A 20th Century Primer to

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A 20th Century Primer to
The Singing Revolution
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Bell Ringer
Create a numbered list in which you identify the
steps you took to come to school today. Example
1) I got out of bed and took a shower. 2) I
got dressed. 3) I ate my breakfast. You have
five minutes to complete this activity.
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Discussion

• Turn to a partner and compare your lists. Were
  they the same? Different?
• Circle the steps on your list that were the same
  as on your partners list, and underline the
  different ones.
• You have five minutes to complete this activity.

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Partner Discussion continued

• With your partner, identify the actors and
  resources necessary to have made it possible for
  you to have come to school today.
• Example
• I took a shower in a stall made by a contractor
  and installed by a plumber, using water piped in
  from the water company.
• You have five minutes to complete this activity.

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• For us to be sitting in this classroom today,
  many factors had to come together. There could
  not have been a school unless people saw a need,
  acted to gather the resources, created a
  building, hired an administration and teaching
  staff, stocked it with supplies and made
  arrangements to have you here.
• You already made a list of the people and
  resources needed to get you here. Society is
  full of individuals acting on their own, but
  greatly impacted by many factors outside of their
  control. Today you will investigate factors that
  came together to produce the longest conflict of
  the 20th Century, The Cold War.

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Cold War Definitions

• Ideology A set of ideas that constitutes ones
  goals, expectations and actions.
• Cold War A global conflict between two
  ideologies tied to different parts of the world.
  Communist countries had a base in Eastern Europe,
  but sought to expand their sphere of influence
  throughout the world. Western countries, led by
  the United States, worked to contain Soviet
  influence, where it existed, and prevent its
  spread to vulnerable nations.

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Areas of Investigation

• Ideology
• Economics
• Effects of Conflict
• Perception
• Struggle for Power

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Gallery Walk

• Go to your assigned first station.
• You will be given 5 minutes per station, with 1
  minute of transition time.
• When you are given the signal, move to the next
  station.
• There are a total of 7 stations.
• When you return to your first station, you are
  done!

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Gallery Walk 1
Ideology The 20th Century brought the rise of
two competing ideas of freedom. Countries of
the West leaned toward Capitalism, while
countries of the East found Communism.

• Write the following basic definitions
• Capitalism An economic system based on the
  ownership of resources by individuals.
  Production results from competition in the
  marketplace.
• Communism An economic system in which the
  government controls the resources and means of
  production. Production needs are determined by
  centralized governmental control.

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Gallery Walk 2

• Economics
• Economics, the means by which people satisfy
  their wants and needs, looks very different in
  communist vs. capitalist countries. Compare the
  two cars below. The Trabant, on the left, was
  made by the Communist East Germans. It was the
  only choice for East Germans, who had to wait
  years to get them, but everyone could. The
  Impala, on the right, was made by the Ford Motor
  Company. The Impala was one of many American
  choices, which could be purchased at anytime,
  providing the purchaser had access to the money
  or credit necessary.
• What are the obvious differences between the
  cars? Which would you buy?
• How might they reflect the larger themes of
  freedom and independence?

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Gallery Walk 3

• Effects of Conflict
• World War II produced more death and destruction
  than any other conflict in history, (over 60
  million casualties). The Soviet Union had nearly
  24 million of these. Naturally, this had an
  effect on the Soviet psyche and they were
  determined to never let this happen again.
• Compare the two maps of Europe, before and after
  WWII. What changes have taken place? List 3
  major changes found on the 1949 map.
• What has happened to the small country of
  Estonia?
• Overall, what was the Soviet reaction to WWII?

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Gallery Walk 4

• Perception How nations viewed each other is key
  to understanding later conflict. Examine the
  images.
• Who made these images? Capitalist or Communist?
• How does this group perceive the opposing side?

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Gallery Walk 5

• Perception How nations viewed each other
• is key to understanding later conflict. Examine
  the images below.
• Who made these images? Capitalist or Communist?
• How does this group perceive the opposing side?

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Gallery Walk 6

• Political Power As the world divided into two
  camps, the ideological focus became tied to the
  quest for global political power.
• What messages were the Soviets and Americans
  telling the world, as they expanded their spheres
  of influence? (Analyze the two images to find
  the messages.)

Soviet Union
United States
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Gallery Walk 7

• Struggle for Power This picture is of the
  Potsdam conference of 1945.
• By this time

• World War II was nearly over. Germany was
  defeated.
• Germany was to be divided amongst the allies.
• The Soviets had taken military control of all of
  Eastern Europe.
• The terms of surrender were outlined for Japan.
• President Truman hinted to Stalin of the American
  possession of the atomic bomb, ensuring the
  Soviet would understand Americas power.

• Given the facts above, and your notes from
  previous stations, what do you anticipate would
  be the Soviet Unions next strategic move?

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