CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

CUBAN MISSILE CRISISJOSE FLORESBRAWLEY UNION HIGH SCHOOL11TH GRADECALIFORNIA CONTENT STANDARD11.9.3 Trace the origins and geo-political consequences of the Cold War and containment policy including: Cuban Missile Crisis

STEP 1: ORIENTATION LESSON

LESSON OBJECTIVES:

Describe the cause and effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis.STEP 2: PRETEACH

PRIOR SKILLS/ADVANCED ORGANIZATION:

WORD ASSOCIATION (UNITED STATES, CUBA AND SOVIET UNION.STEP 2: PRETEACHPREREQUISTE VOCABULARY: Cold War, containment, Warsaw Pact, N.A.T.O.

STEP 3: TEACHVOCABULARY/ACADEMIC LANGUAGE: Fidel Castro, Nikita Kruschev, John F. Kennedy, quarantine, U-2, communism.

STUDENTS WILL DRAW AND WRITE NOTES ON FLASHCARDS.STEP 3: TEACHDEMONSTRATE, MODEL, EXPLAIN

PRIMARY SOURCES WILL BE GIVEN TO STUDENTS ON SLIDES 8,9,10. KENNEDY, CASTRO, KRUSHEV IN THE AMERICAS

U-2 SPY PLANE MISSILES

QUARANTINE

STEP 3: TEACHDIRECT DELIVERY: LECTURE GIVEN ON SPECIFIED VOCABULARY AND PRIMARY DOCUMENTS.

STEP 4: GUIDED PRACTICEQUESTIONING: CONTINUED CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING AS STUDENTS ARE CHOSEN TO HELP EXPLAIN TARGETED VOCABULARY.STEP 4: GUIDED PRACTICEPAIR WORK: WITH A PARTNER, A ROUGH-DRAFT OF A BROCHURE EXPLAINING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS CAUSES AND EFFECTS WILL BE PRODUCED.

STEP 4: GUIDED PRACTICEFORMAL ASSESSMENT AND MASTERY: STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE A FINAL DRAFT OF THEIR BROCHURE.STEP 5: CLOSUREWRITTEN AND VERBAL: STUDENTS WILL DO A QUICKWRITE ON WHAT THEY LEARNED AND READ.

STEP 5: CLOSURETIED TO OBJECTIVE: GIVE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS BROUGHT THESE NUCLEAR POWERS TO THE BRINK OF A NUCLEAR WAR.

STEP 6: UNIVERSAL ACCESSDIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTIONINDEPENDENT PRACTICESTUDENTS CAN PRODUCE A LITTLE BOOK OR WISDOM WHEEL.STUDENTS WILL MAKE-UP A 5 QUESTION MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ.

WHO BLINKED FIRST?BROCHURE INSTRUCTIONSFRONT FLAPTITLE COVERSTUDENT NAMECLASS PERIODCUBA MAP

INSIDE LEFTLIST AND DEFINE CAUSES OF CRISISPICTURE OF CAUSES

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