Westside High School Lesson Plan
Monday
Teacher Name:
Course:
Kindred
US History
Unit Name and #:
Dates:
Unit 6: Cold War
Jan. 12 – Jan. 16,
2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
I can evaluate the impact of Cold War rivalry on the arms race, space race, McCarthyism,
defense spending, and educational priorities.
I can describe the G.I. Bill as one cause of prosperity during the 1950’s and explain increased
consumption and the growth of suburbs, agriculture, and businesses as effects of that
prosperity.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ⓈUSH.8B Describe how Cold War tensions were intensified by the
arms race, the space race, McCarthyism, and the House Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC), the findings of which were confirmed by the Verona Papers.
ⓇUSH.17B Identify the causes of prosperity in the 1950s, including the Baby Boom and the
impact of the GI Bill (Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944), and the effects of prosperity
in the 1950s such as increased consumption and the growth of agriculture and business.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: Take out “Powerpoint Notes: The Cold War”
2. Cold War Quiz
3. Recap Life in the 1950s Cooperative Learning Activity
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Quiz
Checks for Understanding: Class Discussion
Tuesday
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Notebook, Life in the 1950s Gallery Walk Handout
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Study for Cold War Part I Test on FRIDAY 1/16
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I can describe the rivalries of the Cold War including the ideas of a balance
of power between the US [representing democracy] and the Soviet Union [representing
communism].
I can tell how Cold War rivalries affected the arms race, the space race, McCarthysism [HUAC
and Vernona Papers], increased defense spending and shifting educational priorities toward
math/science.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ⓈUSH.8B Describe how Cold War tensions were intensified by the
arms race, the space race, McCarthyism, and the House Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC), the findings of which were confirmed by the Venona Papers.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: Define “arms race”
2. Video Analysis: Dr. Suess’ Butter Battle Book
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Butter Battle Analysis Questions
Checks for Understanding: FIST TO FIVE
Wed/Thur
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Butter Battle Analysis Questions
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Work on study guide and Study for Cold War Part I Test on FRIDAY 1/16
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I can analyze how the Tet Offensive, Vietnamization, the Fall of Saigon, the
Gulf of Tonkin resolution, and the War Powers Act increased the power of the Executive
Branch of government and affected the outcome of the Vietnam conflict.
TEKS/AP/Standards: ⓇUSH.8D Explain reasons and outcomes for U.S. involvement in
foreign countries and their relationship to the Domino Theory, including the Vietnam War
ⓈUSH.8E Analyze the major issues and events of the Vietnam War such as the Tet Offensive,
the escalation of forces, Vietnamization, and the fall of Saigon.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: Define “containment”
2. Cooperative Learning: The Vietnam Conflict
3. Guided Notes: The Vietnam War
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Cooperative Learning: The Vietnam Conflict Handout
Checks for Understanding: Randomized Questioning
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Articles, cooperative learning handout, ntoes
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Work on study guide and Study for Cold War Part I Test on FRIDAY 1/16
What are we learning?
Daily Objective: I can show mastery of 1950’s Cold War events both foreign and domestic.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
Friday
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Cold War Part I Test
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Multiple Choice Test
Checks for Understanding:
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Test, study guide
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: