Professional Documents
Culture Documents
A image that helps represent how the document you read promoted the Cold War
o The image must contain at least three references to the speech
A TLDR version of what you felt was important from the document
After you have completed the following you will then present your corner to the group and argue
which country is responsible based off your document. After you have decided whether the
United States or Soviet Union can be held responsible:
Write a paragraph about who started the Cold War based off the documents
o Use the OPVL to help explain why that document could be trusted
o Support your answer using the document as well
Walt Disney Hearing Assignment (Lesson 4)
1. Why did Walt Disney not like those he considered communist?
2. Using support from the text, do you believe he was considered a friendly witness or an
unfriendly witness?
3. What evidence does Walt Disney provide when naming Mr. Howard and Mr. Pomerance
as communist?
4. What words does Walt Disney use to give the sense that he is not a communist?
5. What is Walt Disney doing by giving the names of those people?
Remember OPSL
Origin:Who wrote the speech? What time period? How important is the person who wrote it?
Purpose: Why do they think it was written? What sort of feeling is he trying to convey? Who is
the audience?
Significance: As historians do you believe this is important? What can you tell about the author
through the document? What can you tell about the time period? What can you say about the
authors perspective?
Limitations: What can you not tell from the document? Bias from the author? Can you verify
anything he is saying?
d. One photograph from the 1950s that represents an ideal American family. Why do you
feel it represents an ideal American family?
e. Two pieces of technology introduced in the 1950s . Explain how the two technologies
may changed American lives.
f. Read the excerpts from The Affluent Society (http://bit.ly/AffluentSociety) and The Other
America (http://bit.ly/OtherAmerica). For each excerpt, include ONE quote you find
significant, and then explain in one paragraph the contrast in American society.
Using your findings, you and your partner must EACH INDIVIDUALLY write a brief (one-page
typed, double-spaced) report explaining whether or not you would want to live in the 1950s. This
essay should include specific quotes/information from the ideas above to support your answer.
You might want to consider: How is the culture different from the 1950s when compared to the
present? Dont forget the threat of nuclear war. (Remember, you and your partners reports will
not be the same, have the same info, or necessarily come to the same conclusions.) This is due:
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Name of event
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Lebano
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West Berlin
(Germany)
Korea Ira
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Which countries seemed to be involved?
Names of Event
Important years for the event? (Date event started, ended,removal of leader,
ceasefire)
Important people involved (Label them if possible with titles. Ex: TrumanPresident)
Hungary
1. Using evidence from your research which two interventions seemed to best support the goals
of containment? Explain why you think the interventions were successful by using examples
from the document.
2. Which Intervention do you feel is a poor representation of containment? Why do you think so?
Explain why you do not think that intervention helped represent containment using examples
from the text.