1. Unit 9: The 1950’s & the Cold War

2. Entry Task
What new info have we learned about the Cold War that we can add to our web?

3. What do you know about North Korea?
Write down anything you know, in bullets
At South Korea's at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, a man watches a TV screen showing footage of a missile launch conducted by North Korea.

4. Cold War Review
What policy did America try to enact during the Cold War?
Containment

5. Clips Write down questions you have as we watch these clips

6. Korea Refresher: What was the DMZ (demilitarized zone)?
Today the DMZ is the most militarized zone in the world.
Millions of troops, invasion tunnels, missiles pointed at neighboring country, etc.

7. How did North Korea end up cut off from the rest of the world?
Korean War ( )
How did North Korea end up cut off from the rest of the world?

8. Korean War

9. Important Timeline Events
1910 – Japan annexed Korea, suppressed its leaders & culture
Map shows all places Japan annexed with dates

10. Important Timeline Events
During WWII, Japan occupied Korea
1945: After WWII, “temporary” division of Korea at 38th parallel
N. Korea occupied by USSR
S. Korea occupied by U.S.

11. North Korea Under Soviet influence, becomes a Communist nation
Kim Il-Sung becomes leader

12. Korean War = Proxy War N. Korean Side S. Korean Side Soviet Union
China
United States
United Nations troops

13. Korean Peninsula Label on your map: China North Korea Pyongyang
38th Parallel
South Korea
Seoul

14. Who started the Korean War?

15. Close Reading Pay attention to: Tone Word choice Claims made
Evidence used
Attempts to influence/ manipulate the reader
Use documents A & B to answer the questions on your worksheet.

16. Partner Review – be prepared to share
What did Doc A say?
What did Doc B say?
Which should we believe?

17. Directions Answer the questions for Document C
Conclusion: Determine what really happened. Who started the Korean War? How do you know this?
Turn it in when you finish & get your notebook out.

18. Unit 9: The 1950’s & the Cold War

19. Directions
Conclusion: Determine what really happened. Who started the Korean War? How do you know this?
Turn it in when you finish & get your notebook out.

20. The Korean War
Sometimes called “America’s forgotten war”

21. Part I: Invasion June 1950: North Korean invasion of South Korea
N. Korea uses weapons from Soviet Union

22. Phase II: Pusan Fall 1950 UN force sent in Surrounded at Pusan
16 nations sent troops
80% were American
Surrounded at Pusan

23. Phase III: American Counterattack
Fall 1950
MacArthur leads Inchon landing
Advances to China border
Warnings from China

24. 1951 Long live the victory of the Korean People's Army and the Chinese People's Volunteers Army!

25. A 1950 Chinese propaganda poster showing a caricature of Douglas MacArthur committing wartime atrocities as a US plane bombs a Chinese factory in the background.

26. Phase IV: Chinese Advance
Winter of ’50-’51
China pushes US back south of 38th parallel

27. General Douglas MacArthur
Wanted complete victory
Wanted to block China’s ports or even attack China
Spoke out against President Truman when he didn’t agree
Fired

28. Phase V: Stalemate Truce talks began July 10, 1951
Fighting comes to a stalemate
Ceasefire June 1953
DMZ (Demilitarized zone)

29. Significance Commitment to containment Limited war (no nukes)
First time America had not used all of its weapons in a war
Total victory impossible - stalemate
Technically the war isn’t over (no peace ever signed)

30. North Korea & South Korea today

31. Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

34. Korean War Memorial

36. North Korea Today Got nuclear weapons in 2006
On Dec. 19, 2011, Kim Jong-Il died of a heart attack
His son, Kim Jong-Un, declared the new leader

37. Conclusion
In your opinion, should the US have fought in the Korean War?
Consider whether you think the US should generally be interventionist or isolationist.
Use events and/or results of the war to support your answer.