Vocab QuizPrep + Cold War Begins + Online US History Textook on Cold War + Evaluation of Truman's Cold War Policies

Today the 8th Graders:

• Discussed the words for Monday's Quiz over Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War
• Began focusing on the first of a series of key Cold War topics
• Focused today on The Cold War Begins (the first 5 years of the CW): Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO, Point Four, & Korean War
• After reading and discussing a chronological descriptions of the events, students read the following pages from the Online US History Textbook: (clicky clicky)

1. The Cold War Erupts
2. The United Nations
3. Containment and the Marshall Plan
4. The Berlin Airlift and NATO
5. The Korean War

• Wrote an evaluation of President Harry S Truman's handling of the first five years of the Cold War

Assignments

For Monday 

1. Turn in the evaluation of Truman's handling of the Cold War beginnings
2. Quiz over Vocabulary - Brief Summary of the Cold War