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The Cold War

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Questions to Think about as You Read

  • How and why did the Cold War develop in the last years of World War II, and how did relations change between the two sides in the years following the war?
  • How did the Cold War affect politics and diplomacy?
  • How did the lives of Europeans in the East and West differ?
  • How did society and culture change after World War II in Western Europe?
  • In what ways did women continue to press for rights, and how successful were they?
  • What new rights were gained by previously marginalized groups within Europe?
  • What effect did the youth movement of the 1960s have on European society?
  • What were the causes of rebellion in Eastern Europe, and how did the USSSR react to it?
  • In what ways did the art, literature, music, and architecture of this period differ from that of earlier periods?

Class Documents



Homework Assignments

Assignment 1: Origins of the Cold War

  • MindTap: Setting the Scene, Asserting Independence
  • Schaum, pages 499-511
  • World War II Allied Conferences
  • Crash Course: The Cold War
  • MindTap: The Development of the Cold War (Note: this is due tomorrow)
  • Finish writing prompt from class if needed

Assignment 2: Later Cold War Diplomacy

  • Schaum, pages 511-515
  • The Cold War Explained
  • MindTap: The Politics and Diplomacy of the Cold War

Assignment 3: The Democratic West

  • Schaum, pages 519-529
  • What Is the European Union?
  • 40th Anniversary of French Social Revolution
  • Margaret Thatcher: Biography
  • MindTap: Postwar Western Society
  • MindTap: Revolutions all Around

Assignment 4: The Communist East

  • Schaum, pages 533-543
  • Tetris History of the Soviet Union
  • The 1956 Hungarian Revolution
  • MindTap: The Cold War in Action
  • Green book chapter 11

Assignment 5: Decolonization in Asia

  • Schaum, pages 548-559
  • Crash Course: Decolonization
  • Crash Course: Conflict in Israel and Palestine

​Assignment 6: Decolonization in Africa

  • Schaum, pages 560-563
  • Crash Course: Congo and Africa's World War
  • MindTap: Decolonization during the Cold War

Assignment 7: 20th Century Society and Culture

  • Schaum, pages 566-577 - use to complete chart handed out in class
  • Crash Course: Globalization I
  • Crash Course: Globalization II
  • MindTap: Punk, Trees, and Outer Space

​Assignment 8: Study for Test on Period 4

  • Review green book chapters 10-12
  • Take practice questions

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Paul Sargent Makes History

  • Home
  • My YouTube Channel
  • AP European History
    • Historical Reasoning Skills
    • Thematic Learning Objectives >
      • Interaction of Europe and the World
      • Poverty and Prosperity
      • Objective Knowledge and Subjective Visions
      • States and Other Institutions of Power
      • Individual and Society
      • National and European Identity
    • Concept Outline
    • Period 1: 1450-1648
    • Period 2: 1648-1815
    • Period 3: 1815-1914
    • Period 4: 1914-Present
    • Exam Review Resources
  • AP Government
    • Concept Outline
    • Constitutional Underpinnings
    • Political Beliefs and Behaviors
    • Linkage Institutions
    • Institutions of Government
    • Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
    • Exam Review
  • Government and Economics
    • Foundations of Government
    • The Constitution
    • Executive Branch
    • The Judicial Branch
    • Voting and Elections
  • My Blog