The Cold War

The Cold War was a huge war that took a long period of time, it was a war based on ideologies, of democracy and communism. And it was a war between the two countries that had those ideas, the United States and the Soviet Union. it was a war to prove who was the best and to try to spread each ideology to other countries, the United States would try to keep other countries from going communist, while the Soviet Union would strengthen already communist countries. The Cold War was filled with very many struggles, including smaller wars within such as the Korean War, Afghanistan War, And the infamous Vietnam War, there were other struggles such as the space race, when each country was trying to get into outer space before the other could, and the arms race, when each country raced to bulk up their defenses and weapons. After a long while the war came to an end when the Soviet Union fell apart and the Berlin Wall was torn down, it certainly was a most difficult time in humanity. Today we'll be focusing on one topic in particular.. Vietnam. 

Essential Questions:

1. How was the Soview Union trying to spread communism? How was the United States trying to spread democracy? What were the two doing to stop eachother.

2. How did the Vietnam war as a whole affect the United States? The Soviet Union? What were our actions?

 3. How did the Vietnam War start in the first place? How did it end? who won?

The powerful Communist Symbol of the Soviet Union. The Hammer represents the industrial working class and the sickle represents agricultural workers.

Below is a picture showing the eagle (America) and a bear (the Soviet Union) going head to head, in the sky above them it shows the two space crafts that were involved in the space race.

Tasks:

1. Come up with a debate about the Vietnam War of whether or not we had the right to fight or if we didn't. Directions: 1. Look up as many articles as needed. 2. consider both sides in this debate, the views of the U.S. And the views of Vietnam. 3. Write the debate about Your own opinion and then find someone with the opposite idea and debate with them 4. Make sure to also Inform the audience about some of the background of the Cold War before  Vietnam

1.Read at least 5 sources with information for your debate (60 minutes)

2. start to write and brainstorm ideas for the debate (20 minutes) 

3. Begin writing debate outline ,make sure to give background before Vietnam and  make sure to examine both sides of the argument, and see what you agree with (40 minutes)

4. finalize everything (30 minutes) 

Rubric:

5: Create a well in depth debate about the Vietnam war and whether or not we were justified to fight or not, talk about both sides of the argument include background of the Cold War before Vietnam, use at least 4 resources and include 1 picture, and answer the essential questions

4: the debate is detailed but does not state all the needed facts, it somewhat talks of both sides of the argument but mainly focuses on just one. Includes a small amount of background, no picture, only 3 resources were used, and answer only 2 essential questions

3: the debate has very few facts about the Vietnam war and hardly focuses on both arguments at all with little to no background, only two resources were included and no picture, answer 1 essential questions

2: the debate has almost no facts about Vietnam at all and skips over the other side of the argument, has only a few sentences of background and only 1 resource was used And has no picture, has information about essential questions but doesn't answer them

1: the debate doesn't even focus on Vietnam At all and doesn't even make an argument for anything, has no background at all and has no resources used and no picture, ignores essential questions

0: debate is not done at all

Survey

1. Was the debate informative? Did you get a better understandment of Vietnam and the views of each country?

2. Was the WebQuest effective and easy to understand?

3. Was it very difficult to complete?

4. Were the essential questions easy to answer? 

5. How strong do you feel you did?

Resources

1."How Did the U.S Attempt to Stop the Spread of Communism and Influence International Security?" Andreck04. N.p., 2013. Web. 05 May 2016.

This website talks about how the U.S. and all the ways they tried to stop the spread of Communism and how they tried to spread international security. It's very informative and talks about things such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.

2. "What Did the USSR Do to Promote Communism in the Cold War? | The Classroom | Synonym." What Did the USSR Do to Promote Communism in the Cold War? | The Classroom | Synonym. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2016. 

This website talks about The Soviet Union and all the ways they tried to spread their rule of communism. It's very informative and talks about things such as why they wanted to spread communism in the first place and their sphere of influence and military aides. 

3.  "Promoting Democracy: The Whys and Hows for the United States and the International Community." Council on Foreign Relations. Council on Foreign Relations, n.d. Web. 05 May 2016. 

This website talks about how America tried to promote Democracy. It's very informative and tells of all the stakes they faced, the questioning, and trying to further the policy.

4."H-Net Reviews." H-Net Reviews. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2016. 

 This Website tells all about the Soviet Union's involvement in Vietnam. It is extremely informative and tells everything about their involvement from begining to end.

5. "Digital History." Digital History. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2016. 

 This website talks of the effects that the Vietnam War had on the United States. it informs of all effects from physicaly to mentaly. 

6. "Why We Went to War in Vietnam." The American Legion. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2016. 

This website tells of how and why we went into the war and what all of our actions were.

7."Nixon Declares Vietnam War Is Ending." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 05 May 2016. 

This website talks about how the Vietnam war was drawn to a close by Richard Nixon. It is very informative and tells of all his actions and the united state's actions that helped to end the war. 

8. "The Causes of the Vietnam War - History Learning Site." History Learning Site. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2016. 

This websites talks about how the Vietnam War began. It's very informative and talks about all the causes such as how vietnam was begining to go communist and that America wanted to stop it.

9."Who Won the Vietnam War? | The Classroom | Synonym." Who Won the Vietnam War? | The Classroom | Synonym. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 May 2016. 

 This website talks about who won the Vietnam War. It's very informative and tells the exact story of how everything was mixed in the outcome.