This is an enrichment or remediation mini lesson about Russia for my HS …
This is an enrichment or remediation mini lesson about Russia for my HS Human Geography Virtual Class. Students have the option to complete this lesson for fun or to earn a "retake" on their Russia Unit test. The top 5 scores on the review game at the end get 5 bonus points added to their Unit test grades.
In which John Green teaches you about the Cold War, which was …
In which John Green teaches you about the Cold War, which was occasionally hot, but on average, it was just cool. In the sense of its temperature. It was by no means cool, man. After World War II, there were basically two big geopolitical powers left to divide up the world. And divide they did. The United States and the Soviet Union divvied up Europe in the aftermath of the war and then proceeded to spend the next 45 years fighting over the rest of the world. It was a great ideological struggle, with the US on the side of capitalism and profit, and the USSR pushing Communism, so-called. While both sides presented themselves as the good guy in this situation, the COLD reality is that there are no good guys. Both parties to the Cold War engaged in forcible regime changes, built up vast nuclear arsenals, and basically got up to dirty tricks. If you had to pick a bad guy though, we would point out that the USSR had no intention of bringing Laika the Cosmonaut Dog home alive. That poor dog never had a shot.
Chapters: Introduction: The Cold War The conflict between the USA and USSR Soviet Sphere of Influence post-WWII An Open Letter to Joseph Stalin The Marshall Plan, the Berlin Wall, and NATO The Nuclear Arms Race The Hot Parts of the Cold War The Lukewarm Parts of the Cold War First-World, Second-World, and Third-World Divisions The Failures of Soviet Socialism The End of the Cold War Credits
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