Cold War Stories Project

Task: Using a powerpoint teach the class one country’s story from the Cold War (end of WWII to mid 1990s).

Create groups of 2 total people. Keep in mind you cannot work with these people again for your final project.

Topic Options:

1. Israel/Palestine Conflict (Causes and Effect of the various battles and alliances) 2. The Korean War (Causes and Effects) 3. Cuba (Fidel Castro, Communism, and the Bay of Pigs) 4. Iran (The Shah, Ayatollah Khomeni, Iraq Iran War) 5. Guatemala (Jacobo Arbenz and the CIA wars) 6. Afghanistan (Soviet Afghan War and the rise of the Mujahadeen, Al Qaeda) 7. Egypt (Suez Crisis, 6 Day War, Yom Kippur War) 8. Vietnam (Causes and effects of the Vietnam War) 9. Iraq (Iraq Iran War, Rise of Sadaam Hussein, Operation Iraqi Freedom)

*You must use three books (not including your text book) and two online websites in your research Goals:

A. Explain the necessary background to understand the events assigned B. Explain the role the United States played in this event C. Discuss the ramification of U.S. involvement and the current state of that nation D. For you to develop story telling/group work skills.

You must submit an MLA formatted bibliography.

1. The presentation should last one class period 2. These projects should be high in quality, visually entertaining, and you should include some kind of audio or video (10 minutes max). 3. It should also be written so that a person who has not done the research that you have will know what you are talking about. 4. Make sure you check the rubric so that you can maximize your points.

Suggested Steps: 1. Step1: a. Go home and read basic information about your topic. Check the textbook for information as well. Go online – read as much as you can. Go to the library and check out books on the topic and country. 2. Step 2: a. Map out the story of this country from your background research. Delegate different sections of the research to the members of your group. They should become experts on this portion of your country’s history. b. Discuss with your group how you think you should teach this story to the class. Brainstorm those methods other teachers use that you find particularly effective and have a general plan regarding how you will present your topic. 3. Step 3: a. Pick two major themes/topics that you think someone should understand when you’re done teaching your lesson. Turn those topics into essay questions and submit them. Cold War Stories Rubric

5 4 3 2 1 The group told the story, with The group told the details, thoroughly, clearly, so story, thoroughly but that everyone understood and The group told the details were not could connect the importance story thoroughly, explained so that of this event to the events of clearly, and everyone everyone could Story Told the Story today. could understand. understand. poorly told. Incomplete. Colorful, easy to Colorful, easy to read, read, informative, but informative, and useful as a not used as a visual Visual Aid visual aid. aid. Visual aid not useful. Incomplete. No visual aid. Three Components discussed Background/Cold War/Current Missing one of the Missing two of thoroughly Ramifications components the components

The speech was too technical with No speech The speech is easy to The speech is easy insufficient prepared. Read understand, clear, and to understand, clear, explanation so that off presented in such a way so that and written well for the audience could powerpoint/poste Organization/Presentation it flows the most part. understand. Incomplete. r

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