This activity asks students to review online materials related to the Berlin Airlift and to investigate the site to complete their activities.
Gail Halvorsen provided the epitome of selflessness, as he became the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift. In addition to addressing American and World History content standards, the goals of the social studies is to instill virtuous civic responsibility in our students.
1. Discuss the origins of the Cold War
2. Examine photographs from the time period
3. Learn about the "candy bomber"
4. Examine and analyze primary source documents
- National Standards for US History: Era 9, Standard 2, How the Cold War and conflicts in Korea and Vietnam influenced domestic and international politics
- National Standards for World History: Era 9 The 20th Century Since 1945: Promises and Paradoxes
Standard 1 How post-World War II reconstruction occurred, new international power relations took shape, and colonial empires broke up.
Standard 2 The search for community, stability, and peace in an interdependent world
Missouri Standards:
2. continuity and change in the history of Missouri, the United States and the world
4. economic concepts (including productivity and the market system) and principles (including the laws of supply and demand)
5. the major elements of geographical study and analysis (such as location, place, movement, regions) and their relationships to changes in society and environment
6. relationships of the individual and groups to institutions and cultural traditions
7. the use of tools of social science inquiry (such as surveys, statistics, maps, documents)
Kansas Standards
Benchmark 3: The student uses a working knowledge and understanding of individuals, groups, ideas, developments, and turning points in the era of the Cold War (1945-1990).
1. (K) explains why the United States emerged as a superpower as the result of World War II.
2.(A) analyzes the origins of the Cold War (e.g., establishment of the Soviet Bloc, Mao’s victory in China, Marshall Plan, Berlin Blockade, Iron Curtain).
Benchmark 5: The student engages in historical thinking skills.
1. (A) analyzes a theme in United States history to explain patterns of continuity and change over time.
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You are to go to the Berlin Airlift section of Truman Library's web site for your information. Be accurate and descriptive. You will be viewing historical photos, documents, cartoons, etc. Your grade will be based on your number of correct answers as compared to your peers. Directions: Using your browser, go to The Berlin Airlift Read the historians' summary of this Cold War crisis in the middle column of the page to answer these: 1. Post WWII Germany was split into ___ sections and the city of Berlin was split into ___ sections. ______________________ _________________________ __________________________ Read the National Archives Blog post and review the short video clips 1. Write a summary of each video clip. What did you learn from each video? Take a look at the cartoons created by Jake Schuffert here 1. Choose a cartoon from the web page 2. Analyze the cartoon using the cartoon analysis sheet at docsteach.org
Go to "Memo from General Clay" and read the telegram to answer (click on the links on the right side of the page to see the full telegram) |