STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 1. Trace the chronology of events that led to the Cold War, develop a Cold War chronology, and synthesize the Cold War’s impact on the present in general

 2. Demonstrate knowledge and comprehension as they compare and contrast capitalism and communism and identify the potential merits and detriments of each

 3. Demonstrate knowledge as they identify the major events of the space race and arms race during the Cold War.

 4. Chronicle and analyze the development of Communism in China.

 5. Evaluate and analyze the activities of male and female dissidents, and role, and impact of dissidence on the Cold War in the non-western world.

 6. Analyze and evaluate decolonization processes in the non-western world and its impact on the Cold War.

 7. Analyze and evaluate the non-alignment and liberation movements throughout the non-western world.

 8. Analyze and evaluate a chronology of events in the Middle East as a battlefield of the Cold War.

 9. Analyze and evaluate the development of Détente, identify its achievements, and explain its failure

 10. Synthesize their gained knowledge addressing the matter of which world leader(s) deserve the most credit for ending of the Cold War

 11. Synthesize their gained knowledge addressing the common interests and patterns of behavior exhibited by the US and the USSR during the Cold War and comment on the significance of findings

 

 

 

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I. Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1945

 II. The Formation of the Communist Bloc, 1944-1948

 III. The Cold War Begins

 IV. The Battle for Germany

 V. The Communist Revolution in China, 1946-1950

 VI. The Conflict Over Korea

 VII. Decolonization process and the Perpetuation of the Cold War, 1953-1961

 VIII. Crisis and Co-existence

 IX. Vietnam War and Cold War

 X. China, SALT and the Superpowers

 XI. The Heyday & Fall of Détente

 XII. The Return of the Cold War, 1980-1985

 XIII. The Thaw in the Cold War

 XIV. The End of the Cold War, 1988-1991

 XV. Lessons learned