Making Connections



Cold War Web

| 2.10 |analyze how ideological conflict shaped international relations after the Second World War |

| |(expansionism, containment, deterrence, brinkmanship, détente, nonalignment, liberation |

| |movements) |

Background: Chapter Seven p. 232

Step One - Build a Mind Map or Word Web:

1) In the Center of the map or web you should put the title Challenges to Liberalism Related to Foreign Policy: Cold War

2) There should be seven “policies of cold war strategy” branches off of the center (expansionism, containment, deterrence, brinkmanship, détente, alignment vs. nonalignment, liberation movements)

3) Make sure you define each policy

4) Make sure you identify how each of the superpowers participated in this policy

5) Make sure you identify key people, places and conflicts that occurred because of the policies pursued

6) Identify any connections between the conflicts of the cold war and the conflicts today

On the back of the map briefly summarize (linear notes) Yalta and After Yalta, starting on p. 236.

Step Two – Class Presentation

Choose one of the following events. Prepare a presentation for the class that communicates the key ideas and important and lasting understandings that we need to know about that event in the context of the Cold War:

Berlin Airlift and the Iron Curtain

Korean War

Congo Crisis

Cuban Revolution, Missile Crisis, and MAD

Vietnam War and Protest at Home

Non Alignment and the Bandung Conference

Nuclear Arms Race and the Space Race

Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

Detent and Afghanistan

Regan Gorbachev and the Berlin Wall

SALT I & SALT II & Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty

Afghanistan War (1978-1992)

1980 & 1984 Olympic Games

Superpower summit talks

Iran Hostage crisis

Required Elements

1) Student Handout

Note describing the event, its significance in the Cold War, key players and places preferably supported with a map.

2) PowerPoint presentation of information on the handout. The powerpoint should contain:

1 Map

1 Relevant Primary Document

Key Information from handout

Several images that support the information

Identification of Motives and/or Methods (expansionism, containment, deterrence, brinkmanship, détente, nonalignment, liberation movements)

3) Answer the question “To what extent did ideological conflict affect international relations after the Second World War during the/with reference to ___________ (your event)?

Optional Elements

3) Video or audio elements to support powerpoint.

Assessing Impacts on International Relations

Step Three: Report out to the class on your event. Fill in the chart as you listen to other presentations

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|Social 30-1: expansionism, containment, deterrence, brinkmanship, détente, nonalignment, liberation movements |

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