Competency Goal 10: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War (1930-1963) - The learner will analyze the United States involvement in World War II and the war’s influence on international affairs in the following decades.
Objective 10.2: Identify military, political, and diplomatic turning points of the war and determine their significance to the outcome and aftermath of the conflict.
Competency Goal 10: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War (1930-1963) - The learner will analyze the United States involvement in World War II and the war’s influence on international affairs in the following decades.
Objective 10.2: (continued) Identify military, political, and diplomatic turning points of the war and determine their significance to the outcome and aftermath of the conflict.
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Okinawa
Pearl Harbor
Stalingrad
Tehran
V-E Day, V-J Day
Casablanca, Potsdam
10.02d Hold a panel discussion on the concepts of genocide and relate them to different periods of history or a news conference featuring a selected battle or Allied leader.
Literature Connections:
Selections from Welty, O’Conner, Porter, Pound, Eliot, Miller, Frost, Sandberg, et al
Frederick Allen: Only Yesterday
John Morton, Blum: V Was for Victory
Fine Arts Connections:
Jason Pollock: “Mural” 1943 Univ. of Iowa Museum of Art
Pulitzer Prize Photographs: 1944: Home is the Hero, 1945: Iwo Jima
Competency Goal 10: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War (1930-1963) The learner will analyze the United States involvement in World War II and the war’s influence on international affairs in the following decades.
Objective 10.3: Describe and analyze the effects of the war on American economic, social, political, and cultural life.
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The Homefront
Suspension of Civil Liberties
Suburbanization
Transition to Peacetime
War bonds
Baby boomers
Fair Deal
G.I. Bill
Korematsu v United States
1944
Levittown
Northern Migration
Middle class
Rosie the Riveter
Selective Services Act
AFL-CIO
Taft-Hartley Act
WACS
War Production Board
Japanese Internment Sites
Japanese American Museum
Japanese Internment Rationing
10.03a Evaluate the extent of changes in U. S. society caused by: working women, northern migration, “baby boom, growth of suburbs, and the G.I. Bill.
10.03b Research the ways the government intervened with free society during WWII. Write a position paper defending intervention.
Sample war bonds and rationing cards
Sample newspaper headlines and ads
Audio &Visual Resources:
Excerpts from movies: “ A League of Their Own”, “Swing Kids”, “Happy Days”, “Leave It To Beaver”
Selected works of Wolfe, Baker, Dillion, Kerwoac, Ginsberg,Vonnegot, Plath, Sexton
Competency Goal 10: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War (1930-1963) - The learner will analyze the United States involvement in World War II and the war’s influence on international affairs in the following decades.
Objective 10.3: (continued) Describe and analyze the effects of the war on American economic, social, political, and cultural life.
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10.03c Based on research, create a newsletter to cover the stories of Northern Migration. Include causes and gains for African Americans.
10.03d In a mock presidential cabinet meeting, discuss the events of Japanese internment and relocation.
Rachael Carson: Silent Spring, 1962
Betty Friedan: Feminine Mystique, 1963
Ernest Hemingway: For Whom the Bells Toll
Fine Arts Connections:
Andrew Wyeth: “ November First” 1950 NMAA
Jacob Lawrence: “The Library”, 1960 NMAA
Grant Wood: “American Gothic” 1930 NMAA
Competency Goal 10: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War (1930-1963) - The learner will analyze the United States involvement in World War II and the war’s influence on international affairs in the following decades.
Objective 10.04: Elaborate on changes in the direction of foreign policy related to the beginnings of the Cold War.
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U. S. Military Intervention
Containment
The Cold War
The Domino Theory
10.04a Create a graphic organizer that demonstrates the ways in which containment expanded U.S. commitment abroad.
10.04b Scenario: On flight from New York to Los Angeles, seated next to a key leader of the era. What three questions would you ask to get an understanding of their role in Cold War history?
Quotes from Elie Wiesel like: “Never shall I forget these things…Never.”
Up to date world maps for 1945 to 1960
Document establishing the National Intelligence Structure of the U. S.
Competency Goal 10: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War (1930-1963) - The learner will analyze the United States involvement in World War II and the war’s influence on international affairs in the following decades.
Objective 10.04: (continued) Elaborate on changes in the direction of foreign policy related to the beginnings of the Cold War.
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10.04c Videotape an episode of “You Are There” from one of the hot spots of the Cold War.
10.04d On a desk map or on-line map, label all the areas where the U. S. military was involved from 1945 to 1960.
Competency Goal 10: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War (1930-1963) - The learner will analyze the United States involvement in World War II and the war’s influence on international affairs in the following decades.
Objective 10.04: (continued) Elaborate on changes in the direction of foreign policy related to the beginnings of the Cold War.
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10.04e Compare a story of the Cuban Missile Crisis as told by actual historical documents with portrayals in the movie “Thirteen Days”. Use a motion picture analysis worksheet from the National Archives to evaluate the film. Discuss.
Competency Goal 10: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War (1930-1963) - The learner will analyze the United States involvement in World War II and the war’s influence on international affairs in the following decades.
Objective 10.04: (continued) Elaborate on changes in the direction of foreign policy related to the beginnings of the Cold War.
Major Concepts
Terms
Thinking Skills and Suggested Activities for Students
Resources: Primary, Secondary, Technology Audio/Visual/Documents for listed activities
Fine Arts Connections:
Aerial photographs of missiles in Cuba. Library of Congress
Pulitzer Prize Photos: 1950”The Barnstorming Days” 1953 “Adlai Bares His Soul”, 1956 “ A Day in the Suburbs”, 1962: “The Birth of the Sixties”
Andy Warhol: “100 Cans” 1962 Albright-Knox Gallery
Roy Lichtenstein: “Blam”, 1962 Yale Univ. Art Gallery
Competency Goal 10: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War (1930-1963) - The learner will analyze the United States involvement in World War II and the war’s influence on international affairs in the following decades.
Objective 10.05: Assess the role of organizations established to maintain peace and examine their continuing effectiveness.
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Balance of Power
Organizations for peace
Alliance for Progress
N.A.T.O.
O.A.S.
S.E.A.T.O.
Security Council
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
10.05a Conduct an Internet search of each of the organizations that have been designed to promote peace. What are the missions and goals for each?
10.05b Compare and contrast organizations such as NATO and SEATO, NATO v. Warsaw Pact, UN v. League of Nations. Assess their roles and effectiveness.
Copy of the Charter of the United Nations 1945
Copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948
http://globalpolicy.igc.org/security/gensc.htm Literature Connections:
Walter M. Miller, Jr: A Canticle for Leibowitz, 1959
Competency Goal 10: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War (1930-1963) - The learner will analyze the United States involvement in World War II and the war’s influence on international affairs in the following decades.
Objective 10.05: (continued) Assess the role of organizations established to maintain peace and examine their continuing effectiveness.
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10.05c Hold a NATO dinner party. Plan who attends, the theme, and what will be served. Decide who is invited and where each guest will sit. What are the conversations you hear among the dinner guests related to peace?
Fine Arts Connections:
Norman Rockwell: “The Golden Rule”
Photographs of U.S. presidents at world conferences: Library of Congress
Drawings and photographs of “bomb shelters’
Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) –The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.
Objective 11.01: Describe the effects of the Cold War on economic, political, and social life in America.
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Effects of Cold War On America’s Home life
Domino Theory and geopolitics
McCarthyism
Spread of Suburbia
Effects of Nixon’s visits to China and Moscow
“Duck and cover”
Fallout Shelters
National Security Act, 1947
House on Un-American
Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Hollywood Blacklist
The National Highway Act
Selective Service System
New Left
Détente
S.A.L.T. I and II
11.01a Study the 2nd Red Scare of the 1950’s. Prepare reports on the Congressional Hearings, results of the hearings, and justification (if any). Discuss lessons learned.
11.01b List and explain four major pieces of anti-communist legislation.
11.01c View the movie of the Kahn Family in Hollywood. What is the story telling?
Truman Doctrine
Douglas MacArthur’s “Old Soldiers Never Die” Speech
Excerpts from the Congressional Record from Joseph McCarthy on the Communist threat, 1950
Excerpts from Richard Nixon’s Memoirs related to his China visit.
Competency Goal 11: Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil (1945-1980) –The learner will trace economic, political, and social developments and assess their significance for the lives of Americans during this time period.
Objective 11.01: (continued) Describe the effects of the Cold War on economic, political, and social life in America.
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Carter’s Human Rights Foreign policy and the collapse of detente
The Military Industrial Complex
11.01d Form two groups. Debate the question: “Did the RED SCARE violate U.S. citizens’ constitutional rights?
11.01e Design your own fallout shelter and list essentials that you would have with you.
Literature Connections:
Donald Katz: Home Fires. 1992
Erik Barnouw: Tube of Plenty, 1990 Fine Arts Connections:
