Yesterday in class we began by looking at this IMAGE and discussed what kinds of conclusions we could draw about the era from it. We then watched the end of The Century: The Best Years and finished filling out the study guide. We took some time to fill in the left column and discussed what seemed to be emerging from the events shown.
After the film, we read the story about the freedom train from the beginning of the Foner chapter that you had read for homework for today and discussed what it suggested about the central issue of the time (defining freedom).
We then narrowed our focus to take a closer look at the Truman Doctrine by reading excerpts from the speech and then answering the first two questions on this WORKSHEET (Scroll through to the end).
Today in class we will take a closer look at the Marshall Plan and discuss how it relates to the Truman Doctrine first by reading the document and then answering the next two questions from the worksheet.
We will finish class today by gathering some details about the Korean War and reflecting on its legacy, what it says about the time period as well as why it's considered the "forgotten war". We will use this web activity to do so.
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