Introduction
The cold was a time full of tension and proxy wars between the United States and the Soviet Union. The countries had very different views on government. The USSR was communist and their goal was to spread their views. The US didn't agree with their views and were against them spreading it. In the end Germany and Berlin were split and communism collapsed.
~How did the proxy wars impact the Cold War?
~ why was the arms race and space race relative to the Cold War
~How did the Cold War end?
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picture shows two flags, the US and USSR.
This picture shows a map of the democratic and communist countries
Sources:
1. http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-significance-proxy-wars-330558
This source provides information on the impact of the proxy wars. It will be helpful for question one.
http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war
This source provides information on the Korean War. It will be helpful to provide information on the Korean war in question one.
http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history
This source source provides information on the Vietnam war. It will be helpful to provide information about the Vietnam war for question one.
2. http://www.history.com/topics/space-race
This source provides information on the space race. This will help provide information to help evaluate how the race was relative to the Cold War.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/arms-race
This source provides information on the arms race. This will help provide information towels evaluate how the was relative the Cold War.
https://www.preceden.com/timelines/66795-cold-war--arms-and-space-race
This source provides a timeline of the space and arms race. This will help you with information to include in the timeline.
3. http://www.datesandevents.org/events-timelines/03-cold-war-timeline.htm
This source provides a timeline of events in the Cold War. This will be useful for some brief information to add to the timeline.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cuny/laptop/coldwar.html
This source provides information the the end of the Cold War. It will be helpful to provide basic information to use for your timeline And answer question three.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/
This source provides and overview of the Cold War. It will be useful for information for your timeline and to answer question three.
Task
For this Webquest you will research information on the Cold War based around the essential questions. Then you will create a timeline to show the proxy wars and space and arms race. Then write a short summary on the causes and effects the wars and races had on the Cold War
Process
1. Research information in the Cold War that answer the three essential questions (use at least three sources) -60 min
2. Create an outline of the events of the Cold War, including the proxy wars, space race, and arms race. - 30 min
3. Evaluate the causes and effects of the Cold War And create a t-chart including the information - 30 min
4. Complete a timeline with the events of the Cold War, including proxy wars, arms race, and space race -45 min
5. Write a one paragraph summary that explains the causes and effects of the proxy wars and races. - 20 min
Evaluation
Engagement:
2- On task
1- Slightly on task
0- Off task
Content
3- Content is fully accurate
2- content is mostly accurate
1- content has little accuracy
0- content is not accurate
Attractiveness
3- Content is neat and contains color and pictures
2- Content is mostly neat and contains some pictures
1- Content shows little efforts
0- content is sloppy
Understanding
2- project shows full understanding
1- projects shows some understanding
0- project sh no understanding
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