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    This lesson focuses on teaching students about the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War, including the build up events and decisions made by President Kennedy and General Secretary Khrushchev that brought the world close to nuclear war. Students will learn about the crisis through images, discussions, and by reading and analyzing documents from Kennedy, Khrushchev and a Russian ambassador to assess their understanding of the diplomatic challenge and consequences of increasing nuclear weapons. The goal is for students to understand the importance of diplomacy in avoiding destruction during conflicts between superpowers.

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    This lesson focuses on teaching students about the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War, including the build up events and decisions made by President Kennedy and General Secretary Khrushchev that brought the world close to nuclear war. Students will learn about the crisis through images, discussions, and by reading and analyzing documents from Kennedy, Khrushchev and a Russian ambassador to assess their understanding of the diplomatic challenge and consequences of increasing nuclear weapons. The goal is for students to understand the importance of diplomacy in avoiding destruction during conflicts between superpowers.

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    This lesson focuses on teaching students about the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War, including the build up events and decisions made by President Kennedy and General Secretary Khrushchev that brought the world close to nuclear war. Students will learn about the crisis through images, discussions, and by reading and analyzing documents from Kennedy, Khrushchev and a Russian ambassador to assess their understanding of the diplomatic challenge and consequences of increasing nuclear weapons. The goal is for students to understand the importance of diplomacy in avoiding destruction during conflicts between superpowers.

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    Lesson title: Cuban Missile

    Crisis
    Grade level(s): 9
    Subject matter area(s): U.S History
    Amount of time needed: One class period
    Description: - Michigan state standard 8.1.2
    Foreign Policy During the Cold War – compare the causes
    and consequences of the American policy of containment
    - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7
    Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs,
    photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in
    print and digital texts.
    In this lesson students will: learn the diplomatic crisis that
    took place during the Cuban Missile Crisis, but cooler
    heads prevailed. This is a perfect lesson to show how
    Proxy wars and the nuclear arms race had severe
    consequences on American policy. Cuba, a communist
    nation, is being used as the middle nation between the two
    major superpowers (United States and the Soviet Union)
    Objectives: At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
    Understand the importance of diplomacy, and how the
    increase production of nuclear weapons and use of Proxy
    war nations nearly lead to the destruction of the world.
    Prerequisite skills: Students will need basic reading and visual skills in order to
    understand the assessment
    Materials needed: Photos, pen/pencil, PowerPoint, and assessment texts

    Teacher preparation: The teacher will begin each class with a bell ringer to get
    the students involved before jumping into the lecture. The
    teacher speaks about the build up to the Cuban missile
    crisis, and then proceeds into President Kennedy deciding
    what to do about the nuclear weapons.
    Instructional sequence: 1. Begin with the daily bell ringer
    2. Ask students to react to an image and get their opinion
    about what it tells them.
    3. Examine President Kennedy’s options
    4. Go through the daily meetings between President
    Kennedy and General Secretary Khrushchev
    5. Go through why the Cuban missile crisis should be
    remembered as an important moment in the Cold War.
    Assessment: The students will read three different documents.
    Document (A) is a letter from Secretary Khrushchev to
    President Kennedy
    Document (B) is President Kennedy’s response letter
    Document (C) is Russian ambassador cable to the Soviet
    Ministry.
    After reading all three documents, students will answer
    several questions assessing their understanding of the
    material. The questions are designed to have the students
    critically think about the material and sum it up in short
    answers.

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