Spring Break Extra Credit Activities

Activity 1:  Click on this link to head to the New York Times website.  Use the resources provided to answer the 5 questions on the page.

Activity 2:   Create a children's book telling the story of one of the following Cold War events:

• McCarthyism
• The Korean War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• Space Race
• Vietnam War
• Kennedy

Your book must have at least 10 pages, and each page needs to have a picture and at least one sentence.  The more effort is put in, the more points you will receive.

Activity 3:  Watch one of the following movies and write a 1-2 page essay that details:

• What the movie was about
• which aspect of the Cold War it references
• how historically accurate you think it was (did you see anything that stood out as being inaccurate?)
• What message it sends about the event/period
• whether you would recommend it to a history class and why

Movie Choices:

Apollo 13

Thirteen Days

JFK

Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Fail-Safe

The Manchurian Candidate

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The Atomic Cafe

Red Dawn

Blast From the Past

Vietnam War Movies

If you are interested in seeing the Vietnam War depicted in film, here are some good movies to check out:

Apocalypse Now
Full Metal Jacket
Hamburger Hill
The Deer Hunter
Good Morning Vietnam
The Fog of War
Platoon
Rescue Dawn

The Butter Battle Book

Watch the Butter Battle Book video.  After you have watched it, answer these questions:

1.  Who are the 2 sides?
2.  How are they different?
3.  What is the problem?
4.  How is this a representation of the Cold War?

Extra credit:

World War 2 Extra Credit

Watch one of the World War 2 movies listed below and write
a) 1 one page summary of the film
and
b) write out the event(s) being portrayed and if you felt it was a real depiction of the event(s)

Movies: (*some of these are available for streaming on Netflix)
Flags of our Father
Iwo Jima
Tora! tora! Tora!*
Windtalkers
Saving Private Ryan
Enemy at the Gates
Das Boot*
Stalingrad
The Longest Day*
The Way Back *