The Cold War
Webquest by Maureen Spatuzzi
Proctor High School
Introduction:
The Cold War started after World War11. It was between the United States and Russia. Even though they were Allies during World War 11, they started to distrust each other after the war. The Cold War lasted from 1947-1991. It was "cold" because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides, although there were major regional wars in Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan. The two superpowers never engaged directly in full-scale armed combat but they each armed heavily in preparation of an all-out nuclear World War III.
Each side had a nuclear deterrent that deterred an attack by the other side, on the basis that such an attack would lead to total destruction of the attacker: the doctrine of mutually assured destruction or MAD. Aside from the development of the two sides' nuclear arsenals, and deployment of conventional military forces, the struggle for dominance was expressed via proxy wars around the globe, psychological warfare, propaganda and espionage, and technological competitions such as the Space Race.
Task:
You and your partner are going to do a research essay on the Cold War. You and your partner will be teaching the class on the topic you researched. You can have pictures in your presentation if you choose.
Process:
The teacher will put you into groups of two. You will be given a topic on the Cold War to research. You will have one day in the computer lab to complete your research. You are to write a 2-3 page essay. You are to use the following websites:
· http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/coldwar.htm
Any other websites I need to approve before you use.
Step 1
You and your partner will be using the GHPPA process on the website. To do this, you and your partner will fill out the three worksheets. These worksheets can be filled out using the links below.
Click on the links below to fill out the worksheet as you do your research.
Step 2
After doing your research, you and your partner are to write a 2-3 page essay which you can include pictures if you want. You can use the information that you used in filling out the worksheets using the GHPPA process. You and your partner will present your essay to the class. The two of you will be teaching the class what you researched on the Cold War. Be prepared to answer questions on your research.
Evaluation
Conclusion-
After completing the WebQuest you should have learned how close the United States and Russia almost got into a nuclear war. You should have learned about the NATO and SALT treaties and the government philosophies of the United States and Russia.
Standards
Standard 2: World History
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives.
Standard 3: Geography
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live—local, national, and global—including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth’s surface.
Standard 4: Economics
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of how the United States and other societies develop economic systems and associated institutions to allocate scarce resources, how major decision-making units function in the United States and other national economies, and how an economy solves the scarcity problem through market and nonmarket mechanisms.
Standard 5: Civics, Citizenship system of the United States and other nations; the United States Constitution; the basic civic values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation, and Government
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental