We'll keep going with our overview of the Cold War today...
Cnn: Cold War Reports: I'd like to continue hearing from our "reporters" on their episodes from this series. Let's try to finish them up today:
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/6d3ux
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
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.
Fighting the "Cold War": We've
already been talking about Cold War events, but I think it makes sense
to take a step back here and consider the broader picture. Here are a
couple of questions for you:
- Was the Cold War inevitable? Why or why not?
- From the perspective of 1945, do you think either side conceived that this conflict would last for more than 40 years?
- From the perspective of 1945, do you think either side could realistically have predicted victory?
While
fought on a variety of fronts with a wide variety of tactics, here are
some of what historians generally agree where the "strategies" of the
Cold War. (A slightly different list appears on page 983 in your
text...) It would be good if we can think of some examples of each of
these strategies.
- Espionage
- Propaganda
- Foreign assistance
- Weapons development / arms race
- Multinational alliances
- Technological development
- Brinkmanship
- Proxy wars
Cold War Time Capsules - Assume
that you've been put in charge of compiling a time capsule of the Cold
War. It will be opened in 2041, the 50th anniversary of the end of the
Cold War. You've got room for ten items. What do you (and a partner if
you want) put in the capsule? Why?
HOMEWORK for next session - Tuesday, March 2nd
Please finish reading in Chapter 33 with Section 5, "The Cold War Thaws" (pp. 988-991). The quiz will be fill-in-the-blank.
"Your"
Cold Warrior should be ready to present at tomorrow's Cold Warrior
Retirement Home 19th Anniversary Celebration. 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.
