Introduction
When and how did the Cold War begin and end?
How did the US government and the US people react to the Cold War?
How did the events that led up to the end of the Cold War affect the war?
This is a photo of the Berlin Wall. When citizens destroyed this wall it was the end of the war.
This is the space race. One major event during the Cold War where the US and USSR were fighting to get to the moon first.
Task
Task: Write an essay, one page minimum, on whether the US should be in the Cold War.
How did the US government and the US people react to the Cold War?
Include,
1. Have a page of notes
2. Three articles
3. Your reasoning
4. The governments and the people's reasoning
5. Give text evidence
6. How and when the Cold War started
7. How and when the cold war ended
8. Cite three websites you used
Process
1. Have notes that mold around the three essential questions. These notes should help you with your supporting details.
2. These three articles should answer the essential questions. Each essential question should be answered thoroughly.
3 and 4. These two steps should be the answers from the second essential question. Make sure to go deep into thought and use text evidence!
5. You must include text evidence to back up your answers. Make sure to give it for the articles you chose.
6 And 7. Make sure you explain how the war began. You should also explain how the war ended and give events that led up to the ending.(example. Space race ex.). Explain the causes, effects, space race, arms race, korean war, vietnam war, and the ending of the cold war.
8. Make sure to annotate where you got your information.
Evaluation
1point= No notes, 1 article given but not explained great, no text evidence, none of their own reasoning, none of the US peoples reasoning and governments reasoning, did not explain how the cold war began and the events leading to the end of the cold war, and did not answer essential questions.
2 points= Half page of notes, 1 article given and explained thoroughly, gave very little text evidence, gave very little of their own reasoning, gave very little reasoning on both ends, explained the beginning of the cold war but that's it, and answered just one essential question.
3 points= Half page of notes, 2 articles given and did not explain them that great, gave text evidence for only two articles, gave some of their own reasoning but no explanation on their reason, gave reasoning for only the peoples reasoning or the governments reasoning, explaned the beginning of the war and the end but not the events leading up to the end of the war, and answered two essential questions
4 points= Full page of notes, 2 articles given and explained thoroughly, gave text evidence for every article but was very weak for each one, gave their own reasoning but did not explain much, gave reasoning for the peoples reasoning and the governments reasoning but did not explain enough, explained the beginning of the Cold war, middle, and end but knowledge was not accurate, and answered all three essential questions but were not answered thoroughly.
5 points= Full page of notes, all articles given and explained thoroughly, gave text evidence for every article, gave good reasoning of their own, gave good reasoning on the governments reasoning and the peoples rasoning, expalned the beginning, mddle, and end of the war thoroughly, and answered all three essential questions.
Resources:
1. http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/11/cold-war-start-end/ This website explained to me how the cold war began and ended. This is very helpful to answering the first question.
2. http://www.shmoop.com/causes-of-cold-war/summary.html This explains the causes of the cold war. That helps me in order to find out how the cold war began.
3. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history This website gave me information on the cold war as a whole. It showed me the history of the cold war.
4. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/red-scare This gave me information on the red scare. THis was about how the people acted towards the war.
5. http://learningenglish.voanews.com/content/american-history-the-cold-war-130292758/116228.html This gives the governments reaction to the cold. This helps me see what the government did when the war began.
6. https://wiki.leeds.ac.uk/index.php/The_effect_of_the_Cold_War_on_the_American_citizen This explains how the war affected the US citizens. This will help to answer the second essential question.
7. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/arms-race This explains te arms race, an event during the cold war. This will help with explaining the events leading up to the end of the war.
8. http://www.history.com/topics/space-race This explains the space race and gives good facts. Those facts would help you answer the third essential question.
9. http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war This gives good facts on the vietnam war. Those facts will help answer the last essential question.
Conclusion
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2. Was the webquest easy to do?
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5. Did you like to do the webquest?