Lesson on Thursday, April 12, 2018

Aim: Who was primarily responsible for the Cold War: The U.S. or the Soviet Union?

Bell Ringer: Journal 65 – Choose two early events of the Cold War and describe how these events contributed to the start of the Cold War. Use Attachment B-3


Objectives:
1. Students will examine causes, course, and consequences of the early years of the Cold War (Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, Warsaw Pact).
2. Students will analyze significant foreign policy events during the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations.


Agenda:
1. Bell Ringer (10 min)
2. Review journals 64 and 65 (10 min)
3. IMPORTANT TO REVIEW:

• Differences between Communism and Capitalism.
• US and Soviet Union were on the same side in WWII.
• After WWII, Europe was in ruins and former colonial empires were crumbling. This set the scene for increased
competition between the two superpowers, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
• The Soviet Red Army remained in Eastern Europe after the war, which led to the Soviet Bloc. At the same time, the United States developed policies of containment – in particular, the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan.

5. Timeline and PowerPoint Lecture

A. Hand out Cold War timeline and lead students through it using PowerPoint slides to draw attention to key events:
• Slide #1: The Iron Curtain Speech
• Slide #2: The Truman Doctrine
• Slide #3: The Marshall Plan
• Slide #4: NATO and Warsaw Pact
• Slide #5: Introduce question of the day:
Who was primarily responsible for the Cold War - The United States or the Soviet Union? Over the past decades historians have disagreed over this question. Today, we are going to look closely at some Cold War documents in order to address the question for ourselves.

6. Pass out Documents A and B along with Guiding Questions. Students read documents, answer questions, and record their initial hypothesis regarding the central historical question.
7. Share out answers and discuss.
8. Pass out documents C and D. Students read documents, answer questions, and record their second hypothesis.
9. Share out answers and discuss.
Whole class discussion:
• Who was primarily responsible for the start of the Cold War? What evidence do you have to support your claim?
• Which of these documents do you believe is most trustworthy? Why? • Did anyone’s hypothesis change? How and why?
• What other evidence would you need to strengthen your claim?



Home Learning: EOC Review Packet pages ___________ / Journals 51-60 will be graded tomorrow.