The second half of the 20th century was shaped by the Cold War, a legacy of World War II. The United States and the Soviet Union emerged as global superpowers engaged in ideological, political, economic, and military competition.
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Students will recall prior knowledge of, define, and use key vocabulary words in the unit.
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These resources introduce students to the concepts that run through the Cold War materials including the Timeline Graphic Organizer that can be used throughout the unit.
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Through these resources, students will learn about events in the Cold War and evaluate how those events helped to achieve, maintain, and/or threaten world peace.
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These resources provide students with an opportunity to synthesize what they learned in the unit before completing the End of Unit Assessment.
Students will argue for or against claims about world history using evidence from this and previous units.
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These resources were posted on the New Visions Social Studies Curriculum site in the past, but have now been revised.
Students will describe the causes and effects of changes in the relationship between the United States and the USSR from 1941 to 1955.
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Students will examine the new military alliances, nuclear proliferation, and the rise of the military-industrial complex.
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Students will describe efforts and outcomes of attempts to expand and contain communism in Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.
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Students will describe what the Non-Aligned Movement was and identify countries that were involved.
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Students will explain how relations between the US and USSR were affected by detente.
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Students will investigate the political reforms of glasnost and economic reforms of perestroika. Students will examine the impacts of those reforms within the Soviet Union, on the Soviet communist bloc, and in the world.
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