L15: The Korean War: 1950-1953American Foreign Policy Agenda

Objective:1. To analyze the

significance of the Korean War for US foreign policy.

Schedule: 2. Whole Class Discussion

Homework:1. Civic Literacy:

Last Day Tues 6/10

2. Facilitation Prep – Cold War Discussion:Green: Wed 5/28Yellow: Thurs 5/29

Discussion Questions• How does the Korean war fit in to the policy of

containment?• How is the United States using its military by 1950?• How would you characterize US foreign policy by the

1950s?• What ironies in American foreign policy by the 1950s

does the Korean war reveal?• How would you characterize the relationship

between US foreign policy and the American public in the 1950s?

• What made the Korean War a Cold War Conflict? • Did the war in Korea represent a triumph or a failure

of American foreign policy?