June 17, 1949Washington Post

Personal Response - What does this cartoon tell you about the Cold War era?

• Roots in Red Scare of WWI

• WWII: Soviets & U.S. = friends

• After WWII Soviets = enemy Soviets create puppet regimes across Eastern Europe

• 1949: Soviets get Atomic bomb

• 1949: Mao Zedong’s communist party gains control of China

Senator Joseph McCarthy

McCarthyism

October 31, 1947

Washington Post

Personal Response:

What does this cartoon imply about the methods of this organization?

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Theme is “McCarthyism”- HUAC- Hollywood Ten- Blacklisting- Alger Hiss- Rosenbergs (Ethel & Julius)

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Text pages 616-621

 

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Common Sense

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S ometimesE verything that is right orN atural pleads forS eperationE ngland hath told freedom to depart!

Churchill

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Theme is “McCarthyism”- HUAC- Hollywood Ten- Blacklisting- Alger Hiss- Rosenbergs (Ethel & Julius)

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The Americans pages 616-621

Assignment = - pretend to be a diplomat or a citizen of the U.S. during the Cold War. - write about your experiences in a fictional diary. - should show knowledge of the Cold War and read “real” by including emotion, observations, fears, hopes, etc.

journals can include pictures, maps, drawings; examples or self-written pieces of poetry or music; other examples in a non-written format.

Product =

Diary Entries composed during Cold War

Diplomacy = art / practice of negotiations between nations

The Cold War At Home p. 616 – 621

Features:

• must include terms: Blacklist AND HUAC

• PLUS: Alger Hiss OR the Rosenbergs

• PLUS “McCarthyism”

Cold War Sentence Starters:

I came home from school today to learn that_______________________________.

I became _____________________________________(emotion).

Blacklisting illustrated that _____________________________________.

My family became ______________________________(emotion).

I attended a McCarthy rally where __________________________________.

The Cold War At Home p. 616 – 621

Features:

• must include: Blacklist AND HUAC

• PLUS: Alger Hiss OR the Rosenbergs

• PLUS “McCarthyism”

The Cold War At Home p. 616 – 621

Features:

• must include: Blacklist AND HUAC

• PLUS: Alger Hiss OR the Rosenbergs

• PLUS “McCarthyism”

The Cold War At Home p. 616 – 621

Features:

• must include: Blacklist AND HUAC

• PLUS: Alger Hiss OR the Rosenbergs

• PLUS “McCarthyism”

The Cold War At Home p. 616 – 621

Features:

• must include: Blacklist AND HUAC

• PLUS: Alger Hiss OR the Rosenbergs

• PLUS “McCarthyism”

Cold War Sentence Starters:

I came home from school today to learn that _________________.

I became _____________________________________(emotion).

Blacklisting illustrated that _______________________________.

My family became ______________________________(emotion).

I attended a McCarthy rally where_________________________.

Cold War Sentence Starters:

I came home from school today to learn that _________________.

I became _____________________________________(emotion).

Blacklisting illustrated that _______________________________.

My family became ______________________________(emotion).

I attended a McCarthy rally where_________________________.

Cold War Sentence Starters:

I came home from school today to learn that _________________.

I became _____________________________________(emotion).

Blacklisting illustrated that _______________________________.

My family became ______________________________(emotion).

I attended a McCarthy rally where_________________________.

Cold War Sentence Starters:

I came home from school today to learn that _________________.

I became _____________________________________(emotion).

Blacklisting illustrated that _______________________________.

My family became ______________________________(emotion).

I attended a McCarthy rally where_________________________.