MWH4.2.3 Korean War

Essential Question: How stable was the post-WWII World?

• Review:
• What led to an escalation of the Cold War: intensity and extensity matrix
  
• Political - Germany
• Economic - Eastern Europe
• Military - Asia & Americas
• Nuclear - Earth & Space
• Understanding Goals:
  
• What led to the Korean War?
• Cold War tensions
• Division of Korea
• UN intervention/incursion
• What led to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
• Escalation of the Cold War
• 1959 Cuban Revolution
• Soviet-US Missile Gap
  
• Performances:
• How much is too much: for each of the events leading to the Korean War, determine which set of actions was justifiable and which was not.
• Korean War SBQ Test
  
• Assessment:
• Class test: Post-WWII Peace Settlements at Yalta & Potsdam in 1945 (13 marks, 25 mins)