Download Mar14 - ColdWar04 - John Bowne High School

Thursday – March 14, 2013
Mr. Lombardi
Aim: How did tensions of the Cold
War lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Do Now: copy the domain specific vocabulary:
President John F. Kennedy: 35th President of the US (1961-63).
Premier Nikita Khrushchev: led the USSR during part of the Cold
War (after Stalin, from 1953-1964).
Fidel Castro : Communist dictator of Cuba from 1961-2011. He is
responsible for making Cuba a socialist country which has often
been at odds with the United States. Notably, the Bay of Pigs
Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cuban Missile Crisis : An intense crisis that developed in 1961 as a
result of Castro’s decision to allow the Soviet Union to base nuclear
missiles in Cuba.
The Cold War
The Cast of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Who was involved?
• John F. Kennedy (USA), Fidel Castro
(Cuba), & Nikita Khrushchev (USSR).
The Cuban Missile Crisis: What happened?
The Soviets wanted to install nuclear missiles in Cuba. When this
was discovered by the US Air Force in October 1962, Kennedy
imposed a quarantine (a separation or isolation) on all offensive
weapons bound for Cuba. The world trembled as it was on the brink
of nuclear war…
Activity
#1- In your groups…
• Complete Activity #1 on The Cuban Missile
Crisis: A Lesson in Decision Making handout
#2- In your groups…
• Complete Activity #2 on The Cuban Missile
Crisis: A Lesson in Decision Making handout
• Rows 1, 3, & 5 = Options 1,3 & 5
• Rows 2, 4, & 6 = Options 2, 4, & 6
Activity- Decision Making Chart
In your group explain the advantages and disadvantages of your assigned OPTIONS
Summary
1. Explain the cartoon.
2. How did the tension of the Cold War
lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Summary
1. Explain the cartoon.
2. How did the tension of the Cold War
lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy
“Ich bin ein Berliner”
JFK speech
Regents Prep - The Cold War
Critical Thinking Questions:
1. When President Kennedy ordered the Soviet
Union to remove the missiles from Cuba, he also
ordered a blockade of the island. How would the
blockade have helped Kennedy achieve his
objective of getting missiles out of Cuba?
2. How would you have handled that crisis as
President of the United States?
3. Why were Soviet missiles stationed in Cuba a
threat to the United States?
4. Why would you consider the Cold War, cold
rather than HOT?