WEEK 33: Homework and Activities

Daily Activities and Homework, April 6th through April 10th

Mon: Planners for the week!
NEW VOCAB for the week: 38th parallel
Korean War
Brinksmanship
Arms race
h-bomb
Space race
Joseph McCarthy

Review & finish the pink COLD WAR packets
Lesson on Harry Truman

HW: -Pink COLD WAR packets due tomorrow if you do not finish in class
-Truman Questions due Thursday



Tues: Green Sheet: Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "You must do the thing you think
you cannot do." Write about a time when you did something you thought you could not do.
AIMS Testing: Science 1 & 2 in the morning.
SHORTENED classes in the afternoon: You will be working on the Truman WS



Wed: COLD WAR DEBATE (step 1)

Thurs: Green Sheet: Make a “to-do list” of all the things you hope to do on your day off
from school tomorrow.

COLD WAR DEBATE (step 1 continued)

Fri: NO SCHOOL today!!!
*** Quiz next Tuesday, April 7th



OBJECTIVES
To explain the US and World foreign policies leading to the Cold War: Truman Doctrine, NATO, Warsaw Pact, and Marshall Plan
To describe the impact of the Cold War on the US
To analyze the origins of the Cold War and containment policies
To explain how fear of communism affected international relations and domestic politics
To connect the “American Dream” of 1950 with the “American Dream” of 2000.

SS STANDARDS
Strand 2: Civics/ Government Concept 5: Government Systems of the World, PO2
Strand 1: American History Concept 9: Postwar US, P.O. 1, and P.O. 2