Clash of Ideologies
(the Cold War)
Unit Overview
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Those who cannot learn from the past are destined to repeat it.
Bonus Activity: We Didn't Start the Fire
Bonus Activity: We Didn't Start the Fire
Want some help focusing during the videos? Try these fill-in-the-blank sheets.
(need to open it in your drive and make a copy if you want to fill them in online)
Lesson One - The Start of the Cold War
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Checking for Understanding (all videos)
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- We Didn't Start the Fire - Wikipedia overview of all of the events relating to the song.
- Good summary of the geo-history of this era |
Lesson Two - Expansionism and Containment
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Lesson Three - Proxy Wars
Lesson Four - Deterrence
Lesson Five - Liberation Movements
Lesson Six - Detente
Alternative Resources
- Old Social Studies Readings: Spheres of Influence, Arms Race, End of Cold War
- Mr. Korczyk's Class: How were propaganda, brinkmanship and other strategies used in the Cold War
- A great documentary series on the role of propaganda during the Cold War - Love, Hate & Propaganda
- Student project explaining Kent State
- Charlie Wilson's War - is probably the best movie I've seen explaining US tactics to covertly contain communism and impose liberalism around the world. It focuses on the true story of a US Congressman who gets the US involved in the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
- Forrest Gump - Yes, it may seem goofy but this movie covers many of the key events during the Cold War.
- We Three Kings - Not necessarily accurate, but a good discussion of some of the events at the end of the Gulf War
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Ms. Gill's Great online lectures
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Tentative schedule fall 2021 - Please see Daily Agenda in Google Class for what we actually did each day
