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Theme 11: The Cold War----This is your last Theme for the year!!

Time: 3weeks (04/13-04/28/2017)

Theme Due: 04/28/2016

Major Test: 04/27/2017

Value: 100points

Objective: Students will explore the cultural, social and political developments that contributed to the Cold War and discuss and analyze its effects on the modern era.

Standards

SSWH19

The student will demonstrate an understanding of the global political, economic and social impact of the Cold War and decolonization for 1945-1989.

SSWH20

The student will examine change and continuity in the world since the 1960’s.

SSWH21

The student will analyze globalization in the contemporary world.

DOK’s that you should be able to answer at the end of Theme 8B

Recall

  1. Cold War
  2. Berlin Airlift
  3. Occupation Zone
  4. Satellite nation
  5. Universal Declaration of Rights
  6. De-Stalinization
  7. Dissident
  8. NATO
  9. Warsaw Pact
  10. Iron Curtain

Skill/Concept

  1. How did the Yalta and Potsdam conference reconstruct the map of Europe after World War II?
  2. How did the Iron Curtain affect U.S. foreign policy?
  3. How did the Marshall Plan help to escalate Cold War tensions?
  4. What is the difference between NATO and the Warsaw Pact?
  5. What are the:
  6. Truman Doctrine / Containment
  7. Eisenhower Doctrine / Brinkmanship
  8. Brezhnev Doctrine

Strategic Thinking

  1. How did the Cuban Missile Crisis affect US and USSR relations?
  2. What is the relationship between Cuba and the US today?
  3. How does the US maintain Guantanamo Bay if we do not have a relationship with Cuba?
  4. How did the Berlin Wall contribute to US fears of communism?
  5. What was the purpose of the Berlin Wall?
  6. Why did the citizens of Berlin not challenge the wall?
  7. Who was Hans Conrad Schumann?
  8. In what year was the Berlin Wall built and what year did it come down?
  9. Name the Soviet leader who ordered it built and the Soviet leader who ordered it torn down.
  10. How did communism contribute to the US involvement in Korea and Vietnam?

Extended Thinking

  1. Explain the purpose of the Duck and Cover program.
  2. What connections can be made between the League of Nations and the current United nations in regard to effectiveness and world respect?
  3. How did the end of World War II help to create the Cold War?
  4. Explain how the Cold War still dictates US foreign policy.
  5. What promises is the US still keeping?
  6. What Cold War fears are re-emerging in Europe?

Due to testing, everyone will be participating in traditional lecture / discussion for this theme.

Dates to Know:

April 14th: Relay For Life--altered schedule

May 1st: Semester Exam Project given (due 05/26/2017; presentation based)

EVERYONE MUST DO THE FOLLOWING:

  • Crash Course videos: #39, #41 and #42
  • worksheets—Value 60 points
  • Quia 7: The Enlightenment through the Cold War
  • This is a replacement grade opportunity
  • 04/28/2017 by 11:00 pm; secret word—cold
  • Three times (Value: 100 points)
  • Quia: Homework The Cold War; unlimited (Value: 20 points)
  • 04/28/2017by 11:00 pm; secret word—vocab
  • unlimited
  • Quia: Matching test: The Cold War; one time only (Value: 20 points)
  • 04/28/2017by 11:00 pm; secret word—vocab
  • 1 time only