Harvard kennedy schools belfer center has created this site as a resource for the cuban missile crisis. Lesson title cuban missile crisis from debra st jean grade 8 length of class period 34 45 min. Seven lessons of the cuban missile crisis for the karabakh conflict. The cuban missile crisis overview in this lesson, students will gain. Lessons from the cuban missile crisis council on foreign. In this lesson, students examine letters between president kennedy and soviet chairman kruschev and a cable from russian ambassador dobrynin to address the question. Recently declassified documents contributed to the realism of this lightly fictionalized account of the cuban missile crisis. The cuban missile crisis the negro leagues the slave trade the u. For days, the united states stood on the edge of nuclear war. From the bay of pigs to the cuban missile crisis unit introduction for teachers lesson introduction for teachers teachers guide this lesson guides students through the cuban revolution, the bay of pigs invasion. Sep 17, 2018 this is an excellent lesson for high school students to understand a proxy war, especially the cuban missile crisis during the cold war.
The soviet arms buildup in cuba is the focus of an activity that asks groups to analyze how the governmental role each of john f. The thirteen days of the cuban missile crisis is the closest humanity has ever come to a full scale. Gets florida they reached for the stars and became one why do immigrants come to the united states today. From the bay of pigs to the cuban missile crisis uci history project. They will make decisions that dealing with situations these leaders faced during the cuban missile crisis. Jan 24, 2012 two lessons on the cuban missile crisis which put pupils in the position of the american president in the build up to the crisis and the crisis itself. Cuban missile crisis lesson plan teaching american history. Students examine primary source documents and recordings. After participating in a mock airraid, students will listen to the actual speech president.
Guided instruction takes students on a journey through the most pivotal events, and small group work solidifies. Cuban missile crisis lesson plan for 10th grade lesson planet. For policymakers, the crisis confirmed a number of tenets about the utility of power. Reading the lessons correctly richard ned lebow the lessons of the cuban missile crisis occupy a central place both in united states foreign policy and in international relations theory. The myth about how the united states won the cuban missile crisis made it more difficult for presidents to do. Draw on information from multiple print or digital sources, demonstrating the ability to locate an answer to a question quickly or to solve a problem efficiently. Missiles in cuba can beaflexible component in any secondarylevelsocial studies course, particularly u. October 1962, when soviet missiles were discovered in cuba, pointing at the. From the bay of pigs to the cuban missile crisis, reyects the innovative.
The crisis that began when the reconnaissance photos were examined on october 15 was the most dangerous confrontation between the soviet union and the united states of the cold war. In this social studies standardsbased lesson, students are challenged to make decisions and recommendations based on primary documents and photos. Grades 912 angola history at war with bigotry buffalo soldiers in the spanish american war bay of pigs campaign changes 1960. What were the short and long term consequences of the cuban missile crisis. Seven lessons of the cuban missile crisis for the karabakh.
Starring kevin costner as a special assistant to the president, the film focuses on the close circle of kennedy advisors who. In this lesson plan, students consider some of the. Two lessons on the cuban missile crisis which put pupils in the position of the american president in the build up to the crisis and the crisis itself. This lesson package includes a presentation lesson plan, a 1page studentfriendly readings including the causes, events during the crisis, and the aftermaths, a fun activity to enhance decisionmaking and debating skills, and a worksheet to assess their. Today, it is known to americans as the cuban missile crisis, to soviets as the caribbean crisis, and to cubans as the october crisis. Cuban missile crisis lesson plan national museum of the usaf. An acronym for mediumrange ballistic missile, a weapon designed for use against enemy cities. This lesson will examine how this crisis developed, how the kennedy administration chose to. By examining declassified intelligence documents and u2 photographs at various stages of the cuban missile crisis, students live the crisis rather than only read about it.
Jul 14, 2016 the share my lesson social studies team has brought together a diverse range of free teaching resources for you to use in your classroom. The cuban missile crisis overview in this lesson, students will gain an understanding of the tensions that existed among world powers during the cuban missile crisis. This lesson plan, accompanied by photographs from the new york times picture library, contains activities for students to examine what took place during the days of october 1962, and to dig deeper into factors that made the cuban missile crisis such a turning point. The r12 was the first operational intermediaterange ballistic missile, the first missile ever massproduced, and the first soviet missile deployed with a thermonuclear warhead. The myth about how the united states won the cuban missile crisis made it more difficult for presidents to do what common sense dictated, says cfr president. Fortunately, much time has passed since the tense days in october 1962 and historians have had the opportunity to discover and publish documents that show some of the thinking, emotions and strategies of the leaders during the cuban missile crisis. Lesson%20planswebsites%20us%20relations%20with%20cuba. From the bay of pigs to the cuban missile crisis, reyects the. Is the buildup of nuclear weapons a justifiable defense. Please click on the links to read about each lesson plan1.
Lesson plan cuban missile crises university of wisconsin. Cold war spies worksheet and cuban missile crisis journal3. Cuban missile crisis 4 the first consignment of r12 missiles arrived on the night of september 8, followed by a second on september 16. Oct 22, 2012 lessons from the cuban missile crisis. During the cuban missile crisis, kennedys advisors discussed many options regarding how they might respond to the installation of soviet missiles in cuba. Lesson plan introduction if one speaks to the generations of the 1950s and early 1960s and asks them to name one of the most significant and frightening events of their lifetime, the responses will most definitively include the assassination of president john f. Teach your students about the cuban missile crisis with our lesson. Understand the significance of the cuban missile crisis. Are some ideas about liberty unique to a particular people. Discuss the importance of the cuban missile crisis and the vietnam war. Teacher materials and student materials updated on 101718. The word file is viewable with any pc or mac and can be further adjusted if you want to mix questions around andor add your own headers for things like name, period, and date. At the opening of the lesson, the teacher will engage in a class discussion that will help students recall the necessary background information such as. Connection to literacy standards for social studies reading andor writing elagse5ri7.
Designed to help policymakers, students, and interested citizens draw lessons from these critical events half a century ago, this site not only provides background on the crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear disaster in october 1962 but also offers tools to understand how. To accompany this lesson plan, we created a slide show from photographs archived in the new. Searching for modern lessons in the cuban missile crisis. Kennedy gave during the crisis to address the soviet threat coming from. The mig21, on the other hand, represented the state of the art in soviet aircraft design, and was still being used as late as the 1980s. Afterward students can discuss how the events in the film compared to what they have learned in this lesson. The cuban missile crisis, also known as the october crisis of 1962 spanish. The following four great lesson plans are included in this collection. How did the policy of containment play into the crisis. Assess the roles of kennedy, khrushchev, and castro in the. Cuban missile crisis lesson plan national museum of the. What countries were involved in the cuban missile crisis.
Cuban missile crisis primary source lesson postwwii america. They consider some of the options discussed by kennedys advisors during the cuban missile crisis, what groups and which individuals supported each option, and the pros and cons for each alternative. Please click on the links to read about each lesson plan 1. The program uses documentary footage to reconstruct step by stepthe events which brought the united states and the soviet union to the brink of nuclear war in october 1962. This cuban missile crisis lesson plan is suitable for 10th grade. Cuban missile crisis lesson plan and slide show the new. This lesson plan will allow students to understand the threat of. After participating in a mock airraid, students will listen to the actual speech president kennedy gave during the crisis to address the soviet threat coming from cuba, and.
In this no prep simulationformat lesson plan your students will identify different actions to the cuban missile crisis that the united states considered taking and analyze the pros and cons of each action. To accompany this lesson plan, we created a slide show from photographs. Cuban missile crisis lesson plan gwendolyn brooks college. The cuban missile crisis and the decline of the civil rights movement november 1962 saw the world come within a hairsbreadth of nuclear catastrophe during the cuban missile crisis. Cuban missile crisis lesson plan and slide show the new york. Briefly remind students of the historical context of the cold war, the bay of pigs invasion, and the tensions between the united states, the soviet union, and cuba. Cuban missile crisis stanford history education group. Tenth graders study the sequence of events that led to the cuban missile crisis. Why did the russians pull their missiles out of cuba. Hand out cuban missile crisis documents ac and guiding questions. Teachers who have additional time to devote to this subject might want to show their students the 2000 hollywood film thirteen days, which is a dramatization of the cuban missile crisis. Seven lessons of the cuban missile crisis for the karabakh conflict the harvard community has made this article openly available.
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