Introduction
In this webquest you will be researching the Cold War. How was the arms race and the space race different ? How was the proxy wars affect the Cold War? how did the Cold War end?
the us put the first man on the moon during the space race
arms race us v.s. Ussr
Task
Read over the 9 sources to create a a essay that covers the cold war. Make sure to include causes of the Cold War, effects of Cold War, space race, arms race, Korean War, Vietnam war, and answer the three question Asked in the introduction page.
Process
You will have 15 minutes to read each source. 20 minutes to answer the questions asked on the introduction page. 60 minutes to write your essay about the Cold War. Good luck.
Resources
Space race and arms race links
http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/schools-colleges/national-curr…
this website tells you what the space race. It also explains why the two countries feared each other.
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/…
Explains what the arms race was. Also shows how fast weapons were being made.
https://www.preceden.com/timelines/66847-arms-and-space-race-timeline
Time line of some of the events that happened in both the arms race and the space race. Also show how the over lapped each other.
Proxy wars
http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war
tells you what the Korean War was and when it started. Also has facts about the Korean War.
http://www.historynet.com/vietnam-war
Explains what was the Vietnam war. Show numbers of how many troop and tanks were deployed
http://introglobalsecurity.blogspot.com/2013/02/us-proxy-war-policy-dur…
Talks about each proxy war.explains how it affected the us.
ending the Cold War
http://www.ushistory.org/us/59e.asp
Explains the events that lead to the end of the War. like the Berlin Wall fall
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union
Explains how the Ussr fell after the Cold War. Also what happened to the land inside the ussr.
http://www.nebraskastudies.org/1000/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebr…
Shows how quickly the Ussr fell. also there's a time line of the events leading to the end of cold war.
Evaluation
| grade | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Attractiveness | Wasn't attractive | Was neat | Fully attractive |
| Analysis | There was no analysis | Minimum analysis | Analysis is clear |
| Content | Didn't do anything of what was asked | Did most of what was asked | Did what was asked |
| Understanding | shows minimum understanding | 50% understood | Shows full understanding |
| Presentation | There wasn't a presentation | The presentation was ok | Presentation is neat |
| Engagement | got side tracked a lot | 50% on task | Was fully engaged |