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Today's Agenda

4/20/2018

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Learning Target:
I can discuss the origins of the Cold War, & I can evaluate the methods used by the United States to contain communism.

Critical Vocabulary: Potsdam Conference, Big Three, “Iron Curtain,” Truman Doctrine, George F. Kennan, “Long Telegram,” Containment Policy, Marshall Plan, “Berlin Airlift,”  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Chiang Kai-Shek, Mao Zedong, 38th Parallel, NSC-68, General Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Demilitarized Zone, John Foster Dulles, Strategic Air Command, Arms Race, Red Scare, Executive Order 9835, Federal Loyalty Program, Congressman Martin Dies, House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC), Hollywood Ten, Senator Joseph McCarthy, Army-McCarthy Hearings, Nikita Khrushchev, Sputnik, “Kitchen Debate,” Francis Gary Powers, John Kennedy, New Frontier, Bay of Pigs Invasion, Fidel Castro, Alliance for Progress, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis

Today's Agenda:
  1. Background Question: Create a Trading Card for Joseph McCarthy.
  2. Citizenship Question: There are four amendments to the Constitution about who can vote. Which of the following is true? 
    1. Only citizens 21 and older can vote. 
    2. Only citizens with jobs can vote.
    3. Only citizens 18 and older can vote. 
    4. ​Only citizens who pay taxes can vote.
  3. Guided Instruction: The Red Scare
  4. Individual Learning: The Cold War Activity
  5. Reflection Question: Play U.S. Citizenship Kahoot #2.
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