Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Sections 28.2, 29.1, 30.3, 31.3
Lesson
- Minimum of 1 scholarly source (in addition to the textbook)
- Initial Post Instructions
- Pick three (3) of the following American Foreign policies:
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Containment
Anti-Communist Freedom Fighters
- Vietnam (conflict) War
- Détente'
- SALT I & SALT II
- Camp David Accords
- Strategic Defense Initiative (nicknamed "Star Wars")
- Then, address the following for your selections:
- Explain how each of your choices was an effective policy to thwart international communist expansion.
- Based on your selections, analyze if the United States should have feared international communist subversion during the Cold War era (1945-1991).
- Follow-Up Post Instructions
Compare your selections and analysis of selections with those of your peers. If they chose different groups, examine how yours are similar and/or different. If they chose the same groups, build on their posts by providing additional information about the groups that you have not already noted in your own post.