About Regional Topic 16: Cold War and the Americas (1945-81)
Lesson 1 - Containment in the Americas: Latin America and McCarthyism
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Additional Resources:
- A great list of music related to Cold War themes from Alphahistory
- A provocative defense of Senator Joseph McCarthy
- Check out Trumbo for a hollywood film about hollywood blacklisting!
Lesson 2 - The Korean War
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See Paper 2 - Cold War Tensions for lesson powerpoints and additional information
- For Decision to Cross the 38th Parallel, complete a table listing reasons for crossing the 38th parallel and reasons against crossing the 38th parallel.
- For Truman vs. MacArthur, half the class needs to defend President Truman's point of view and the other half of the class needs to defend MacArthur's point of view. We will then have a mini-roleplay / debate between the two groups.
- For American Public Opinion, create a mindmap on the following question: “What did the American public think about the war by late 1952 – early 1953? What factors do you think influenced their opinions?”
Extension Reading:
See Paper 2 - Cold War Tensions for lesson powerpoints and additional information
- Download the excellent resource pack on US involvement in the Korean War and complete the following tasks:
- For Decision to Cross the 38th Parallel, complete a table listing reasons for crossing the 38th parallel and reasons against crossing the 38th parallel.
- For Truman vs. MacArthur, half the class needs to defend President Truman's point of view and the other half of the class needs to defend MacArthur's point of view. We will then have a mini-roleplay / debate between the two groups.
- For American Public Opinion, create a mindmap on the following question: “What did the American public think about the war by late 1952 – early 1953? What factors do you think influenced their opinions?”
Extension Reading:
- A helpful article on why the US became involved in Korea: https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/korean-conflict
Lesson 3 - Eisenhower
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Journey to Banana Land: a propagandistic film about the positive impact that UFCO had on Guatemalan society
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