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Cold War Music: Document Analysis

Persistent Issue:
What actions are justified in the interest of the welfare or security of the community?
Central Question:
Was the U.S. or U.S.S.R. most responsibile for the rising tensions in the Cold War?
Topic:
Cold War
Course:
U.S. History
Strategy:
Document Analysis
Grade Level:
11
Lessons in this unit:
  1. Cold War Music: Document Analysis

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Georgia Performance Standards: 9th Grade World History

  • SSWH19: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the global social, economic, and political impact of the Cold War and decolonization from 1945 to 1989.

Georgia Performance Standards:  Reading Standards for Literacy in History / Social Studies: Grades 9-10

  • ELACC9-10RH1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.
  • ELACC9-10RH2: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
  • ELACC9-10RH8: Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author’s claims.
  • ELACC9-10RH9: Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.

National History Standards for US History

Era 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)

  • Standard 3: Students should understand the Cold War and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts in domestic and international politics.

National History Standards for World History

Era 8: The 20th Century

  • Standard 5: Students should understand how new international power relations took shape in the context of the Cold War and how colonial empires broke up.

National Council for the Social Studies Standards

Theme 2: Time, Continuity, and Change

  • Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of the past and its legacy.

Theme 8: Science, Technology, and Society

  • Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of relationships among science, technology, and society.

Theme 9: Global Connections

  • Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of global connections and interdependence.