Introduction to the Cold War

Warm-up

•What do you think it means to have a Cold War?•You Must sit where your folder is. This is your group for the Unit!

Cold War

• a condition of rivalry, mistrust, and often open hatred short of violence especially between powerful countries

Democracy v. Communism Game• Each of you will receive a an envelope. Each

envelope has pieces of paper that are worth 1 Hershey kiss.

• You will play rocks, paper, shoot to win the pieces of paper from the others in your group.

• You will have three minutes to win as many pieces of paper as you can. If you run out of paper you are done with the game.

Game Review

• Who has the most pieces of paper?• Was it easier to win paper if you started with

more paper?• Is it fair to allow some people to start with

more than others?• If you are in the USSR or China split your

papers equally among your whole group. • If you are in the US, France, or Great Britain

keep the papers where they are.

Game Review

• Why did the Soviet Union and China have to share all of their paper equally?

• What are some of the benefits of Communism?

• What are the benefits to Democracy/ Capitalism?

Democracy v. Communism

• Democracy Communism1. A form of government in 1. A form of government in which Which the people elect gov. There is no private property and

Officials. All people have the same Relies on a capitalist form of amount of money and property.economy in which the gov. 2. Relies on a government Is less involved and there are controlled economy. Both winners and losers.

Bottom Line

• Democracy and Communism are different forms of government and economies that are not compatible and caused tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, the two superpowers of the time.

How do allies become enemies?

• The United States and the Soviet Union had been Allies during World War II and became quick enemies as the war ended.

• To help us understand what happened to the U.S and Soviet Union we are going to look at another pair who went from allies to enemies.

Tupac v. Biggie

Tupac v. BiggieFriendsWhy were they friends?

Turning PointWhat led them to become enemies?

EnemiesWhy were they enemies? What kinds of conflict did they have?

Directions

• Use the reading on your notes sheet to fill in the graphic organizer. Fill it in the same way that we filled out the one about Biggie and Tupac.

FriendsWhy were they friends? Worked together to defeat

the Axis powers in WWII

Turning PointWhat led them to become enemies?

The end of WWII , Soviet expansion in Europe and the U.S. dropping of the atom bomb led them to become enemies.

EnemiesWhy were they enemies? What kinds of conflict did they have?

The U.S. and the Soviet Union distrusted one another because they thought that each was trying to spread their control across the world and either democracy or communism.

Germany after WWII

Exit Slip• Pretend to be either Truman (the President of

the U.S.) or come up with a plan to spread either communism or democracy throughout the world. As part of your plan you must defend why communism is a better form of government or why democracy is a better form of government. Please write at least 1 paragraph.