Unit #1 Lesson Overview

Lesson 1- Roots of the Cold War (Reanalyzing Key Points from WWII)
Content Discuss the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Iron Curtain,
Containment, Yalta Conference and the partition of Germany, Warsaw Pact
and the Communist Bloc, SET THE STAGE for the Unit.
Activities- Begin Time Line, Define the Cold War Document, East Germany
vs West Germany simulation
Video- Failsafe
Assessment- N/A

Lesson 2- Containing Communism on the Homefront

Content- McCarthyism, Alger Hiss, Blacklisting, HAUC, Spies, The Red Scare,
Domestic Containment, Containing Nuclear Power
Activities- Duck and Cover Video, Whats in Your Bunker
Exercise(Homework), Lecture displaying American Propaganda on
Communism (Art History)
Video- Failsafe, finish
Assessment- Failsafe Quiz and Summary in relation to U.S/Soviet tensions.

Lesson 3- Containing Communism Abroad (Eisenhower/Kennedy Admin)

Content- U-2 Incident, NATO/SEATO, The Korean War, Bay of Pigs, Cuban
Missile Crisis, Space/Arms Race, Hotline Agreement
Activities- Photo Analysis of the Forgotten War
Assessment- N/A

Lesson 4- U.S and the Vietnam War (Kennedy Admin)

Content- Gulf of Tonkin/Resolution, A New Type of War (Military History), Tet
Offensive
Activities- Who, What, When, Where, How/Why Exercise, Zippos Primary
Source Analysis, Not Everyone Wore Love Beads Assignment (Visual),
Assessment- N/A

Lesson 5- Vietnam Continued (Johnson/Nixon)

Content- TELEVISION AND THE WAR, On The Homefront (Anti-war Movement/
Civil Rights Movement/ Hippie Movement), Johnsons War, End to Vietnam-Nixon
Activities- Primary Source Analysis- Anti War Music/Art, Video Clip, Vietnam
Veterans In-Depth (A struggling and startling look into those who came home)
Assessment- Writing Analysis on the Vietnam War (If Time Permits)
Lesson 6- Dtente and the Nixon Admin/Ford and Carter Admin
Content Nixon meets with Soviets, SALT I, Slow of Cold War, China and
Rapprochement, Co-existence, Watergate Scandal, Ford Admin, OPEC, Oil
Embargo, Hostage Crisis, Iran background, Camp David Accords
Activities- Finish Any Leftover Material or Catch-up, Documentary Clips,
Assign Case-Study Groups
Assessment- N/A

Lesson 7- U.S Foreign Policy in the Middle East and South America
Content- Relations with Mexican economy,
immigration/political/environmental issues. Relations with the Middle Eastincluding Iran, Egypt, and Israel. Relations between Latin American countries
and CIA action within Guatemala, Venezuela, Nicaragua, etc.
Activities- Case-Study Group Work
Assessment- Group Presentations

Lesson 8- The Reagan Doctrine: The End of an Era

Content- Communist Satellites leaving Soviet Union, Unification of Germany,
Reagan and the Berlin Wall, Glasnost, Perestroika, INF treaty
Activities- Finish Group Presentations
Assessment- Comparison Quiz

Lesson 9- Study Day/ Project Wrap Up

Content- Q/A from Class in response to Study Guides passed out from the
Lessons
Activities- Unit Jeopardy or Unit Bingo (Group Effort)
Assessment- N/A

Lesson 10- Unit Examination

Content- 5min Personal Study Time, Administer Exam
Activities- N/A
Assessment- Multi-Choice, Fill-in-Blank, Written section, Extra Credit
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