December 15, 2014

Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and attempting to defend a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences.

Topic: The Cold War; 1945-1954

• United States emerged as a world power and had to deal with the domestic and international consequences of this reality. Postwar prosperity and the Baby Boom followed but so did an era of the expansion of communism and containment policies (WOR4) (WOR7) WOR8)
• Foreign policy issues in addition to containing communism were further complicated by nationalist movements around the world, shifting international alliances, regional conflicts, and global economic and environmental changes. (ENV5) (WOR3) (WOR7) (WOR8)

OBJECTIVES:

1. Trace the development of the Cold War during the Second World War

2. Identify the principles of containment and the Marshall Plan 
3. Identify structure and purpose of The United Nations
4. Identify the causes and results of the Korean War
5. Describe McCarthyism and the Red Scare in The United States in the post-war period
6. Identify and explain the impact of the GI Bill for veterans returning from war
7. Evaluate the historical shift from isolationism to internationalism for the US during the Cold War

AGENDA:
1. Warm-up- Review Terms
2. Fact Check 11
3. Truman and Cold War Notes Completion
4. Critical Viewing: Our Century 1946-1952 
5. Debate Final
*Reminder to READ and prepare for MC questions