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The Cold War Dot Game: Uncover the Dots!

Join the exciting Cold War Dot Game and uncover the truth! Each player has a secret card with a dot or no dot. Non-dotted players aim to create the largest group without a dot, while dotted players aim to be the only dotted person in a group. Use your skills to bluff, deceive, and uncover the dots to emerge as the ultimate winner. Experience the suspense and paranoia of the Cold War era in this engaging activity!

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The Cold War Dot Game: Uncover the Dots!

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  1. 4.16.18 Unit 9: The Cold War

  2. DOT GAME

  3. “Who’s a dot?!” • Each of you will receive a card. Some will have dots; more of them will be blank. Do not let others see your card at any time. • Look at your piece of paper secretly to see if you have a dot. Do not let anyone know whether or not you have a dot. • Then put the piece of paper out of sight.

  4. Goal • If you are a non-dotted person, you are trying to create the largest group possible of non-dotted people. • If you create the largest group of non-dotted people, you win. • If you are a dotted person, your goal is to be the only dotted person in a group. • If you are the only dotted person in a group, you win

  5. Playing The Game • You will have 5 minutes to talk to each other in order to figure out who has a dot. • If someone asks whether you have a dot, say that you do not, even if you do. • Look for people who look like they are lying or who seem suspicious. • If you think someone has a dot, call out, “___[name]___ has a dot!” If you have a dot, try to bluff to convince others that you don’t.

  6. Directions • Your goal if you do not have a dot is to create as big a group of non-dotted students as you can. The winners are those in the biggest group without a dotted person (your group loses if there’s any dotted person in it). • A dotted person is a winner if he/she is the only dotted person in a group, so if you have a dot, try not to get found out, but try to get other dotted people out of whatever group you are in. • If you are asked to leave a group, you must leave.

  7. Debrief • For those who were dots, how did you convince others you were not a “dot”? • Who was accused of being a dot? How did that feel? • What does this activity show us about how people respond to accusations and fear of accusations?

  8. McCarthyism

  9. Background: Communism in America • During the Great Depression, tens of thousands of Americans had joined the Communist Party • After WWII, membership declined • Better economicsituation • Soviet Union thenew enemy

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  11. Fear of Communism • During the Cold War, politicians encouraged fear of Communism • Truman administration began to investigate members of the Communist Party • Loyalty program investigated all new members of the Party • 6.6 million Americanswere investigated

  12. Alger Hiss: Spied for the Soviet Union Klaus Fuchs: Admitted to spying for S.U. in the Manhattan Project Ethel & Julius Rosenberg: Convicted and put to death in 1953 – still unsure if guilty

  13. HUAC • Congress began the House Un-American Activities Committee to investigate Communist “infiltration” of America • In 1947, HUAC called Hollywood directors, writers, actors and producers to testify • Asked: “Are you now orhave you ever been amember of theCommunist Party?”

  14. HUAC & The Hollywood Ten • A group of directors & producers refused to testify • “Hollywood Ten” • Served jail terms from 6 months-1 year • Studios began “blacklisting” people who were accused of having Communist ties

  15. McCarran Act (1950) • Unlawful to promote any action that would lead to a totalitarian dictatorship • Immigrants deported if they were suspected • Internment camps for “dangerous or disloyal” people • Truman vetoed it… • “One of the most un-American acts I have ever witnessed in my political career” • But Congress overrode his veto

  16. How to spot a communist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCR9vE0cM-U

  17. Joseph McCarthy In 1950, Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy gave a speech in which he declared: “I have here in my hand a list of 205 [people] who were known to the secretary of state as being members of the CommunistParty and who, nevertheless,are still working and shapingpolicy at the StateDepartment.”

  18. McCarthyism • McCarthy: Sensational charges that communists in the US needed to be stopped • When pressed, he reduced his list at the state department from 205 to 57 • He created & playedon a culture of fear

  19. Why did people go along with it? McCarthy clip: What were people so afraid of? What did he accuse the other party of? Who did he target? How could this damage the country?

  20. How McCarthyism Worked • Just being accused could lead people to lose their jobs • McCarthy targeted people in public hearings • Goal: get people fired for being (suspected) Communists

  21. End of McCarthyism • In 1954, televised hearings began • It became clear that McCarthy was pursuing baseless charges – and targeting anyone who spoke out against him • Senate formally condemned him • Resolution 301

  22. McCarthyism Today McCarthyism is a term now used for witch hunts, typically those that are politically motivated.

  23. Exit Card Why were so many people scared of McCarthy? What is “McCarthyism?” How did the Red Scare infiltrate American culture?

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