CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
JOSE FLORES
BRAWLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL
11TH GRADE
 11.9.3
Trace the origins and geo-political
consequences of the Cold War and
containment policy including: Cuban
Missile Crisis
LESSON OBJECTIVES:
Describe the cause and effects of the
Cuban Missile Crisis.
PRIOR SKILLS/ADVANCED ORGANIZATION:
WORD ASSOCIATION (UNITED STATES,
CUBA AND SOVIET UNION.
 PREREQUISTE VOCABULARY:
Cold War,
containment, Warsaw Pact, N.A.T.O.
 VOCABULARY/ACADEMIC
LANGUAGE:
Fidel Castro, Nikita Kruschev, John F.
Kennedy, quarantine, U-2, communism.
 STUDENTS WILL
DRAW AND WRITE
NOTES ON FLASHCARDS.
 DEMONSTRATE, MODEL, EXPLAIN…
 PRIMARY
SOURCES WILL BE GIVEN TO
STUDENTS ON SLIDES 8,9,10.
 DIRECT
DELIVERY: LECTURE GIVEN ON
SPECIFIED VOCABULARY AND PRIMARY
DOCUMENTS.
 QUESTIONING:
CONTINUED CHECKING
FOR UNDERSTANDING AS STUDENTS
ARE CHOSEN TO HELP EXPLAIN
TARGETED VOCABULARY.
 PAIR WORK:
WITH A PARTNER, A
ROUGH-DRAFT OF A BROCHURE
EXPLAINING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
CAUSES AND EFFECTS WILL BE
PRODUCED.
 FORMAL
ASSESSMENT AND MASTERY:
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE A
FINAL DRAFT OF THEIR BROCHURE.
 WRITTEN
AND VERBAL: STUDENTS WILL
DO A QUICKWRITE ON WHAT THEY
LEARNED AND READ.
 TIED TO
OBJECTIVE: GIVE EXAMPLES
OF HOW THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
BROUGHT THESE NUCLEAR POWERS TO
THE BRINK OF A NUCLEAR WAR.
DIFFERENTIATED
INSTRUCTION

STUDENTS CAN PRODUCE
A LITTLE BOOK OR
WISDOM WHEEL.
INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

STUDENTS WILL MAKE-UP
A 5 QUESTION MULTIPLE
CHOICE QUIZ.
WHO BLINKED FIRST?
 FRONT
FLAP
 INSIDE
LEFT
• TITLE COVER
• LIST AND DEFINE
• STUDENT NAME
CAUSES OF CRISIS
• PICTURE OF CAUSES
• CLASS PERIOD
• CUBA MAP
CENTER FRONT FLAP
PICTURES OF
MISSILE SITES
 INSIDE
RIGHT FLAP
• LIST AND DEFINE
EFFECTS OF CRISIS
 BACK FLAP
• KEY VOCABULARY
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