Day 1

The Cold War:How did Popular Culture

influence America’s Viewpoint on Communism?

Politics v Principle

Political Decisions:

Principle Decisions:

The Cold War:How did Popular Culture

influence America’s Viewpoint on Communism?

1)

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2)

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Background EssayDirections: Answer the following questions on your graphic organizer.

SOMEBODY

WANTED

BUT

Who are the main characters?

What did the characters want?

What was the problem?

SO

THENWhat was the resolution to

the story?

How did the characters try to save the problem?

Text Coding

Directions: reread and code each paragraph based on the information that is available.

1. First, code the time, place, and story using the symbols to the left.

2. Then use the emoji icons to the left to code the background essay.

Time

Place

Story

• Using the information from paragraphs 1-7 of the background essay, write a 2-4 sentence summary of the background essay. Be sure to

include time, place and story.

• Define the word POP CULTURE

Pop culture is…

• Restate the question NOT using the word pop culture.

Background Essay Summary

How did Popular Culture influence America’s

Viewpoint on Communism?

What is the question?

What keywords are found in the

question?

How did Popular Culture influence

America’s Viewpoint on Communism?

What is the question asking

you to do?

How did Popular Culture influence

America’s Viewpoint on Communism?

Pre-bucketing

Western Family Values

Political Intimidation

Technological Growth

Mystery Bucket

Pop Culture

1. Below your summary of the background essay on your index card, write a full sentence defining the meaning of POP CULTURE.

Pop Culture is…

2. Below your definition of the pop culture, restate the DBQ question, not using the word pop culture.

Turn into the basket when finished.

Day 2

The Cold War:How did Popular Culture

influence America’s Viewpoint on Communism?

1. What do you see?

Draw a box around everything you see

2. Write the question at the top of the box

3. Mark the doc (letter/number); source; note(s) and caption(s) with an

4. Examine the source(s)

5. Consider the notes and captions

6. Close read of document

Document Analysis Steps

SourcingBefore reading the document,

ask yourself:

1. Who wrote this?

2. What is the author’s point of view?

3. Why was it written?

4. When was it written?

5. Is this source believable? Why? Why not?

Stanford History Education Group; Reading Like a Historian

(A long time or a short time after the event?)

How did popular culture influence America’s viewpoint on communism?

“The real, basic difference,

however, lies in the religion

of immoralism…”

Who

wrote

this?

What is the author’s

point of view?Why was it written? When was it written?

What two

cultures are

being

compared?

What is he referring to when he says “the Red half

of the world triumphs”?

How could the

east and west

live in peace?

Consider the last

paragraph. What is

McCarthy referring to?

Why is the

issue of morality

important?

What inference can you make about the effect this

speech would have on American opinion?

1)

2)

Evidence comes directly from

the documents.

Examine the source

Inferences are conclusions

reached, based on the

evidence.

An Argument summarizes & explains how the evidence answers the

question.

Bucket = Sub-ClaimWhat you will prove

1)

2)

“The real, basic

difference, however,

lies in the religion of

immoralism…”

The main differences

between the US & Soviets

was not political, but moral

Encourages western

family values through

political intimidation

Western Family

Values & Political

Intimidation

X

1950

C

Enemies Within Speech in West Virginia

Senator Joseph McCarthy

Politically charged Speech

The Cold War: How did popular culture influence America’s viewpoint on Communism?

Bucketing Selecting the Best Evidence

Western Family Values

Political Intimidation

Technological Growth

Day 3Independent Practice