1. The Cold War Main Events
Objective: SWBAT identify the major events of the Cold War and make connections to the film Atomic Café.
Opener: Take out a piece of lined paper for Cornell Style PPT notes. These notes will be chronological, so be sure to include dates in your notes.
Exit: What is one question you have about the information we learned today?

2. Dropping the Atomic Bombs
August 6th, 1945
Hiroshima
August 9th, 1945
Nagasaki
Large Civilian populations
Only nuclear weapons ever used on militarily

8. The Berlin Airlift

10. McCarthyism in the US Senator Joe McCarthy & HUAC
The House of Un-American Activities Committee acted out of the House of Representatives to find Communists within the government. ( )
This quickly spread into private businesses.
“The Hollywood Ten” most notable case.
The term “McCarthyism” was coined in 1950, the beginning of a 4 year term where Senator McCarthy led “Witch Hunts” convicting people of mostly libel and treason.
Senator Joe McCarthy & HUAC

14. 1958 Sputnik
In response, the U.S. creates NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administrations), and the space race is in full gear.
On October 4, the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the first manmade satellite to orbit Earth.

19. became president of the Soviet Union.

21. Cold War Vocabulary Graffiti
As a class you are responsible for creating a graffiti wall/ poster of the important terms and people associated with the cold war.
Your poster must :
Be visually impactful- art must help define your words
AND
Include definitions
The following terms and names must be included on your poster:
Containment
NATO
Mutually Assured Destruction
Brinkmanship
Berlin Wall
Limited Test Ban Treaty
Satellite States
Domino Theory
Warsaw Pact