Agenda

• Bell ringer• Review Questions• Notes: Beginning of the Cold War• Germany divided map • Closure

Review

• What is genocide?– Mass killing of certain ethnic/religious groups

• What was Kristallnacht?– Night of broken glass, terror against Jews

• What were the Nuremburg Trials?– Nazi war criminals held responsible for actions

• What was the Balfour Declaration?– Based on Zionism, plea for Jews to have own

homeland named Israel

Beginning of Cold War

Essential Learning: The Cold War

Objectives

• Students will describe how post WWII Europe leads to increasing tensions between democratic and communist countries

• Students will identify the iron curtain and the importance of the Berlin Air Lift

Iron Curtain

• The two superpowers–United States and Soviet Union–Cold War: state of tension between

superpowers who competed economically and militarily; • it was “Cold” because armed battle did

not occur

Iron Curtain

• Divided Europe– West: democratic– East: communist– Iron Curtain – imaginary line that divided

communist and non-communist nations– Germany: • Western – democracy, Eastern – Soviet Union

Cold War

• Opposing military alliances• NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization,

Western nations pledged to support each other if any member was attacked (democratic)

• Warsaw Pact – Soviet Union and seven satellite nations (communist)

• Non-alignment – some nations chose not to ally with either side during the Cold War– Ex. India, Yugoslavia, many African nations

Crisis in Germany

– Berlin: Capital city split West and East, Berlin located in East Germany

– Berlin Airlift: Stalin wanted Allies out of Berlin, closed land routes to get supplies to West Berlin, Allies airlifted food and supplies to West Berlin for almost a year, Stalin ended blockade

– Berlin Wall: communists built a wall to separate East and West Germany, soldiers shot anyone who tried to escape East Germany

Cold Warhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVqziNV7dGY

Essential Questions

• What was the Cold War?– Period of escalated tension between the US and

Russia• What were the two Cold War alliances and who

was part of each?– GB, France, US were allies. Soviet Union and 7 satellite

countries were other side.• What was the Berlin Airlift?– Soviets refused to allow land travel to west Berlin so

allies airdropped food and supplies.

Homework

• Read pages 3-8 in review book• Highlight/annotate/take notes• In your notebook:

Topic SummaryEarly Peoples (Paleo)

Neolithic Revolution

Rise of Civilizations

Egypt

Mesopotamia

Indus River Valley (India)

Shang Dynasty (China)