You'll probably notice that I am out today. I've got three things related to the Cold War to keep you occupied today. On Tuesday, we'll start going over the episodes you watched from the CNN: Cold War series. Notice that you also DO have a reading assignment for tonight.
Following the reading quiz, you've got three options to work on during the hour:
Cnn: Cold War Assignment: Last week, you received "your" episode from this series. You should have the episode watched before class time Tuesday, and you should be ready to post your blog entry on a page I will have available then. (Don't post in advance for two reasons. First, the page is not created. Second, I want you to post in order so that things make sense for the "reader.")
Following the reading quiz, you've got three options to work on during the hour:
- Your "CNN: Cold War" episode and blog entry should be ready for tomorrow's class.
- You will select a "Cold Warrior" for Thursday's group discussion. You can research that person.
- You can work on the DBQ Activity that you will receive.
Cnn: Cold War Assignment: Last week, you received "your" episode from this series. You should have the episode watched before class time Tuesday, and you should be ready to post your blog entry on a page I will have available then. (Don't post in advance for two reasons. First, the page is not created. Second, I want you to post in order so that things make sense for the "reader.")
Here's what you should have ready to post. (I'd suggest saving it as a Microsoft Word document.) You'll post them on the Q4 - CNN: Cold War "Reports" page.
- Provide the title of your episode, along with a several sentence summary of what it was about.
- Identify and key terms or people about which people should know.
- List the three main conclusions/points/ideas that people should take away from this episode. (We'll share these verbally in class as well.)
- Your reaction to the events you saw. Were there particular people or nations who acted in ways you found praiseworthy, dangerous, etc.?
- Your recommendation as to whether this is a worthwhile episode for others to watch.
Here are the links to the various episodes.
- 1. Comrades - http://tinyurl.com/54bnx5
- 2. Iron Curtain - http://tinyurl.com/3rmsyv
- 3. Marshall Plan - http://tinyurl.com/45ojyr
- 4. Berlin - http://tinyurl.com/4s5w47
- 5. Korea - http://tinyurl.com/6c4hre
- 6. Reds - http://tinyurl.com/5ae9qg
- 7. After Stalin - http://tinyurl.com/6hltrc
- 8. Sputnik - http://tinyurl.com/66byuq
- 9. The Wall - http://tinyurl.com/5acfkz
- 10. Cuba - http://tinyurl.com/6xnyzw
- 11. Vietnam - http://tinyurl.com/66t9o6
- 12. MAD - http://tinyurl.com/57rjbb
- 13. Make Love, Not War - http://tinyurl.com/5mexsb
- 14. Red Spring - http://tinyurl.com/5egq2h
- 15. China - http://tinyurl.com/6hagn8
- 16. Détente - http://tinyurl.com/5ggezb
- 17. Good Guys, Bad Guys - http://tinyurl.com/6d3uxs
- 18. Backyard - http://tinyurl.com/54tfp2
- 19. Freeze - http://tinyurl.com/64k2a6
- 20. Soldiers of God - http://tinyurl.com/69fz4s
- 21. Spies - http://tinyurl.com/5wojfh
- 22. Star Wars - http://tinyurl.com/4eae95
- 23. The Wall Comes Down - http://tinyurl.com/6m2b6y
- 24. Conclusions - http://tinyurl.com/6cbcgn
Cold Warriors - Pick One: Here's
your chance to take on the persona of your favorite "Cold Warrior." Thursday, we will celebrate the 18th Anniversary of the End of the Cold
War at the Cold Warrior Retirement Home. (1991 is generally considered
to mark the end of the Cold War.) You will select from the list of
participants below. BE SURE TO SIGN UP "YOUR" FIGURE ON THE SHEET. You'll be expected to look into "your" role in the
Cold War. We don't need to know a bunch more about other aspects of
your life. Keep it simple and straight-forward. We're talking
introductions of about a minute or two. Following that, there will be
some questions for the group to discuss.
Your roles were selected from the list at the Cold War International History Project's Cold War Files (a great site) page cleverly entitled, "People." I'd recommend starting your research there.
China
- Mao Zedong
- Zhou Enlai
Europe
- Lech Walesa
- Vaclav Havel
- Margaret Thatcher
- Erich Honecker
- Willy Brandt
Korea
- Syngman Rhee
- Kim Il Sung
Soviet Union
- Joseph Stalin
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Mikhail Gorbachev
United States
- Harry Truman
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- John Kennedy
- Lyndon Johnson
- Richard Nixon
- Ronald Reagan
Vietnam
- Ngo Dinh Diem
- Ho Chi Minh
DBQ Activity - Please work through "The Beginning of the Cold War" DBQ activity for tomorrow's class. It's got useful background information.
HOMEWORK for tomorrow - Tuesday, May 12th
Please
continue reading in Chapter 33 with Section 4, "The Cold War Divides
the World" (pp. 982-987). The quiz will be multiple choice.
"Your" Cold Warrior should be ready to present at Thursday's Cold Warrior Retirement Home 18th Anniversary Celebration.
