1. Phones up!
Notes Out
February 4th, 2019

2. McCarthyism

5. Joseph McCarthy Wisconsin Senator
Adamant there were communist spies in the government
McCarthyism
Campaign against potential communist spies in America that led to people being investigated and blacklisted
Not just in government, but celebrities and members of Hollywood too (producers, writers, directors, etc)
“Hollywood Ten”
Why? What impact do they have on society?

6. What are these spies after?
TECHNOLOGY
Atomic bomb blueprints
Scientific innovations
Sputnik, first satellite ever, made by USSR, 1957
This put American citizens off guard! We created NASA to combat the Soviets, but are they beating us in the space race?

7. HUAC (House of Un-American Activities Committee)
A committee of the U.S. House of Representatives that investigated allegations of communist activity in the U.S. during the early years of the Cold War
Called citizens to testify in high-profile hearings before Congress
Was an intimidating atmosphere, often produced dramatic but questionable revelations about Communists infiltrating American institutions and well- known citizens
HUAC’s controversial tactics contributed to the fear, distrust and repression that existed during the anticommunist hysteria of the 1950s

9. Second Red Scare Activity: HUAC Committee
You will be given the name of a potential spy. It is on you to determine whether or not they truly are a communist spy.
Using the chromebooks, create a profile (google doc) of your person including the following information:
Image of the person
Who are they?
What do they do for a living?
What is the evidence for them being a spy?
What is the evidence against them being a spy?
Final report. State in complete sentences whether you think they are a spy or not and WHY. Pull from the information you researched.

10. Lena Horne
Arthur Miller Jean Muir Judy Holliday
Orson Welles Charlie Chaplin John Garfield
Gypsy Rose Lee Langston Hughes Helen Keller
Dorothy Parker Herbert Biberman Alger Hiss
Pete Seeger George Marshall
Artie Shaw Dalton Trumbo

11. Happy Tuesday! Have your spy profile open

12. You have 5 minutes to finish your activity

13. Discuss the following with your pod
Share your final report with your group, then talk about the following questions.
What are some similarities with the people you investigated?
Were your verdicts similar?

14. The Venona Papers
The Venona Papers were a set of documents that America intercepted that had codes (which translated to the names of the Americans) who were spying for the Soviet Union. These documents spanned from 1948 to the 1980s.
How could this have heightened the tension between the US and the Soviet Union?

15. The Rosenbergs
This couple is famous for being the first US citizens convicted and executed of espionage
They never admitted any wrong doing
Some people felt that they were the victims of the mass hysteria, and that the punishment was too cruel
The venona papers confirmed that the Rosenbergs were spies

17. Exit Ticket - Paragraph Writing
After learning about the Cold War, McCarthyism, the HUAC, the venona papers, and after doing your research on a potential spy in the 1950s, do you believe that the Red Scare was justified, or just a mass hysteria? Why or why not?
Answer in complete sentences, using your notes as evidence. Needs to be a paragraph (half a page)!