UNIT: Cold War (Starting May15-26, 2015)

This is our unit plan.  Under the unit plan is a brief outline of what we do in class each day.

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UNIT: Cold War
	For links to the assignments/readings/notes below, SELECT HERE!!!!
Learning Targets for the Unit: I CAN…compare the ideologies, values and lifestyles of America and the USSR during the Cold War Era. I CAN...explain the major events of the Cold War and evaluate their impact on America and Americans. Essential Question(s) for the Unit: When should the rights of Americans be limited?
COLOR KEY:   DOCUMENT/WEBSITE LINK    SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT    TURNED IN/POINTS TAKEN    DUE DATE
Date	Assignment/Activity	Description/Directions (select above for unit folder with assignments)	Due Date
5/14-5/15	Story of Us: Superpowers	1. Watch documentary & complete questions on wkst
5/15	Cold War Ideologies	1. Contrast the ideologies, beliefs and lifestyle of America and the USSR - use chart below to fill in your own (on wkst)
5/18	Events that Led to the Cold War	1. use chart below to fill in your own (on wkst)
5/15	Overview/Review	1. Crash Course Review Video (select here)- USA versus USSR - Cold War
5/18-5/22	Cold War’s Global Impact	1. Use blue textbook and Global Impact handout to complete #1-6 in Cold War Big Picture packet 2. Complete map, shading the areas addressed in the handout as either “Communist” or “Supported by America”	TUES 5/19
5/20-5/22	Cold War at Home	1. Use text handouts to complete the rest of the packet (and the Red Scare chart) 2. Clips from the Cold War Era - How-To’s (building a bomb shelter, “duck and cover” in school, etc.) 3. CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS - SELECT HERE for link to a quick overview video 4. RED SCARE/MCCARTHYISM -SELECT HERE for a video connecting it to The Crucibile -SELECT HERE for a video showing how a reporter helped to bring McCarthy down	TUES 5/21
5/21-5/22	Nuclear Threat (Watch These to better understand the “Nuclear Threat” in the U.S. during the Cold War)	1. Trinity & Beyond - actual footage (previously classified government footage) and first person scientist accounts of the creation, testing and use of the atomic bomb - ADD TO YOUR ASSIGNMENT CHART as you watch the clips and interviews SELECT HERE FOR LINK TO THE VIDEO CLIP This video is free but has commercials.  Just watch the first segments (up to the second commercial break - about 20 minutes) 2. Educational Videos from the 1950's that contains training drills to prepare school children from a nuclear attack (created by the Civil Defense Agency) - ADD TO YOUR ASSIGNMENT CHART as you watch the clips and interviews SELECT HERE FOR CLIP - drills to prepare children for nuclear attack (tuck & cover) SELECT HERE FOR  CLIP - nuclear war preparation for housewives - vintage film SELECT HERE FOR CLIP - bomb shelter from the 1950's in someone's house today SELECT HERE FOR CLIP - bomb shelter from the 1950's in the basement of a school SELECT HERE FOR CLIP - gov't educational video on how to build a bomb shelter SELECT HERE FOR CLIP - Civil Defense film on how to survive a nuclear attack SELECT HERE FOR CLIP - gov't educational film on the effects of nuclear fallout

Daily Activities

Most activities/assignments listed here are explained & detailed in the chart above.

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May 13 - May 15, 2015

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Wednesday (May 13) 

1.  PROJECT DUE!!!  
2. Packet DUE!!
3. Story of Us - Cold War & questions

Thursday (May 14)
1. Finish Story of Us & go over answers
2. Crash Course: Cold War

Friday (May 15)
1. Contrasting Cold War Ideologies & Events that led to the Cold War- lecture notes

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May 18 - May 22, 2015

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Monday (May 18)

1. Finish notes
2. Cold War - Global Impact (finish wkst using handout) - due: Tues

Tuesday (May 19)

1. CNN Student News
2. Review
3. Work time on "Cold War at Home" wkst (using reading handouts) - Due: Thurs

Wednesday (May 20) 

1.  CNN Student News
2. Discuss Global Impact charts & Mapping

Thursday (May 21)

1. Finish going over Global Impact chart & mapping

Friday (May 22)

1. Collect Cold War Packets
2. Cuban Missile Crisis - overview

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May 25 - May 29, 2015

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Monday (May 25)

No School - Memorial Day

Tuesday (May 26)

1. Finish Cuban Missile Crisis
2. Turn in packets!!
3. Intro to Civil Rights Movement - Emmitt Till

Wednesday (May 27) 

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Thursday (May 28)

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Friday (May 29)

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