Accelerated World History: Monday May 9th Day 50

CHAPTER 15 The Cold War

Objective:
students will be able to:
-Understand how two sides faced off in Europe during the Cold War.
■ Learn how nuclear weapons threatened the world.
■ Understand how the Cold War spread globally.
■ Compare and contrast the Soviet Union and the United States in the Cold War.

Rationale:

The aftermath of World War II with its winners and losers sets the stage for each country to reassess its role in the world, and plan a new strategy of non-aggressive engagement with each other. s "Cold War" develops with some of the big players (USA and Russia) jockeying for political clout throughout the world as they oppose each other's intentions behind the scenes. Understanding what a "Cold War" is and the impact that it had throughout the world will give students a better understanding of how war can be fought outside the traditional battlefield

Evidence:

Being able to list the various policies and actions taken by certain countries and the response to those actions will demonstrate that students can track the various players and events that occurred in the time between WWI and the Outbreak of the Korean Conflict

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Essential Question....when is it ok to use a nuclear weapon?

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un reporting works of North Korean Workers Party Central Committee during the second-day of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang.

Journal Entry - When would you "push the button?"

Nuke use only if sovereignty threatened.......ok? - read this article and journal on your opinion of when a nuclear bomb should be used (if ever). Remember, you learned about the situation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was it justified then, and could it be justified again today?

Cold War Propaganda (short video about McCarthy and Red Scare)

HUAC (read this short article about the House Un-American Activities Committee)

Monday/Tuesday- Continue Cold War Presentation (Chapter 15)

Presentation Chart (use this during presentation)

Start of the Cold War Presentation (pdf version)

The Cold War Starts DBQ (after the presentation, work on this DBQ)

Chapter Outlines Schedule

Due Thursday May 5th

Chapter 15 Section #3 Section #3 pdf

Due Tuesday May 9th
Chapter 15 Section #4   Section #4 pdf,

Due Thursday May 11th
Chapter 15 Section #5   Section #5 pdf

Additional pdf's
The Cold War Viewpoints
Mikhail Gorbachev Biography
Cold War DBQ

Sectional Quizzes
QUIZ #1   QUIZ #2   QUIZ #3   QUIZ #4  QUIZ #5