1. Please do not talk at this timeOct 23-24 HW: Finish the Cuban Missile Crisis handout Side B Please get a Cuban Missile Crisis Reading (class Set) and a Pg 43A- Cuban Missile Crisis Handout

2. Look over the top of side 2 of the Cuban Missile Crisis Reading… This section reveals the steps of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read each number out loud with your partner. Trade off reading. Give an example of Containment from step 3. Where are the OTHER missiles that are part of this crisis?

3. Find the Bottom Chart on Pg. 42A Pro (argument and evidence for…) Con (argument and evidence against…) Attack the Cuban missile sites with airstrikes. Attack the missile sites and invade Cuba. Give in to Soviet demands to withdraw missiles from Turkey and pledge never to attack Cuba. Give in to Soviet demands to never invade Cuba, but secretly agree to withdraw missiles from Turkey.

4. Now read End Game: What should the USA do? This section covers the information available to President Kennedy.

5. Using the info provided, what do you tell him? Choose one person in your pair to argue FOR each suggestion. Choose the other person to argue AGAINST each suggestion. Use the information in the reading to provide evidence for each argument. What to consider: –The reputation of the USA as a super power. How can you protect this? –The ability of the USA to protect itself from Soviet aggression. What is the best threat to keep USSR in line? –Winning- What will make the USA seem like a winner?

6. Once you know what side you will be arguing… Use it to fill out your half of the second chart.

7. Please set up the back of pg. 44 like this: Pro (argument and evidence for…) Con (argument and evidence against…) Attack the Cuban missile sites with airstrikes. Attack the missile sites and invade Cuba. Give in to Soviet demands to withdraw missiles from Turkey and pledge never to attack Cuba. Give in to Soviet demands to withdraw missiles from Turkey but secretly agree to never invade Cuba.

8. Please set up the back of pg. 44 like this: Pro (argument and evidence for…) Con (argument and evidence against…) Attack the Cuban missile sites with airstrikes. Attack the missile sites and invade Cuba. Give in to Soviet demands to withdraw missiles from Turkey and pledge never to attack Cuba. Give in to Soviet demands to withdraw missiles from Turkey but secretly agree to never invade Cuba.

9. Please set up the back of pg. 44 like this: Pro (argument and evidence for…) Con (argument and evidence against…) Attack the Cuban missile sites with airstrikes. Attack the missile sites and invade Cuba. Give in to Soviet demands to withdraw missiles from Turkey and pledge never to attack Cuba. Give in to Soviet demands to withdraw missiles from Turkey but secretly agree to never invade Cuba.

10. Please set up the back of pg. 44 like this: Pro (argument and evidence for…) Con (argument and evidence against…) Attack the Cuban missile sites with airstrikes. Attack the missile sites and invade Cuba. Give in to Soviet demands to withdraw missiles from Turkey and pledge never to attack Cuba. Give in to Soviet demands to withdraw missiles from Turkey but secretly agree to never invade Cuba.

11. Please set up the back of pg. 44 like this: Pro (argument and evidence for…) Con (argument and evidence against…) Attack the Cuban missile sites with airstrikes. Attack the missile sites and invade Cuba. Give in to Soviet demands to withdraw missiles from Turkey and pledge never to attack Cuba. Give in to Soviet demands to withdraw missiles from Turkey but secretly agree to never invade Cuba.

12. Then on the back of this handout, write a persuasive argument for what YOU think Kennedy should do. Sentence Frame Help: The Action Kennedy should take is _________________ because _________________.

13. Persuasive Words and Phrases I am writing to... I am speaking to you today because... This needs to be dealt with because We can do without this... It will ruin our How unfair! Only the uninformed will believe that... Now... Surely... Obviously... Of course... We can solve this by... I believe that... This will mean that... This will cause... Another thing... Just think about... If these plans go ahead... How could you (we) possibly… Do you really think….. What would happen if… Is it really worth… Do you want to be part of…

14. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)‏ The confrontation began on October 14, 1962, when U.S. reconnaissance photographs taken by an American U-2 spy plane revealed missile bases being built in Cuba, in response to similar U.S. bases built at the Turkish-Soviet border. After a tense confrontation on October 28, 1962, both U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev, with the intercession of U.N. Secretary-General U Thant, agreed to remove their respective nuclear missiles. This is as close as we have ever come to nuclear war. Video: United Streaming: Cuban Missile Crisis

16. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)‏