2) Europe, (3) Latin America, and (4) Middle East.

Class #4 - Impact of the Cold War (Monday, April 5th) __**Prior to class, you should:**__ 1. Complete your timeline and have it ready to turn in 2. Thesis and outline from previous class is due

1. Read the following article which is an introduction to [|McCarthyism] and answer the following question: "Was Senator McCarthy truly a 'rebel without a cause' as the author suggests? Why or why not? 2. Introduction to the Red Scare and McCarthyism 3. We will be creating "exhibits" which will answer the following question: What was the political, social and cultural impact of McCarthyism in America? Your exhibit can be a website, Keynote Presentation, iMovie, etc. Your "exhibit" must contain at least ten pieces of evidence and must be primarily visual in nature with a brief byline which explains each piece. Remember to cite your sources! To help you get going, I've provided you with two links below which I think would be very helpful in your completion of this task.
 * __In Class Activities__**

[|CNN - The Cold War] - This link is particularly good when talking about the issue of espionage and how culture reflected the times [|President Truman's Library and Museum]- Again, a very rich source when dealing with primary sources for the Cold War, especially McCarthyism.

This will be due at the beginning of the following class on Wednesday. While you will have an ample amount of time in class today to work on this, it is to your advantage to use your time wisely as you have a fairly lengthy reading assignment due at the beginning of the next class as well. Good luck!

Cold War Unit Materials and Study Guides

Unit 17 Timeline Terms

Unit 17 Reading Objectives and Notes