Introduction
(Go to caption one)The Cold War began when tensions from WWII were high between the U.S and The USSR. The two superpowers had different ideologys, the US democratic and the USSR communist. The war eventually (go to caption 2)began when communism began spreading in Europe causing the us to get involved.The war was 'cold' because there was never a direct military engagement between the two leaders, the US and the USSR, although shots were exchanged in the air during the Korean War.
Why did the American citizens have a different view on the Vietnam war than the governments?
how did the Soviet Union change after Gorbachev took power?
How did the U.S citizens react to the end of the Cold War?
(Caption 1)This image shows where the iron curtain was that Churchill spoke about in his speech and shows what countries were communistic or democratic.
(Caption 2)This image shows protestors outside the White House protesting the Vietnam war the US has become involved with after aiding south Vietnam.
Task
Task: Write a paper comparing both arguments of the war.
Directions:1. Research 8 documents with arguments of the Soviets and Americans, 2. Prick pros and cons of both arguments in a list, 3. Choose the argument you side with more and create a chart to begin supportping your argument, 4. Write a paper supporting your sides argument, 5. Present your paper to your class and prepare to defend your paper from the other sides argument.
Process
1. Read 14 articles with arguments of both side in the Cold War involving the included topics, causes of the war, effects of the war, space race, arms race, Korean Wa, Vietnam war, end of the war. (2 documents for each topic with both sides arguments).(60 minutes)
2.Make a T-chart detailing the Pros and Cons of both sides arguments.( 30 minutes)
3.Choose the argument you prefer more and make a chart to list the pros of the argument and support your pros with text evidence. (20 minutes)
4.Write your 5 paragraph paper using your chart to complete the body paragraphs.( 60 minutes)
5. Present your paper to your class and defend your paper after reading.(40 minutes)
Resources:
EQ1: http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-protests
The Vietnam protest were small at first untill the bombing of north vietnam. Anti Vietnam war marches were made by students for a democracy.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/pacificaviet.html
Many speeches were made at universitys and colleges due to the increased protests. The military strategy were spoken to the public.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/55d.asp
The drafts played a big part in protests. The 1960's became radical as protestors beloved the demands were ignored.
EQ2:
https://www.boundless.com/political-science/textbooks/boundless-politic…
the US made many policy's to prevent communism abroad. The policy wer crested due to moves by the soviets.
http://www.ushistory.org/us/52c.asp
Nearby countries to the USSR were quickly absorbed into the USSR. Stallin. Quickly order the puppet regime for the Soviet part of German.
http://classroom.synonym.com/american-intervention-foreign-affairs-cold…
The US had over 70 interventions btween communism and democracy. The foreign affairs were only to prevent the spread of communism
EQ3:
http://www.ushistory.org/us/59e.asp
Gorbachev takes power and introduces two new policies. The soviet union gains some freedom after the new policies.
http://www.coldwar.org/articles/90s/fall_of_the_soviet_union.asp
The Soviet Union dissolved into fifteen diffrent states. The leader Gorbachev was the last leader during the stagnation of the Soviet Union.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union
The Soviet Union collapsed Christmas Day 1991. The fall of the Soviet Union was partially to the radical reforms.
Evaluation
| catagory | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|
Followed instructions |
Student followed less than 35% of the directions |
Student followed 50% of directions | Student follwed 80% of the directions or more |
| Content |
Student wrote almost everything about irrelevant topics |
Student wrote about 3 topics listed and the rest was irrelevant |
Student wrote about 6 or more topics |
| analysis |
Student did not analyze text evidence properly or did not analyze text evidence at all |
Student analyzed text evidence partially | Student analyses 80% of the text evidence or more |
Conclusion
1. how difficult was it to read 14 articles and make a pros and cons list?
2. when debating your choice of argument after reading your paper to the class did you find you were prepared to defend? And why.
3. Was is it hard to analyze the text evidence properly to defend your point?
4. overall did you feel the essay was easy or hard to write? Why?
5. overall did you feel defending your paper was a good idea? Why?