1. The Cold War The Effects of the Cold War on the American Psyche

3. The Mass Media Brings Fear Devastation brought on by Germany was seen “first hand” by the mass public http://eleweb.nist.ac.th/2007- 2008/Classes/Year6/6KE/WhoMadeItHappen/SongI l/images/World%20war%202%20start.jpg

4. The Soviet Union Originally allied with Hitler Then, Hitler ordered a slash and burn campaign inside Soviet Union Soviet Union aligns with US and Great Britain Countries Included: Russia, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan

5. World War II Allies (The Big 3) -- Great Britain -- United States (1942) -- USSR (came later) Axis Powers Italy (rebuild Roman Empire) Germany (fascism) Japan (control SE Asia)

6. The Atomic Bomb… Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1942 Third Reich (Germany) collapses in 1944 Japanese refusal to surrender USA drops Atomic Bombs (Fat Boy and Little Man) on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japanese finally surrenders

8. The Mass Media Brings Fear Devastation brought on by Germany was seen “first hand” by the mass public http://eleweb.nist.ac.th/2007- 2008/Classes/Year6/6KE/WhoMadeItHappen/SongI l/images/World%20war%202%20start.jpg

9. Create Partners –Partner 1 – Who were the Allies? –Partner 2 – Who were the Axis Powers?  Discuss together how WWII might have changed how people thought about their lives and politics.

10. Background on the Cold War

11. Communism sets in: a system where the government plans and owns the economy collective ownership of property and gov’t organization of labor

12. The Cold War Begins USSR Territories –Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

13. What happened at the end of World War II? Formation of the Eastern bloc

15. What happened at the end of World War II? Division of Germany –Building of the Berlin Wall –East – part of Eastern Bloc (communist) –West – independent nation

17. Fear Sets In

18. Competition during the Cold War The Nuclear Standoff The Space Race

19. How did all of this affect the fears of the American Public?

20. Write It! In your journal, describe the fears that Americans had after WWII and during the Cold War.

21. What is Science Fiction? 1950s – Science Fiction becomes popular

22. How might Science Fiction be linked to the Cold War?