REMINDER: I don’t offer last minute extra credit or deals to round up your grade. Tonight is a good time to check Eschool and see if you have any recent assignments missing.
Essential Questions:
Overall, was the nuclear arms race justifiable?
Overall, were proxy wars between the US and the Soviet Union justifiable?
Monday, 4/15: Intro to M.A.D. + Start Lecture
HW: DUE BLOCK DAY.
Read the 2017 article on the class web site “Stanislav Petrov Obituary”.
Respond to the prompts in 1 page minimum of writing, shared with [email protected]
Essential Questions:
Overall, was the nuclear arms race justifiable?
Overall, were proxy wars between the US and the Soviet Union justifiable?
Monday, 4/15: Intro to M.A.D. + Start Lecture
HW: DUE BLOCK DAY.
Read the 2017 article on the class web site “Stanislav Petrov Obituary”.
Respond to the prompts in 1 page minimum of writing, shared with [email protected]
- Stanislav Petrov didn't follow orders. Argue for or against the assertion that he was a hero, backing your argument with evidence from the article.
- Consider the 15 minute window to react that the Russian and American governments today face upon learning of a reported nuclear attack. How would you improve our nuclear defense system?
| stanislav_petrov_obituary.pdf |
Tuesday, 4/16: Lecture
LECTURE: “Cold War 1”
HW: Study for Practice Quiz.
HW: Stanislav Petrov Obituary.
Block, 4/17-4/18: Practice Quiz + TCI “Cold War Terms”
DUE: Writing assignment on Stanislav Petrov obituary
STATIONS ACTIVITY
VIDEO (21): “COLD WAR, BERLIN WALL"
22:30-43:45
HW: Study for Quiz
DAY 4 (Friday, 4/19): QUIZ (Study Guide is below)
LECTURE: “Cold War 1”
HW: Study for Practice Quiz.
HW: Stanislav Petrov Obituary.
Block, 4/17-4/18: Practice Quiz + TCI “Cold War Terms”
DUE: Writing assignment on Stanislav Petrov obituary
STATIONS ACTIVITY
VIDEO (21): “COLD WAR, BERLIN WALL"
22:30-43:45
HW: Study for Quiz
DAY 4 (Friday, 4/19): QUIZ (Study Guide is below)
| cold_war_study_guide.docx |
Monday 4/22: Short Lecture + Start Newspaper Project
SAMPLE NEWSPAPERS BELOW
SAMPLE NEWSPAPERS BELOW
| cold_war_newspaper_sample_1.pdf |
| sample_cold_war_newspaper_project.pdf |
LECTURE
NEWSPAPER PROJECT: Each group gets a country.
One pair does Soviet view, the other does the US view.
Make sure your newspaper makes sense as a whole. Talk to each other and read each other’s articles.
Students put their own names on their articles for credit.
Color print in library when possible.
1. Background story: gives information that explains why this event is so important, or what led up to the event.
2. Eyewitness story: tells the story from the viewpoint of a fictional or real “eyewitness” who experienced the proxy war.
3. Editorial: A reaction to the event from an opinionated/biased viewpoint.
4. Data: Stats, map or other relevant visual. Numbers or other visual information that tells the reader something important about the conflict. Include a few paragraphs of analysis.
SUGGESTED SOURCES
1. Argentina: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/us/children-of-argentinas-disappeared-reclaim-past-with-help.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Argentina: “Dirty War,” Madres de la plaza de mayo (Mothers of May Square), Falkland Islands war with Great Britain.
“Our World. Argentina: Who Am I?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=143_dvp6mwQ
2. Chile: Allende, Pinochet (his rule and his arrest in London decades later), “Dirty War”, Orlando Letelier/Ronnie Moffat.
“Chile Divided: Pinochet's Social Legacy” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ibj2ZInLk
3. Afghanistan: Cold War video, mujahedin, jihad, Osama Bin-Laden.
CNN, "Cold War, Soldiers of God, Afghanistan" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQBFXM1PIhM
4. El Salvador: Liberation theology, Bishop Oscar Romero, massacre of US nuns, FMLN, war crimes.
“Killed in El Salvador: An American Story | Retro Report | The New York Times”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E_-VwWXKLU
The Murder of Monseñor (Part 1 + Part 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrH69g3r3d0
5. Nicaragua: Somoza, Sandinista, Daniel Ortega, Contras, mining the harbor, Iran/Contra Scandal.
“Nicaragua Revolution” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuBNV3lpdZY
6. Guatemala: Arbenz, United Fruit Company, PB Success (CIA operation), Mayan genocide in Guatemala
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cswsfq
1954 Coup d'Etat in Guatemalahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z9Jha1yKNk
“Ending the Silence: Guatemala”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O-_98zzw4I
7. Cambodia: Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia, Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, The Killing Fields, Hun Sen.
“Tyrants and Dictators: Pol Pot” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH11GctMLGw
Tuesday, 4/23: Work Day on Newspapers
Newspaper Template: Google “google docs newspaper template”
Block, 4/24-4/25: Finish newspaper. GALLERY WALK ON FRIDAY.
HW--In addition to finishing your articles--Be ready tomorrow to verbally answer the following questions (you don’t have to write anything down):
- Why did this conflict happen?
- Which events were the most important in this conflict?
- Were the actions of the US and Soviet Union in that conflict moral? Why or why not?
- Who “won” the proxy conflict in that country, if anybody?
Friday 4/26: GALLERY WALK
GOAL A: To find evidence that one conflict was more important than the others during the Cold War. You define what you mean by “important.”
GOAL B: To convince others that the legacy of the conflict you chose for Goal A is more important to the world today than the others in the room.
PRIZE: The table that has the most well thought out answers to Goals A and B wins candy.
PREP (10): Print out and be ready to explain the conflict to visitors.
ROUND ONE (10):
ROUND TWO (10)
DEBRIEF
