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Teaching the Cold War in South Carolina, USA
Rose Marie Craft, Bamberg-Ehrhardt Middle School World Changes
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The World Has Changed Since 1978……….2017!!!
1978, South Carolina, USA What is Communism: the Soviet Union, no prob! (not to mention we were sure eventually we would be nuked!) Today, 2017, Bamberg, South Carolina Communism????? *definitely continues to have a negative connotation *BUT the first countries are usually: China North Korea Cuba THEN------Russia/Soviet Union/ USSR
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INTRO TO THE COLD WAR * WW II ends Brainstorm: Name some specifics why this is GREAT! (I get a lot of the obvious answers) But, if no students bring up the post-war occupation, then………….. *MAPS of occupation in Germany and the other East European countries
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NAZISM/FACISM to COMMUNISM
* Berlin Blockade *Berlin Airlift *Border Is Closed *Building of the Wall Begins * What happens to the people? from one oppressor to the next
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BERLIN WALL GOES UP
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Communism Caused Many Escape Attempts
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COMPARING COMMUNISM TO CAPITALISM
*DEFINE both in Economic Terms *COMPARE characteristics of each system, including: -ownership of most business? -incentive to work hard? *EFFECTS on the people, thus eventually the economy?
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