The+Cold+War

The Cold War **Stage 1 Desired Results **
(MA. Curriculum Frameworks Standards) |||| **Transfer ** ||
 * **ESTABLISHED GOALS **
 * ^  |||| **T ** Analyze and resolve conflicts in order to work and live cooperatively with others. ||
 * ^  |||| **Meaning ** ||
 * **G **


 * __ The Cold War Abroad, 1945-1989 __**

USII.18 Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War and describe the policy of containment as America’s response to Soviet expansionist policies. (H)


 * 1) the differences between the Soviet and American political and economic systems
 * 2) Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe
 * 3) the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO

// Seminal Primary Documents to Read: // The Truman Doctrine (1947), and George Kennan, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct” (1947)

USII.19 Analyze the sources and, with a map of the world, locate the areas of Cold War conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. (H, G)


 * 1) the Korean War
 * 2) Germany
 * 3) China
 * 4) the Middle East
 * 5) the arms race
 * 6) Latin America
 * 7) Africa
 * 8) the Vietnam War

USII.20 Explain the causes, course, and consequences of the Vietnam War and summarize the diplomatic and military policies of Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. (H)

USII.21 Analyze how the failure of communist economic policies as well as U.S.-sponsored resistance to Soviet military and diplomatic initiatives contributed to ending the Cold War. (H, E)

// Seminal Primary Documents to Read: // President John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address (1961)

// Seminal Primary Documents to Consider: // President Ronald Reagan, Speech at Moscow State University (1988)


 * __ Cold War America at Home: Economic Growth and Optimism, Anticommunism, and Reform, 1945-1980 __**

USII.22 Analyze the causes and consequences of important domestic Cold War trends. (H, E)


 * 1) economic growth and declining poverty
 * 2) the baby boom
 * 3) the growth of suburbs and home-ownership
 * 4) the increase in education levels
 * 5) the development of mass media and consumerism

USII.23 Analyze the following domestic policies of Presidents Truman and Eisenhower.(H)


 * 1) Truman’s Fair Deal
 * 2) the Taft-Hartley Act (1947)
 * 3) Eisenhower’s response to the Soviet’s launching of Sputnik
 * 4) Eisenhower’s civil rights record

USII.24 Analyze the roots of domestic anticommunism as well as the origins and consequences of McCarthyism. (H)

// People //


 * 1) Whittaker Chambers
 * 2) Alger Hiss
 * 3) Edgar Hoover
 * 4) Senator Joseph McCarthy
 * 5) Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

// Institutions //


 * 1) the American Communist Party (including its close relationship to the Soviet Union)
 * 2) the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
 * 3) the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) || UNDERSTANDINGS **U **


 * Competing political and economic ideologies often lead to international conflict.


 * International conflict often leads individual nations to take steps to eliminate internal threats related to the larger conflict. || ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS **Q **

 *What are the best political and economic systems? *Is it appropriate to use military force to promote an ideology?
 * How does a nation protect its self-interests while also exploring diplomatic solutions to international issues? ||
 * ^  |||| **Acquisition ** ||
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 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Pre-Assessments of Requisite Knowledge, Possible Pre- or Mis-conceptions __**


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Learning Events __** ||