Week 26, March 1-5, 2021, United States History: Module 12.4 Two Nations Living on the Edge and 12.5 Mounting Tensions in the Sixties

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance

Standards: 11.4.6, 11.7.7, 11.7.8, 11.8.4, 11.8.5, 11.9.1, 11.9.2, 11.9.3, 11.9.4, 11.9.5, 11.9.6, 11.11.2, CST1, HREP.3, HI.2, HI.4

Objectives: SWBAT

• Define the containment policy of the United States during the Cold War era.
• Discuss how the United States supported its allies during the Berlin Crisis.
• Describe how the Cold War guided policies in Asia.
• Analyze the events of the Korean War,
• Describe President Eisenhower's plans to revamp the U.S. military.
• Explain Eisenhower's diplomatic strategy of brinkmanship.
• Evaluate the American efforts to continue containing Communist growth around the world.
• Analyze the tensions that remained between the Soviet Union and the United States.

EQ: Did anyone win the Cold War?

Session 1 

Enrichment 15 minutes: 12.4 Nevada Test Site

1. Please Respond to writing Prompt

Lecture 20 minutes: 12.4 Two Nations Living on the Edge

Primary Source Analysis 25 minutes:

• Eisenhower on the Military and Industrial Complex.
• Bob Dylan Master's of War
• Bob Dylan Master's of War Lyrics

1. Listen to Eisenhower's Speech and Bob Dylan's Song.
2. What is the message of the speech and the song in your opinion?
3. How are they both similar and different?
4. When were each given?
5. What are your feelings on this topic?

Activity 20 minutes: Enrichment 12.4 Plans for a Fallout Shelter

1. Please create a plan for a fallout shelter.

Session 2 

Warm Up 10 minutes: Read and Summarize p. 616- 619

1. U.S.- Soviet Tensions
2. The Berlin Crisis
3. Efforts to Ease Tensions

Reading 10 minutes:Read: Crisis in Cuba p. 612-616, Cuban Missile Crisis, October 1962 p. 614 #1-2
Videos 20 minutes:

Space Race p. 716

1. Why was Kennedy so interested in space?
2. How does it relate to the Cold War?

Bay of Pigs

1. What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs?
2. What was the Result of the Bay of Pigs?

Cuban Missile Crisis 1962

1. What was the Cuban Crisis of 1962?
2. What was the resolution?
3. Why was it significant?

Session 3 

Assessment 20 minutes: 12.5 #1-5 p. 620

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives