Unit Title: Introduction to The Cold War Name: Aldo Almeida

Content Area: Social Science (World History) Grade Level: 10th

Content Standards/ Common Core Standard:
10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post–World War II world
10.9.5. Describe the uprisings in Poland (1956), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968) and
those countries’ resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in Soviet satellites sought freedom
from Soviet control.
10.9.7. Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the weakness of the
command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing resistance to Soviet rule by
dissidents in satellite states and the non-Russian Soviet republics.
10.9.8 Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes and functions
of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States.

Big Idea/ Unit Goals:

1.How did life of the average citizen change during the cold war era in the Eastern side?
2.What were some of the alliances made after the Second World War and how are they still
important in today’s society.
3.Why was the fall of the Berlin Wall a marker that the Soviet Union was on its downfall and
what led to that thought?
Student Learning Objective:
1.Students will be to close read the materials assigned to them from various primary sources and
be able to get a deeper understanding of what individuals experienced during the era.
2.Students will be able to write short and long pieces based on the research they conducted
throughout the unit.
3.Students will be able to demonstrate their understanding of the Cold War through group
presentations.
4. Students will be able to understand how Germany symbolized Capitalism and Communism.

Unit Summary:
In this unit, students will be looking into the events that followed shortly after World War II.
Students will examine the differences between East and West Europe through Germany. Teacher
lecture, graphic organizers and clips that will be attached to this unit, students will gain a deeper
understanding of the division of ideology. Students will also be examining times in which
resistance surfaced during the lifespan of the Soviet Union. By the end of the unit, students will
be able to present why the Soviet Union collapsed as well as understand the living circumstances
the average citizen faced during the mid to late 20th century. Students will discuss the importance
of the organizations made during the era as well as the plans passed in order for Europe to
recover from the world war.
Assessment Plan:
Entry Level: Formative: Summative:
Socratic Seminar: What led to 1) Flashcards: terms used in 1) Exam: Online test to see if
the Collapse of the Soviet the Cold War students understand the
Union? 2) KWL Chart: Terms used material
will be involving policies 2) Essay: takes the materials
made by USSR they understood and will now
3) Survey Monkey: more of apply it themselves
 participation but to see if
students are putting in the
effort
Lesson 1: The Lecture
Objective: Evidence: Lesson Activity:
Students are to understand the Students will be filling out the The teacher will lecture using
basics of how the guided notes that were given the PowerPoint as an aid.
consequences of the second to them in the beginning of the Students are to fill out the
world war set the stage for the unit. They are to fill the notes chart given to them. The
Cold War. They are to identify out as they are going to hand it teacher will give students time
the major powers in play as in as part of a packet. after each slide for students to
well as certain events during get their final thoughts before
the era moving on to the next section
Lesson 2: Webercise
Objective: Evidence: Lesson Activity:
This lesson is to test the Students should be able to fill Students will be working
students on getting out this chart as much as they individually on this on this
information as they are going can. The comparison chart assignment. They will be
to be filling in but chart on should be filled out enough so giving link to some videos but
policies events and historic they can understand life in they must find their own
Monument. This lesson will West and East Berlin. sources. This out soon should
also require students to watch Students should also put in be able to tell how their source
clips that they will then need what sources they used in is reliable.
to answer the questions order to determine the all this
regarding them. The links in will determine their validity of
here are going to help students the source. All this will be
understand how life was in used to determine the grade of
Germany as well as the student.
understand the resistance
formed during this.
Lesson Three: Graphic Organizer
Objective: Assessment: Activity: Students will be
This lesson will require The assignment will be conducting research
students to watch clips and evaluated on how well the individually or in pairs. This
find information on their own students filled in the graphic organizer will contain
that will help them fill in the organizer. terms related towards the unit.
information of the graphic Fill in the first section before
organizer. conducting the research, as it
requires filling in what they
know on the term. The second
section requires completing
what they want to know on the
term while the last section is
where the research comes in.

Unit Resources:
History
US History
Essays
Youtube for clips
Crash Course in Cold War
Useful links
Khan Academy
History in Focus
Jstor