I want to set
aside a little time at the top today to finish up any questions or
comments on China from yesterday.
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Cnn: Cold War Reports: Today,
I'd like to quickly hear from our first dozen "reporters" on their
episodes from this series. Nothing fancy here, just give us a quick
summary of what you saw. Let's try to do:
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
When you have finished summarizing, please post your blog entry on the CNN: Cold War Reports page. (2nd Hour "Reports") (4th Hour "Reports") It should contain the following.
- 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.
We'll do the second batch of twelve episodes tomorrow.
The Doomsday Clock
- Since 1947, the Board of Directors of the Bulletin of Atomic
Scientists have kept the "Doomsday Clock." Originally set to reflect
the dangers of a thermonuclear way, it now also represents the danger
of other forms of "catastrophic destruction" as well. It is an
interesting way to look at the tensions of the Cold War.
(Click on the image to get to to enlarge and show the right edge in a new window...)
Cold Warriors - Pick One: Here's
your chance to take on the persona of your favorite "Cold Warrior." Tuesday, we will celebrate the 19th 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. 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
- Konrad Adenauer
Korea
- Syngman Rhee
- Kim Il Sung
Soviet Union
- Joseph Stalin
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Andrei Gromyko
- Leonid Brezhnev
- Mikhail Gorbachev
United States
- Harry Truman
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- John Kennedy
- Lyndon Johnson
- Richard Nixon
- Henry Kissinger
- Ronald Reagan
Vietnam
- Ngo Dinh Diem
- Ho Chi Minh
Cuba
I've also got a "The Beginning of the Cold War" DBQ activity that should help give you the "big picture" of the Cold War. It's got useful background information.
- Fidel Castro
I've also got a "The Beginning of the Cold War" DBQ activity that should help give you the "big picture" of the Cold War. It's got useful background information.
Wars in Korea and Vietnam
- Your reading that was assigned for today is certainly territory that
you will cover next year as well, but we can take a couple minutes to
look at the "big picture" of these two conflicts if you have specific
questions...
HOMEWORK for next session - Monday, March 1
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 Tuesday's Cold Warrior Retirement Home 19th Anniversary Celebration.
