ESL IUS History

(Reconstruction to the Present)

Study for End of Course ExamTopics 24-27

K. Gonzalez

Topics 24-27 are due at the end of the

period on Thursday 12/5

Standard:• 9-12 1-B.7 Analyze the

impact of World War II and the cold war on United States’ foreign and domestic policy, to include the following:

• a. origins, dynamics and consequences of cold war tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union

Objectives: Students will understand what the causes, nature, and effects of the “Cold War”.

Topic 24: WW II and the Cold War

Study card is in Topic 25

Standard:• 9-12 1-B.7 Analyze the

impact of World War II and the cold war on United States’ foreign and domestic policy, to include the following:

• b. new role of the United States as a world leader (Examples: Marshall plan, NATO)

Objectives: Students will understand the role of the US as a world leader, e.g. NATO and the Marshall Plan.

Topic 25: WW II and the Cold War

What was the Cold War?

Answer question.

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Listen to the speech and read about the Marshall Plan

http://www.history.com/topics/marshall-plan

Marshall Plan

Discuss.

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Read about NATO

http://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/

NATO

1. What does NATO stand for?2. What are the guiding principles of NATO?

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Standard:• 9-12 1-B.7 Analyze the

impact of World War II and the cold war on United States’ foreign and domestic policy, to include the following:

• e. Red Scare (e.g., McCarthyism, House Un-American Activities Committee, nuclear weapons, arms race)

Objectives: • Students will understand

and describe the “Red Scare” in the Cold War era.

Topic 26: WW II and the Cold War

Read about McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities

Committee

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/arthur-miller/mccarthyism/484/

McCarthyism

Discuss.

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House Un-American Activities Committee

Discuss.

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What was the arms race?

Discuss.

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Standard:• 9-12 1-B.7 Analyze the impact

of World War II and the cold war on United States’ foreign and domestic policy, to include the following:

• f external confrontations with communism (Examples: the Berlin blockade, Berlin wall, Bay of Pigs, Cuban missile crisis, Korea, Vietnam war)

Objectives: • Students will understand

and describe external confrontations with communism.

Topic 27: WW II and the Cold War

Watch this video clip about the “candy bombers” who delivered

supplies to Berlin.

(The first part discusses the Berlin Blockade and Airlift.)

The Berlin Blockade/Airlift

Discuss.

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Watch this video clip about the Berlin Wall

http://www.history.com/topics/berlin-airlift/videos#deconstructing-history-berlin-wall

The Berlin Wall

Discuss.

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Watch this video clip about the Bay of Pigs

http://www.history.com/topics/bay-of-pigs-invasion/videos#bay-of-pigs-invasion-no-secret

The Bay of Pigs

Discuss.

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Watch this video clip about the Cuban Missile Crisis

http://www.history.com/topics/bay-of-pigs-invasion/videos#cuban-missile-crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Discuss.

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Watch this slide show about the Korean Conflict (War)

http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war/photos#

The Korean Conflict (War)

Discuss.

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Watch these video clip about the Vietnam War

http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/videos#the-road-to-war

http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/videos#vietnam

The Vietnam War

1. When did the Vietnam begin and end?2. Why did the US fight in the Vietnam War?3. How did it end?

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Soldiers in the Vietnam War

Compare soldiers in the Vietnam War with soldiers in World War II.

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