Cold+War


 * __The Cold War __**


 * **Was between America and the Soviet Union**
 * **Happened after WW2**
 * **Why did it start?**

=__**Video Questions**__= -The Zooks and the Yooks did not get along because they buttered their bread on different sides. - This conflict got worse because both sides began to make bigger and more destructive weapons. - This happens with my friends and siblings because as we grow up, certain things turn into competition. - - The story tells me that the Cold War happened because of the different views between the two sides. - My ending to the story would be that the two sides come to an agreement where they can destruct the weapons they created and tear down the wall separating each side.
 * a. Why do you think the Zooks and Yooks did not get along?**
 * b. What do you think caused this conflict to get worse?**
 * c. How do you think this happens with your friends or siblings?**
 * d. What do you think the Zooks and Yooks could have done differently to prevent this conflict?**
 * -** The Zooks and Hooks could have talked out their differences instead of create new weapons to intimidate each other.
 * e. In the story, each side uses propaganda to make their side seem like the right side. Give some examples from the movie/book.**
 * f. What does the story tell you about the Cold War?**
 * g. What would be your ending to the story? Why?**

=__Political Cartoon__= 1. The message of this cartoon is the unfairness of capitalism. It is showing that some people work so hard for so long and only get a fraction of what their bosses get, even though the bosses don't even do work physically. 2. Communist countries could use this show the disadvantages of capitalism. This could be used to show how in a world of communism there is fairness and equality, unlike in the world of capitalism.

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__ Korean War __

- There are two sides whit two different views about how to run the government, it is communism vs. capitalism. __ **Opener** __ **1. It was a proxy war because both North and South Korea had help from other countries in their war against each other.** The Soviet Union got involved helping the North who supported communism and America got involved helping South Korea who supported capitalism. North Korea got supplies from the Soviets and South Korea got supplies from the U.S. Most of the troops that fought and died in the war between the North and the South was American. America spent more money in the war than any other nation involved in the Korean War.
 * How did the Korean War turn into a Cold War Conflict? ** **-** It spread spread the tension of capitalism vs. communism around the world and brought attention to the domino theory.
 * Why did the Korean War not lead to world war? ** - It was a conflict between the two sides of Korea, not the rest of the world.
 * How does the Korean War shed light on the broad themes of the Cold War? **
 * 2. China supported communism by sending in troops and arm to North Korea. **

= Picture Detective: = = =  1.What do the aliens mean by "It's gettin' redder 'n' redder" ? - Could be symbolizing all the death happening in Korea or communism spreading. 2.The two aliens are looking at planet earth and seeing that there is something spreading in Korea. They are seeing everything that is happening from the outside, they are not on planet Earth. There is also a sun with an angry face which could represent how the citizens of America, China and the Soviet Union are feeling about supplying the Korean War. There is a man who is very confused and it could be representing Americas president, Truman. 3.The aliens and the sun represent the rest of the world seeing the Korean War from through television and newspapers. From what they saw, communism was winning.

=__**Korean War Google Doc and Questions**__= []

1. The most important point was the United States taking strong steps to try to end the Korean War. 62% of the people voted yes for this poll, showing that the people never favored being involved in this war, they encouraged the U.S. to end this war because they don't want to be in it.
 * Ranked Important Points from Korean War Public Poll: **

2. Next important point of the poll was if the American people believed that the Korean War was worth fighting for or not. In October, November, January, and April, more than half the people in each poll voted not worth fighting. This showed the strong discourage of the American people that they did not want to be involved in this war and it was not worth fighting in..

3. Signing the armistice is important because according to the poll, 69% of people approved in the government signing an armistice. This would be an American step in trying to end the Korean War. Almost 70% of the people wanted this to happen, showing how badly they wanted to end this war and our involvement in it = **__ Cuban Missile Crisis __** __** Google Doc Link: **__ [] **__Castro and the Cuban Revolution__** [] __**13 Days Notes on Google doc:**__ []

=__** Mai Lai Massacre **__=

__** What would you do activity **__ [|https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OKA7QUczSTFhfKnJm2ZuWA6yqPr0X6dcr9JZUEakjFk/edit#]

__** Notes on Geneva Convention/Mai Lai Massacre **__ []

__**Was the Mai Lai Massacre a War Crime?**__ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cQQpi2m_cLFHMVlgslFYCpZgY4cq3EH71VDwkoOdKho/edit

__**5 Observations**__: 1. Kabui could be the capital because everything is leaving there. 2. The plane is coming in from the Soviet Union 3. Some of the cities that have war going on in are Kandahar and Kunduz 4. All of the Soviet Union's invasion routes are looked in the territory that they controlled during the war in Afghanistan 5. Afghanistan is bordered by the Soviet Union, Iraq, and Pakistan

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