The Cold War and the Struggle for Equality
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UNIT 4 | EARLY MODERN: GLOBAL INTERACTIONS UNIT 8 THE COLD WAR AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY 1 UNIT 8 THE COLD WAR AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY UNIT 48 | EARLYTHE COLD MODERN: WAR AND GLOBAL THE STRUGGLEINTERACTIONS FOR EQUALITY UNIT 8 | OVERVIEW, UNIT OBJECTIVES, ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS This unit begins with the development of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union and concludes with the unease of the late 1970s. The period between the mid-1940s and 1980 saw the United States’ global influence expand through its quest to stop the spread of global communism. The ups and downs of this struggle impacted the ways in which Americans viewed and interacted with their government, causing moments of national pride (moon landing) and moments of division and tension (Vietnam War). This period also saw centuries of oppression of African Americans boil over into the Civil Rights Movement. The successes and struggles of this movement will be a major topic in the pages that follow. Overall, this unit will track these larger processes while maintaining a focus on how all of this played out in the varied experiences of actual Americans. TIMELINE: 1945-1980 INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS: 16 UNIT OBJECTIVES • Analyze the ways in which Americans’ views on the role of government change during the period 1945-1980. • Analyze the impact of individuals and their actions on the successes and failures of the period. • Examine the lasting inequalities and unequal distribution of progress in America during the period. • Understand the ways in which the Cold War and America’s global presence impacted Americans. • Examine the successes of the Civil Rights Movement and the obstacles that still remain. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • In what ways did the period between 1945 and 1980 shape the political, social, and cultural identity of the United States? • How did the voices and actions of individual citizens impact America during this period? 2 UNIT 8 THE COLD WAR AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY UNIT 8 | THE COLD WAR AND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY UNIT 8 | CONTENT 1 LESSON 8.1 | THE COLD WAR 74 Read | Emmett Till 3 Opening | EQ Notebook – Lesson 1 79 Watch | Crash Course US History #40 – 5 Watch | Crash Course US History #37 – The 1960s in America The Cold War 83 Read | Civil Rights Movements in the 1960s 8 Read | The Truman Doctrine 97 Read | Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Marshall Plan Primary Sources 14 Activity | Berlin Airlift Source Analysis 108 Read | Black Panther Party: Ten-Point Program 19 Read | McCarthyism 112 Activity | Civil Rights Movement in Photos 24 Watch | Crash Course US History #38 – 113 Read | Echoes of the Civil Rights Movement The Cold War in Asia 119 Activity | James Baldwin: “My Dungeon Shook” 28 Read | Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin 125 Closing | EQ Notebook 33 Read | Vietnam War: An Overview 40 Activity | Vietnam in Photos Gallery Walk 127 LESSON 8.3 | THE SEVENTIES 46 Read | Resistance to Vietnam War 129 Opening | EQ Notebook - Lesson 3 50 Closing | EQ Notebook 131 Watch | Crash Course US History #41 – The Rise of Conservatism 52 LESSON 8.2 | THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 134 Read | The Politics of Love, Sex, 55 Opening | EQ Notebook – Lesson 8.2 and Gender – American Yawp 57 Watch | Crash Course US History #39 – 141 Read | Watergate: Undoing a President Civil Rights and the 1950s 146 Watch | Crash Course US History #42 – 60 Read | The Affluent Society Ford, Carter, and the Economic Malaise and the Civil Rights Movement 149 Closing | EQ Notebook 3 LESSONUNIT 8 | 8.1 THE | COLDTHE COLD WAR WARAND THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY LESSON 8.1.0 | OVERVIEW | The Cold War Coming out of World War II, the United States emerged as one of two remaining world powers. Most of the international events of this period were in some way related to the ongoing Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union. From military combat in Korea and Vietnam to the near disasters in Berlin and Cuba, the impact of the tense rivalry with global communism is difficult to overstate. Even domestically, the conflict bred contempt with events like McCarthyism and the Vietnam War signifying the deep divide between the ways in which Americans viewed this war of ideologies. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • In what ways did the period between 1945 and 1980 shape the political, social, and cultural identity of the United States? • How did the voices and actions of individual citizens impact America during this period? 1 LESSON 8.1 | THE COLD WAR LESSON 8.1.0 | OVERVIEW | Learning Outcomes, Vocabulary, & Outline LEARNING OUTCOMES • Identify the ways in which American ideas about itself and the world were shaped by the Cold War. • Analyze political, economic, and social effects of the Cold War. • Understand the impact of military involvement on the homefront. • Evaluate the successes and failures of American Cold War policy. LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS • How did the Cold War impact the way Americans and their government viewed and were viewed by the rest of the world? • In what ways did the Cold War serve to both unite and divide Americans? LESSON OUTLINE 1 Opening | EQ Notebook – Lesson 1 7 Activity | Korean War 2 Watch | Crash Course US History #37 – 8 Read | Vietnam War The Cold War 9 Activity | Vietnam in Images 3 Read | The Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan 10 Read | Anti-War Protests 4 Activity | Berlin Airlift 11 Activity | Space Race 5 Read | McCarthyism 12 Closing | EQ Notebook 6 Watch | Crash Course US History #37 – The Cold War in Asia 2 LESSON 8.1 | THE COLD WAR LESSON 8.1.1 | OPENING | EQ Notebook PURPOSE Each unit and lesson of the Crash Course United Essential Question with evidence they have States History Course (CCUSH) is guided by gathered throughout the unit. This provides an essential question. The Essential Question students an opportunity to track their learning Notebook (EQ Notebook) is an informal writing and to prepare them for future activities. resource for students to track their learning and To help students focus on the important ideas, understanding of a concept throughout a unit. this activity asks them to look at the big ideas Students will be given an Essential Question through the lens of the Essential Question. At this at the beginning of the unit and each lesson point, students won’t have much background and asked to provide a response based on prior to bring to bear on the issue just yet. This early knowledge and speculation. Students will then exercise helps to bring to the fore what they revisit the notebook in order to answer the know coming into the unit. PROCESS Ask students to think about the essential in a democracy like the United States? questions for Unit 8 and Lesson 8.1, What do you think are some possible respectively. Students should write down reactions to great change? the Essential Questions and record their responses to opening questions in their EQ They can do this in the context of their Notebook Worksheets. knowledge of US History, or relate it to their own lives. Example Opening Questions: How do you think that the results of World War II are going to shape America and ATTACHMENT its relationship to the world? What do you • The EQ Unit 8 Notebook Worksheet think our government’s role should be in the actions of other nations? What is protest? What is the point of protest? What power do individuals possess to spark great change 3 CRASH COURSE | AMERICAN HISTORY UNIT 8 | EQ Notebook Worksheet Answer the Essential Questions in Lesson 8.1.1, then again in Lesson 8.1.12. In your answer, be sure to include ideas such as historical context and how themes through history change over time. Use specific examples to support your claims or ideas. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS 1. How did the Cold War impact the way Americans and their government viewed and were viewed by the rest of the world? 2. In what ways did the Cold War serve to both unite and divide Americans? LESSON 8.1.1 LESSON 8.1.12 HOW HAS YOUR THINKING CHANGED? 4 LESSON 8.1 | THE COLD WAR LESSON 8.1.2 | WATCH | Crash Course US History #37 The Cold War PREVIEW PURPOSE In which John Green teaches you about the Cold In this video, students will be introduced to The War, which was the decades long conflict between Cold War. They will come to understand the basics the USA and the USSR. The Cold War was called of the ideological conflict between the United cold because of the lack of actual fighting, but this States and the Soviet Union and the ways in which is inaccurate. There was plenty of fighting, from this conflict impacted life in America and around Korea to Vietnam to Afghanistan, but we’ll get the globe. into that stuff in the next episode. This time we’ll talk about how the Cold War started. In short it grew out of World War II. Basically, the Soviets occupied eastern Europe, and the US supported western Europe. This setup would spill across the world, with client states on both sides. It’s all in the video. You should just watch it. PROCESS As with all of the videos in the course, ask LINK students to watch the video before class. • Crash Course US History #37 – Remind students of John’s fast-talking and The Cold War play the video with captions. Pause and rewind when necessary. Before they watch Video questions for students to answer during the video, remind them of the central ideas their viewing. of the Unit 8 Essential Questions and the Lesson 8.1 Essential Questions.