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U.S. History

U.S. History. Mr. Weber Wednesday February 18, 2009. Activator. Reading Test: Please put everything away. HUAC Interrogation Reading pp.53-55: 1. What does HUAV stand for? 2. Who were they investigating (if you don’t remember the name you can put his job)?

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U.S. History

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  1. U.S. History Mr. Weber Wednesday February 18, 2009

  2. Activator • Reading Test: Please put everything away. • HUAC Interrogation Reading pp.53-55: • 1. What does HUAV stand for? • 2. Who were they investigating (if you don’t remember the name you can put his job)? • 3. What kind of “subversive” information does he tell the committee? • 4. How does this reading relate to our study of the Cold War?

  3. I.F. Stone: “But It’s Not Just Joe McCarthy” (March, 1954) 1. Who is journalist I.F. Stone criticizing? 2. Who was President at the time of his writing (which president does he refer most to)? 3. What does he say is like a witch-hunt? 4. What is the main point of his article?

  4. The Final Letter from Ethel and Julius Rosenberg to Their Children 1. What happened to Ethel and Julius Rosenberg? 2. What were they accused of? 3. What do they tell their children always to remember? 4. How does the reading relate to our study of the Cold War?

  5. Agenda Activator: reading quiz (10 minutes) Agenda and objective (5 minutes) Review and setting up second semester notebooks (20 minutes)

  6. Objective You will all… Demonstrate your understanding of the reading. Examine the origins of the Cold War. Examine the consequences of the Cold War at home: McCarthyism, blacklisting, etc.

  7. Cold War

  8. Notebooks Write page numbers in the lower right hand corner of each page. Title page: U.S. History – Second Semester – Your Name – Spring, 2009. Activator about goal for second semester 2/10 Test corrections / best and worst standards Unit 7 Essential questions WWII: A People’s War? Challenge questions Origins of the Cold War from Russia’s perspective reading notes and reading test The Cool War: Non-conformity reading notes, test, and Socratic seminar focus question Activator: what does conformity mean? 2/13 Non-conformity in the U.S. notes (Dissent, paranoia, propaganda, McCarthy, blacklisting, Alger Hiss, Hollywood Ten) Origins of the Cold War according to Great Britain reading notes and reading test HUAC reading notes and test Notes on research about either the Hollywood Ten or Alger Hiss

  9. Review How does Zinn characterize the Cold War on the last page (p.140) of the reading? What do you already know about the start of the cold war? Think, pair, share… Discuss and prepare to report out

  10. Review: Origins of the Cold War • Having answered the challenge questions about the Zinn reading, write a brief summary of what you learned. • Answer the following question: • “To what extend to you agree with Zinn’s claim that WWII was not so much a people’s war and was fought to establish and expand the U.S.’s economic empire around the world and benefited elites in government and big corporations?” • “How does Zinn say the Cold War began?”

  11. Origins of the Cold War Russia’s perspective: Great Britain’s perspective: Howard Zinn’s perspective: U.S. Textbook perspective:

  12. Exit Ticket / Homework • HOMEWORK: research one of the following and bring written evidence of your findings (and be prepared to report out) • Alger Hiss • The Hollywood Ten • McCarthy • Edward R, Murrow

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