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Unit Plan
TD 528: Secondary Teaching Methods
November 10, 2016
Course Description
This course will examine the development, growth, and challenges of our institutions and culture
from the period of industrial growth after the Civil War to the present. The course emphasis will
be on having students gain an historical, economic, political, and geographic perspective on the
United States. Students will develop inquiry and communication skills through selected research;
presentations; and class debates, interpretation and critical analysis of primary source material,
and civic centered participation projects while developing an appreciation for the wide variety of
human experiences.
Unit Titles
World War II
The Cold War and the United States
Domestic Change: Social, Political, and Economic
Contemporary America
Key Concepts
Systems
Conflict
Ideology
Perspective
Benchmarks
Students will be able to:
1. Describe the factors that contributed to the Cold War (8.1.1)
Differences in the civic, ideological and political values, and the economic and
governmental institutions of the U.S. and U.S.S.R.
Diplomatic and political actions by both the U.S .and U.S.S.R. in the last years of and
years following WWII. (National Geography Standard 13)
2. Compare the causes and consequences of the setbacks and successes of the American policy of
containing the Soviet Union (8.1.2)
The development of a U.S. national security establishment
The direct and/or armed conflicts with Communism
U.S. involvement in Vietnam, and the foreign and domestic consequences of the war
Indirect (or proxy) confrontations within specific world regions
The arms race (National Geography Standard 13)
3. Describe and analyze the factors that led to the end of the Cold War (8.1.3)
4. Analyze major domestic issues in the Post-World War II era and the policies designed to meet
the challenges by (8.2.2)
describing issues challenging Americans such as domestic anticommunism
(McCarthyism), labor, poverty, health care, infrastructure, immigration, and the
environment (National Geography Standards 9 and 14)
evaluating policy decisions and legislative actions to meet these challenges (e.g., G.I.
Bill of Rights (1944), Taft-Hartley Act (1947), Twenty-Second Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution (1951), Federal Highways Act (1956), National Defense Act (1957), E.P.A.
(1970)) (National Geography Standards 12 and 14)
Assessment Tasks
1. Students will take on the role of a museum curator designing an exhibit on the Cold War that
will inform and engage young people. Using the primary and secondary sources that we have
used in class, they must design an exhibit about the course of the Cold War, including reasons
why it started, what everyday life was like for people living during the time period, and what led
to its end. Students will then have a chance to meet with a curator from a local museum to share
their projects. (8.1.1, 8.2.2, 8.1.3)
2. Students will create a news report discussing a major foreign policy event that escalated
tensions during the Cold War, such as the U2 Incident, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Cuban Missile
Crisis, or the Building of the Berlin Wall. Students must give background on the event, what
happened, and why the event was significant in the escalating tensions during the Cold War.
They will either video tape this report, or they will present it in class (8.1.2, 8.2.2)
3. Students will have divided into groups and create a campaign ad that either supports or
opposes Senator Joseph McCarthys re-election, which will be focused on his methods to fight
Communism. This ad will require students to use primary sources from individuals from the time
period (provided by the instructor and researched) as well as secondary sources to argue for their
side. Students will explain what their group stands for and present their ad to the class. This will
be part of a larger lesson on the Red Scare, where students would connect this period to the
current debate over liberty vs. security in the US (8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.2.2)
Catalogue of Lessons
Early Cold War Tensions
1. Sources of Tension
This lesson will focus on the early years of the Cold War from 1945-1948. We will begin
with a discussion between the difference between the US and USSR politically. Next, we will do
an expert jigsaw on the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam Conference and shows how the end of
WWII created tension. Half the class will read about the Yalta Conference to review what we
learned during the WWII Unit and the other half will read about the Potsdam Conference.
Students will be paired up so that they can discuss with each other what the goals were of each
conference and what agreements were reached at each. Next students will have a guided reading
on how that cooperation broke down. Students will end class with a discussion and writing
activity where they will be tasked with answering the question of what caused the Cold War and
if one side was more responsible than the other.
2. Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
This lesson will begin with students answering Students will learn about concepts like
Containment Theory and the Domino Effect. Students will have selected readings on the Truman
Doctrine, which became the foundation for US foreign policy during the Cold War and led to the
formation of NATO. They will also learn about the Marshall Plan with selected readings and the
relationship between it and the Truman Doctrine. After they are done reading and filling out a
graphic organizer, students will look at a map of the spread of Communism in the 1940s in
places like China. Students will become familiar with terms like Iron Curtain.
We will examine the differences between the map during WWII and by the end of the
1940s, paying special attention to countries that were part of NATO and ones that were behind
the Iron Curtain We will finish by asking the question how the Truman Doctrine still affects US
foreign policy today and discussing that as a class. (8.1.1; 8.1.2)
3. The Korean War
Students will learn about the Korean War. We will begin by examining Trumans decision
to intervene in Korea we will use the information from yesterday to see how the Korean War fit
into a strategy of containment. Students will view John Greens Crash Course about the Korean
War and read selected secondary sources about the conflict they will converse with their
shoulder partner while they fill out a graphic organizer and answer questions related to what they
have seen and read.
Next, we will use an interactive timeline to examine important dates in the war. They will
also have a map of Asia so they can locate Korea and the 38th Parallel to place the events
geographically that they are reading about. We will have a class discussion of how Korea fit into
the Truman Doctrine and what its long-term effects were, such as how North Korea and South
Korea signed an armistice but not a peace treaty, so the Korean War could restart.
Finally, students will have a writing assignment as an exit ticket explaining how and why
the US entered the Korean War and what its involvement looked like. (8.1.1; 8.1.2)
Instructional Resources
Equipment / Manipulative
Library
Computer Lab
Student Resources
Textbook: History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals
Chapter 38: Origins of the Cold War
Chapter 39: The Cold War Expands
Chapter 40: Fighting the Cold War at Home
Chapter 50: The United States Gets Involved in Vietnam
Chapter 51: Facing Frustration in Vietnam
Chapter 56: Ending the Cold War
Videos / Images
The Cold War in Asia: Crash Course US History #38: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Y2IcmLkuhG0
USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9HjvHZfCUI
Duck and Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QxVwafUFgY
Survival Under Atomic Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsHUIxt1iMw
President Eisenhowers Farewell Address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyBNmecVtdU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEvEmkMNYHY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saVnq3snkeI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNJGWX6wsM8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C72ISMF_D0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1eA5bUzVjA
He May Be A Communist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWeZ5SKXvj8
Fall of Berlin Wall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmRPP2WXX0U
Fortunate Son: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JmEj0_aVM
Reagan Ending the Cold War: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/bonus-
video/presidents-endwar-reagan/
Kennedy We Choose to Go to the Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFvJog2dMw
American Experience Race to the Moon http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/moon/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:South_Vietnam_Map.jpg
Articles / Maps
Early Cold War Tensions
o Yalta Conference Agreements: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/wwii/yalta.asp
o Postdam Conference Agreements:
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/decade17.asp
o Containment Policy: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?
smtID=2&psid=3403
o Truman Doctrine:
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/postwar-politics-and-
origins-cold-war/resources/origins-cold-war-containment-policy
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/trudoc.asp
https://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/doctrine.htm (Activity 6 and 7)
o Marshall Plan
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/marshall/marsh-dates.html
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured-documents/marshall-plan
o Berlin Airlift + Formation of NATO
http://www.coldwar.org/articles/40s/berlin_blockade.asp
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/themes/berlin-blockade-
formation-nato.html
o Korean War
Overview: http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/postwar-politics-and-
origins-cold-war/resources/guided-readings-korean-war
Map of Asia: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/cn_asia_pol.pdf
o Domino Theory http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/domino-theory
The Cold War at Home
o http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/dwightdeisenhowerfarewell.html
o http://www.npr.org/2011/01/17/132942244/ikes-warning-of-military-expansion-
50-years-later
o http://tah.eastconn.org/tah/0910CP1_ReportCardPresentDayAmerican.pdf
o http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/red-scare
o https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/herblocks-history/fire.html
1960s: Increasing Tension
o U2 Incident: http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/u2-spy-incident
o Bay of Pigs Invasion: https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/The-Bay-of-
Pigs.aspx
o Cuban Missile Crisis: https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Cuban-
Missile-Crisis.aspx
o Berlin Wall
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/13/newsid_3054000/3054
060.stm
o Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Nuclear-
Test-Ban-Treaty.aspx
o Sputnik: http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
Graphic Organizers
http://images.slideplayer.com/13/3926471/slides/slide_8.jpg
http://images.slideplayer.com/13/3926471/slides/slide_19.jpg
Learning Activities
DBQs (Document Based Questions)
Quick Reads
Free Writes
https://twinery.org/2/#stories/f81de76b-41d4-282c-3368-5c0b1b5a8b12/play
Teacher Resources
http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%2011_Cold%20War/Cold%20War%20Lesson
%20Plan3.pdf
https://edsitement.neh.gov/sites/edsitement.neh.gov/files/worksheets/ColdWar01.pdf
http://richonneww2.weebly.com/the-cold-war-begins-yalta-and-potsdam.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C72ISMF_D0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2IcmLkuhG0
http://www.brighthubeducation.com/history-lessons-grades-9-12/128121-the-cold-war-at-home/
http://www.brighthubeducation.com/history-lessons-grades-9-12/128300-lesson-plan-the-
vietnam-war/
https://tradshad.wordpress.com/writings/cold-war-influences-on-american-culture-politics-and-
economics/
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/sixties/resources/analyzing-protest-songs-1960s
http://sheg.stanford.edu/upload/Lessons/Unit%2012_Cold%20War%20Culture%20and%20Civil
%20Rights/Anti-Vietnam%20War%20Movement%20Lesson%20Plan.pdf
Activity 6 and 7: https://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/doctrine.htm
http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/Events/nato49/nato49.html