CONTENT STANDARDS
10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post-World World War II world:
10.9.1- Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including
the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over Eastern
European nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan.
10.9.2- Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and
Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such
places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile.
10.9.3- Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan,
which established the pattern for America's postwar policy of supplying economic
and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic
and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean
War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa.
10.9.4- Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent
political and economic upheavals in China (e.g., the Great Leap Forward, the
Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square uprising).
10.9.5- Describe the uprisings in Poland (1952), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia
(1968) and those countries' resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in
Soviet satellites sought freedom from Soviet control.
10.9.6- Understand how the forces of nationalism developed in the Middle East, how
the Holocaust affected world opinion regarding the need for a Jewish state, and
the significance and effects of the location and establishment of Israel on
world affairs.
10.9.7- Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the
weakness of the command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing
resistance to Soviet rule by dissidents in satellite states and the non-Russian
Soviet republics.
10.9.8- Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes
and functions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American
States.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1.) When does a Cold War stop being "cold"?
2.) Was this a just war?
3.) How did geography play a factor in the Cold War?
BIG IDEAS
1.) Students will understand the difference between an ideological war and a hot one.
2.) Students will understand the difference between a command economy and a free market economy.
3.) Students will analyze the proxy wars between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
4.) Technological innovation, the space race, and militaristic arms race of atomic bombs.
ASSESSMENT PLAN
1.) Students will quick write and have discussions on videos.
2.) Students will understand major turning points through graphic organizers and concept maps
3.) The students will group up for a project presentation encompassing certain aspects of the Cold War.
10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post-World World War II world:
10.9.1- Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including
the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over Eastern
European nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan.
10.9.2- Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and
Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such
places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile.
10.9.3- Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan,
which established the pattern for America's postwar policy of supplying economic
and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic
and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean
War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa.
10.9.4- Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent
political and economic upheavals in China (e.g., the Great Leap Forward, the
Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square uprising).
10.9.5- Describe the uprisings in Poland (1952), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia
(1968) and those countries' resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in
Soviet satellites sought freedom from Soviet control.
10.9.6- Understand how the forces of nationalism developed in the Middle East, how
the Holocaust affected world opinion regarding the need for a Jewish state, and
the significance and effects of the location and establishment of Israel on
world affairs.
10.9.7- Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the
weakness of the command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing
resistance to Soviet rule by dissidents in satellite states and the non-Russian
Soviet republics.
10.9.8- Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes
and functions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American
States.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
1.) When does a Cold War stop being "cold"?
2.) Was this a just war?
3.) How did geography play a factor in the Cold War?
BIG IDEAS
1.) Students will understand the difference between an ideological war and a hot one.
2.) Students will understand the difference between a command economy and a free market economy.
3.) Students will analyze the proxy wars between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
4.) Technological innovation, the space race, and militaristic arms race of atomic bombs.
ASSESSMENT PLAN
1.) Students will quick write and have discussions on videos.
2.) Students will understand major turning points through graphic organizers and concept maps
3.) The students will group up for a project presentation encompassing certain aspects of the Cold War.