Unit outline
In this unit we will examine the post WWII world as the nuclear age begins a struggle between the world's new super powers.This political conflict had ramifications around the world as various nations were used for indirect conflict between the two powers.
California content standards
10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post–World War II
world.
10.9.1 Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over
Eastern European nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan
10.9.2 . Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client
states on the other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the
Congo, Vietnam, and Chile.
10.9.3. Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which
established the pattern for America’s postwar policy of supplying economic and
military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and
political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam
War), Cuba, and Africa.
10.9.4. Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent political and economic upheavals in China (e.g., the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square uprising).
10.9.5. Describe the uprisings in Poland (1956), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968)
and those countries’ resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in Soviet satellites
sought freedom from Soviet control.
10.9.7. Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the weakness of
the command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing resistance to
Soviet rule by dissidents in satellite states and the non-Russian Soviet republics.
10.9.8.Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes andfunctions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States
world.
10.9.1 Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over
Eastern European nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan
10.9.2 . Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client
states on the other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the
Congo, Vietnam, and Chile.
10.9.3. Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which
established the pattern for America’s postwar policy of supplying economic and
military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and
political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam
War), Cuba, and Africa.
10.9.4. Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent political and economic upheavals in China (e.g., the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square uprising).
10.9.5. Describe the uprisings in Poland (1956), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968)
and those countries’ resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in Soviet satellites
sought freedom from Soviet control.
10.9.7. Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the weakness of
the command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing resistance to
Soviet rule by dissidents in satellite states and the non-Russian Soviet republics.
10.9.8.Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes andfunctions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States
Common core Standards
CCSS_H/SS_W Grade 9-10
1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or
texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update
individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s
capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly
and dynamically.
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis,
reflection, and research.
CCSS_H/SS_R Grade 9-10
3. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in
different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to
comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
6. Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words
and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the
college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering
vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to
comprehension or expression.
1. Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or
texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update
individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s
capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly
and dynamically.
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis,
reflection, and research.
CCSS_H/SS_R Grade 9-10
3. Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in
different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to
comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
6. Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words
and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the
college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering
vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to
comprehension or expression.
Unit GOals
1. Clarify transition between war and fall of the Iron Curtain
2. Investigate origins, intent and impact of the containment policy
3. Analyze the rise of communism in the theaters of: the Chinese Civil War, Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba and look into various perspectives.
4. Explore the how and why of the fall of the Soviet Union
5. Examine what was the “third world” and what role did they play
2. Investigate origins, intent and impact of the containment policy
3. Analyze the rise of communism in the theaters of: the Chinese Civil War, Korea, Vietnam, and Cuba and look into various perspectives.
4. Explore the how and why of the fall of the Soviet Union
5. Examine what was the “third world” and what role did they play
Big IdeaHow can a difference in ideas shape a half century.
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Essential Historical QuestionsWhat was the "iron curtain" and what effects did it have on the east and west?
How were the Marshal Plan and Truman Doctrine implemented and what were the effects? How did views of the cold war differ depending on point of view? |