1. Media & the Cold War Presented by Christy Dallaire, Anna Trip & Cindy Williams

2. Rationale The purpose of this unit is to present the background for the development of the Cold War, as well as the policies instilled to (attempt to) establish collective security, nuclear deterrence, and peaceful co-existence. Students will identify and evaluate different forms of media and their influence during this period, and also judge the effect of democratic reform in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

3. Key Questions  Why did a confrontation or “Cold War” develop between the western democracies and the communist bloc after World War Two?  Why did the threat of a nuclear Armageddon tend to produce war by proxy?  The danger and the expense of east/west confrontation gradually produced changing strategies – what were they, and how did they affect the Cold War?  In what ways have democratic reform affected Eastern Europe and Soviet Russia?

4. Objectives Students will…  Identify and evaluate the different forms of media and their influence during the Cold War period.  Distinguish the opposing ideologies of the Cold War.  Interpret policies set in place during the Cold War.  Recognize the nature of the rivalry between the two superpowers of the Cold War.  Compare the worth of both collective security and self-reliance.  Judge the effect of democratic reform in Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and the world.

5. Forms of Media  Movies  Television  Newspapers  Songs  Internet  Radio  Magazines  Speeches  Advertisements

6. Using Speeches “Ideological Struggle or Balance of Power Politics?” Objectives  Distinguish the opposing ideologies of the Cold War.  Recognize the nature of the rivalry between the two superpowers of the Cold War

7. Using Posters “The Cold War Turns Hot” Objectives  Interpret policies set in place during the Cold War Collective security, nuclear deterrence, peaceful co-existence  Compare the worth of both collective security and self-reliance http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/jwb/collab/ColdWar/Propaganda/duckncvr.m ov

8. American & Soviet Russian Poster

10. Using Movies “Beyond the Cold War” Objective  Judge the effect of democratic reform of Eastern Europe, the former USSR and the world.

11. Resources  Dodge, Judith (2005). Differentiation in Action. New York: Scholastic.  Halsall, Paul (1997). Internet Modern History Sourcebook. Retrieved February 21, 2007 from:http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/od sbook.html  Program Development and Implementation Branch, New Brunswick Department of Education (1992). History 112 – The West in the Modern World. Retrieved February 21, 2007 from: http://www.gnb.ca/0000/publications/curric/o dernhistory112.pdf http://www.gnb.ca/0000/publications/curric/o dernhistory112.pdf