DNA
Writing Response: Would you obey your
mother or father’s direct order, even if you
knew it was wrong?
– How far does your “loyalty” go?
DNA
Oral Response: Would you obey your teacher’s
direct order, even if you knew it was wrong?
– How far does your “loyalty” go?
DNA
Oral Response: Would you obey your
President’s direct order, even if you knew it
was wrong?
– How far does your “loyalty” go?
The War on Terror
Essential Question:
Why is the US
involved in the
current conflict in
Iraq and
Afghanistan?
FREEDOM!!!
So…we are over in Iraq
and Afghanistan to free
the people. To give them
freedom. Right?
The Truth…?
Do we really know
the truth? And if we
were shown this
information how
would we respond?
Which is the correct perspective? Us…or them?
Rock, Paper, Scissors Activity
[You will have 2 minutes to win as many skittles as you can.]
Capitalism vs. Socialism
Classroom Activity:
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Historical Reference:
Capitalism ---
Students have their own skittles,
Individuals privately own industry.
and not everyone starts with the
Freedom of competition results in
same number. As students play
unequal economic classes.
the game a few win lots of skittles,
but most lose.
Socialism ---
The teacher collects all skittles
and redistributes them equally to
all students.
Government takes over ownership
of industry. Wealth created is
distributed equally to all.
Hiroshima After The Bomb
1:09
My Reason why we dropped em’…
“Fear of a Soviet & Chinese communist takeover!”
Communism…
But…
why are we over in Iraq &
Afghanistan today?
Billy Joel has a strong interest in history. "I'm a
history nut. I devour history books. At one time I
wanted to be a history teacher.“
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“I had turned forty. It was 1989 and I said
"Okay, what's happened in my life?" I wrote
down the year 1949. Okay, Harry Truman
was president. Popular singer of the day,
Doris Day. China went Communist. Another
popular singer, Johnnie Ray. Big Broadway
show, South Pacific. Journalist, Walter
Winchell. Athlete, Joe DiMaggio. Then I went
on to 1950... It's one of the worst melodies
I've ever written. I kind of like the lyrics
though.”
Wait…what? Russians in Afghanistan?
1979
“COLD WAR 1945-1992”
This all began way back in the Post-WWII
Era…in the mid-1940’s!!!
Post-WWII Era: The Cold War
• The Cold War describes the tense and hostile
relationship between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
between 1945 and 1992. The communist government
of the Soviet Union wanted to convert other countries
to communism. The U.S. pledged to support free
countries, or basically any country supporting
capitalism, so they could resist communism. Both
countries had nuclear weapons and were capable of
launching a nuclear war.
• Other countries took sides in this international conflict.
Many Western European countries sided with the U.S.
to form NATO (National Atlantic Treaty Organization) in
1949. Eastern European countries signed the Warsaw
Pact and formed an alliance with the Soviet Union.
A timeline of Cold War events:
1945: Yalta Agreement
1947: Truman Doctrine
1947: Marshal Plan
1948: Berlin Airlift
1949: NATO formed
1950: Korean War begins
1952: US tests 1st H-bomb in Marshall Islands
1953: Soviet Union tests first H-bomb
1953: Korean War ends
1955: Warsaw Pact organized
1957: Launch of Sputnik
1950s: McCarthy Hearings
1961: Berlin Wall built
1961: Bay of Pigs
1962: Cuban Missile Crisis
1963: Installation of a Hot Line
1969: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) begins
1979: Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
1987: Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
1989: Berlin Wall comes down
1990: Unification of East and West Germany
1991: Collapse of the Soviet Union
1979: Invasion of Afghanistan
• We want the oil!
• Post WWII – lots of
automobiles.
• We cannot let the
Communist Soviets
get their hands on it!
• Where is the oil?
……
So really…again, why are we
over in there? It should be pretty
clear by now!
“Support Our Troops”
• Can citizens support the troops, but protest
against the war?
• Is it not patriotic to exercise one’s freedom of
speech, even if it disagrees with others’
beliefs?
“Support Our Troops”
• Can citizens support the troops, but protest
against the war?
– Of course we support them. We just question the
validity of WHY they are there in the first place.
• Is it not patriotic to exercise one’s freedom of
speech, even if it disagrees with others’
beliefs?
“Support Our Troops”
• Can citizens support the troops, but protest
against the war?
– Of course we support them. We just question the
validity of WHY they are there in the first place.
• Is it not patriotic to exercise one’s freedom of
speech, even if it disagrees with others’
beliefs?
– To me, it IS patriotic to exercise my freedom of
speech!!!
“To be continued tomorrow…”
Any
Questions?