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House of Cards

House of Cards. Rules of the Game: Your task is to build a house of cards. Every person in the group must participate actively . There is an internal traitor in your group who will sabotage your efforts. (I selected this person before class.) You have 7 minutes to build the

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House of Cards

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  1. House of Cards Rules of the Game: Your task is to build a house of cards. Every person in the group must participate actively. There is an internal traitor in your group who will sabotage your efforts. (I selected this person before class.) You have 7 minutes to build the tallest house. Work well together and you could win!

  2. The “Traitors” • Who did you accuse of being traitors and why? • Were these accusations fair? • What rights might have been violated? • Explain how this game relates to the concept of paranoia. • What might people be paranoid about during the Cold War?

  3. LEARNING TARGETS • Analyze and evaluate government actions towards American citizens during the Cold War • Compare and evaluate government actions during the Cold War to post 9/11

  4. THE COLD WAR AT HOME: THE RED SCARE PARANOIA

  5. SECOND RED SCARE • Late 1940s-early 1950s • Concern that communism wouldspread to the U.S., fear of spies • Feeling of paranoia; reflected in popular culture

  6. WHITE BOARD MOMENT!!! • Why were people scared? • Predict how the government will respond to the paranoia and fear surrounding the Red Scare.

  7. THINK, PAIR, SHARE • In what positions or jobs might Americans not want communists? Why?

  8. HUAC • House Un-American Activities Committee • investigated suspected Communists in movie industry • no proof, but many blacklisted (Hollywood 10 jailed) “Are you now or have you ever been a Communist?” -- HUAC investigator

  9. WHITE BOARD MOMENT!!!! • If you were accused of being a Communist, would you have testified before HUAC or refused to? • BRIEFLY explain why.

  10. THINK, PAIR, SHARE • Examine and analyze the action of HUAC. • Why might some criticize them? • Why might some support them? VOTE: Continue HUAC investigations or not!

  11. McCARTHYISM • Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin • Had little or no proof, contributed to mass hysteria • Unfairly accused people of being communists • Ended in 1954 after the Army-McCarthy hearings McCarthy’s Claims Wheeling, West Virginia: 205 Denver: 207 Salt Lake City: 57

  12. WHITE BOARD MOMENT!!!!! • Could something like McCarthyism happen again? • What might people be accused of today?

  13. PATRIOT ACT • passed in response to 9/11 • expands gov’t’s ability to perform searches

  14. WHITE BOARD MOMENT!!!!!! • Does the government have the right to investigate its citizens? Under what circumstances?

  15. EXIT SLIP Describe how Red Scare paranoia affected Americans during the Cold War. • Should the United States be allowed to: • create a lists of American citizens who are communist? • lists of suspected terrorists without proof? • hold possible terrorists without proof?

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