Announcements: 1: Test 5/4! Review is on the Weebly! Bell Ringer: April 16(17), 2018 Materials: 1: Spiral/blank sheet of paper 2: Class set of Textbook A paper 3: Guiding Questions paper 1. Set up your Cornell notes 2. Across the top of your c-notes, write today s lesson topic: THE KOREAN WAR 3. In the left hand column of your c- notes, write today s lesson objective in the form of a question: Describe the Korean War as part of the Cold War
Announcements 1. Test on May 4, 2018! The review is on the Weebly! 2. Check your grades; pass out papers; progress reports for failures
Materials 1. Blank sheet of paper/notebook/journal 2. Class set of Textbook A paper 3. Korean War Guiding Questions worksheet
Announcements: 1: Test 3/9! Review is on the Weebly! 2: Materials: 1: Spiral/blank sheet of paper 2: Emergence of Totalitarianism paper 3: V for Vendetta Script Bell Ringer: April 16(17), 2018 1. Set up your Cornell notes 2. Across the top of your c-notes, write today s lesson topic: THE KOREAN WAR 3. In the left hand column of your c- notes, write today s lesson objective in the form of a question: Describe the Korean War as part of the Cold War
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Word Wall Vocabulary: Cold War: period of tension between United States and Soviet Union, marked by competition in Asia and developing space travel 38 th Parallel: line that divides Korea at 38 degrees latitude Douglas MacArthur: commander of the UN forces fighting in Korea Domino theory: the idea that if one country falls to communism, other countries will fall as well (like dominoes) Demilitarized zone: area in which there is no military activity
Turn and Talk Based on the video, what type of government structure does North Korea have? What kind of economic system do they have? ANS: Communist totalitarian dictatorship
Turn and Talk Based on what you know about the Cold War, do you think that North and South Korea get along? Why or why not? ANS: No. North and South Korea have different economic and political systems, and do not get along
NORTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA
Korean War When World War II ended, Korea became a divided country. 38 th Parallel established two countries: North and South Korea North Korea was backed by the Soviet Union s communist government South Korea was backed by the non-communist Western powers (U.S., Britain, France)
Korean War By 1949, most troops that had been stationed in Korea during World War II had been removed Soviets assumed that the US would not defend South Korea, and supplied North Korea with tanks, airplanes, and money in an attempt to take over the entire area On June 25, 1950, North Koreans surprise attacked South Korea
Korean War President Truman had promised in the Truman Doctrine to help any free country to resist communism He believed that the Korean conflict was an attempt to spread communism and asked the UN for help A total of 15 nations, including the US and Britain, participated in a defense of South Korea led by Douglas MacArthur
Korean War China began to feel threatened by the presence of US troops, and sent 300,000 troops to North Korea When the Chinese captured the South Korean capitol of Seoul, MacArthur called for a nuclear attack MacArthur went over the President to Congress to ask for a nuclear attack, and Truman fired him
Turn and Talk Why would President Truman be opposed to a nuclear war? ANS: The atomic bomb in Japan was devastating. Truman didn t want to use that kind of weapon again unless he had to.
Korean War Finally, in July 1953, UN forces and North Korea signed a cease-fire agreement The two countries remain divided at the 38 th Parallel The United States entered the war to prevent the spread of communism, proving again that the Cold War was about communism versus noncommunism
Guided Practice: Summary In the bottom portion of your c-notes, complete a summary over the characteristics of the Korean War For help, use the following sentence stems: The Korean War was between.supported by The result of the Korean War was
Fun Fact Often called the Forgotten War because it didn t receive as much coverage as the Vietnam War or later wars One of the most brutal battles of the Korean War was the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, fought from November 27 to December 13, 1950. What made it different from other fierce fighting was the intensely cold and bitter weather. Temperatures dropped to -54 F
Independent Practice Blank Sheet Pick up a copy of the Textbook A and B paper Read through each textbook and using the class set worksheet, answer the questions Be prepared to share out