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    This unit plan focuses on teaching 11th grade students about U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War. The unit will cover major events like the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, and Space Race. Students will create timelines, protest songs, and storyboards to demonstrate their understanding. Assessment will include quizzes, tests, and an essay examining how the Cold War shaped American foreign policy after World War II. The goal is for students to analyze how the Cold War dynamic between the U.S. and Soviet Union affected global affairs through containment and deterrence.

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    This unit plan focuses on teaching 11th grade students about U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War. The unit will cover major events like the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, and Space Race. Students will create timelines, protest songs, and storyboards to demonstrate their understanding. Assessment will include quizzes, tests, and an essay examining how the Cold War shaped American foreign policy after World War II. The goal is for students to analyze how the Cold War dynamic between the U.S. and Soviet Union affected global affairs through containment and deterrence.

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    This unit plan focuses on teaching 11th grade students about U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War. The unit will cover major events like the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, and Space Race. Students will create timelines, protest songs, and storyboards to demonstrate their understanding. Assessment will include quizzes, tests, and an essay examining how the Cold War shaped American foreign policy after World War II. The goal is for students to analyze how the Cold War dynamic between the U.S. and Soviet Union affected global affairs through containment and deterrence.

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    Unit Title: U.S. Foreign Policy Since World War II: The Cold War Name: Jennifer Jacobs
    Content Area: Social Science Grade Level: 11
    CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):
    11.9.3-4
    3. Trace the origins and geopolitical consequences (foreign and domestic) of the Cold War and containment policy, including the following:• The
    era of McCarthyism, instances of domestic Communism (e.g., Alger Hiss) and blacklisting• The Truman Doctrine• The Berlin Blockade• The
    Korean War• The Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis• Atomic testing in the American West, the “mutual assured destruction”
    doctrine, and disarmament policies• The Vietnam War• Latin American policy

    4. List the effects of foreign policy on domestic policies and vice versa (e.g., protests during the war in Vietnam, the “nuclear freeze” movement).

    CCSS:

     CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g.,
    visually, quantitatively, as well as in words) in order to address a question or solve a problem.
     CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.2.a: Introduce a topic and organize complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new element
    builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole; include formatting, graphics and multimedia when useful to aid comprehension.
     CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.11-12.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate
    to task, purpose, and audience.
     CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL11-12.1: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse
    partners, building on other’s ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
     CCSS ELA-Literacy.SL11-12.2: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually,
    quantitatively, and orally.

    Big Ideas/Unit Goals:


    How can we prevent future wars?
    How can we prevent mutually assured destruction?

    What was the Cold War and how did it affect U.S. foreign policy after WWII?
    Is the Cold War really over?
    Are we in a new kind of war with Russia?
    Unit Summary:

    The Cold War was the policy that shaped U.S. foreign policy after WWII. There was a Communist scare from the Soviet Union during the 1950's and 1960's in
    America. America felt compelled to stop the spread of Communism abroad at all costs. Foreign policy shaped domestic policy and vice versa during this time.
    This unit will cover an introduction to the following events:
    The Cold War
    McCarthyism and blacklisting
    Bay of Pigs/Cuban Missile Crisis
    Atomic testing and the Mutually Assured Destruction Doctrine (MAD)
    The Vietnam War (and the protest to it!)
    The Space Race to Détente
    Tear Down that Wall!
    The End of the Cold War?
    Cyberwar

    Assessment Plan:
    Entry-Level: Formative: Summative:
    Flashcards on Cold War Vocabulary
    Mind map/brainstorm on Cold War Quiz on Cuban Missile Crisis Essay on Cold War
    Recall Quiz on end of WWII Quiz on Vietnam Multiple-Choice/Short Answer Test on Cold War
    Storyboard on Space Race Unit
    Prezi Cuban Missile Crisis Timeline
    Vietnam-esque Protest Song

    Lesson 1 (Teacher Lecture) Cold War Intro and the Cuban Missile Crisis
    Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence Lesson Activities: Students will listen to teacher lecture on Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War and fill
    SWBAT detail the major (Assessments): Prezi in guided notes. Students will then watch the Prezi on the DUP and then individually create their own
    events of the Cuban Missile Timeline of the Cuban timeline of events of the Cuban Missile Crisis using Prezi.
    Crisis by creating a timeline Missile Crisis and Guided
    of events with Prezi. Notes

    Eventual essay and unit test


    Lesson 2 (Webercise/ iPad Lesson) Vietnam and the Protests at Home
    Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities: Students will watch/listen to protest songs in class and for homework on You Tube.
    SWBAT explain how Graphic Organizer and They will also examine the lyrics online. They will fill out a graphic organizer to help them understand
    Americans at home felt Protest Song how Americans at home felt about the Vietnam war. Then in small groups they will create their own
    about the Vietnam War by protest songs.
    listening to various protest Eventual essay and unit
    songs, analyzing them, and test.
    creating their own protest
    song.

    Lesson 3 (Graphic Organizer) The Space Race and the Cold War – Leading to Détente

    Student Learning Objective: Acceptable Evidence: Lesson Activities: Students will watch online videos and readings to help them understand the major
    SWBAT chronicle the major Storyboard Project on events of the space race and how space exploration is related to the Cold War. Next students will create a
    events in the space race Space Race storyboard project in small groups outlining the major events of the Space Race and it’s connection to the
    and how they relate to the Cold War.
    Cold War by choosing
    images and text for a Eventual essay and unit test
    storyboard project.
    Unit Resources:
    All links for lessons from the DUP can be found at:

    https://www.livebinders.com/b/2534544

    Useful Websites:
    Student Use in Lessons:
    Prezi
    Storyboard That!
    Garage Band (Built in on Mac and iPad)
    iMovie (Optional, built in on Mac and iPad)

    For DUP Website:


    LiveBinder
    Quick Rubric
    Survey Monkey

    For Learning:
    Newsela (News Articles)
    History Channel (Great History Videos!)
    NASA (Space, the Final Frontier…)
    JFK Library (JFK Presidential Library Online)
    Practice Test (Cold War Practice Test)
    Cold War for Young Children (Cold War for Kids!)

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