Standard: CCSS Social Science - 11.9.3 - Students analyze foreign policy since World War II - Trace the origins and geopolitical consequences (foreign and domestic) of the Cold War and containment policy including the following: The era of McCarthyism, instances of domestic communism(E.g. Alger Hiss) and blacklisting.
Objective: Students will be able to identify the main causes of the Red Scare post WWII, define the foreign policy of "containment," McCarthyism, HUAC, the case against Alger Hiss, and Blacklist
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Directions
Watch the following three videos
Answer the four multiple choice quiz questions
Follow the "Essential Question" Google form link to answer the Google Form short-write question (150-250 words + two citation min. from videos)
Short video introducing McCarthism and the roots of the communist Red Scare in 1950's America
Short Video
Source: Hip Hughes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix5OScqjpRo
Short Documentary on the Red Scare
Source: Hip Hughes, Red Scare for Dummies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IavxgMZA-0
Were the actions of Senator McCarthy and HUAC justified by the fear of communism in the US in the 1950's? Cite two source from the videos to support your answer. Use the following link to answer this question.
