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This video will give you a brief explanation of the causes, events, and results of the Cuban Missile Crisis. This will help you gain and understanding of the crisis before we go deeper into the material.

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Click on "Interactive World Map". Explore the map and look for the United States and Cuba. Once you find Cuba click on it and read about Cuba to learn a little more background information!

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Mr. Nussbaum - Interactive World Map and World Map Games

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This is an incredible map of the world that allows students to explore an interactive map of the world, or, play games testing their knowledge of the natio

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https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/aerial-photograph-of-missiles-in-cuba

This website will describe to you in more detail how missiles were discovered in Cuba by the United States.

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In the early stages of the Cuban missile crisis, this photograph showed that the Soviet Union was amassing offensive ballistic missiles in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy warned that any attempt by the Soviet Union to place nuclear weapons in Cuba would be seen as a threat to the United States.
Throughout 1962, in the midst of the Cold War, the movement of Soviet personnel and equipment to Cuba had aroused suspicions in the American intelligence community. In response, U.S. ships and planes began photographing every Cuba-bound Soviet vessel, and U-2 spy planes began regular reconnaissance flights over the island, just 90 miles off the coast of Florida.

On September 13, Kennedy warned Soviet Premier Khrushchev: "If at any time the Communist build-up in Cuba were to endanger or interfere with our security in any way...or if Cuba should ever...become an offensive military base of significant capacity for the Soviet Union, then this country will do whatever must be done to protect its own security and that of its allies." Despite Kennedy's warnings, the Soviets continued to construct the bases, and the United States continued to monitor their activities and take pictures.

Bad weather in the Caribbean the week of October 7, 1962, prevented American U-2 surveillance planes from making more reconnaissance flights over Fidel Castro's Cuba. But Sunday morning, October 14, was cloudless, and the U-2 flight took photographs that, over the next few days, were analyzed and reanalyzed.

These photographs provided positive proof of what the United States had for months suspected: that the Soviet Union was installing medium-range nuclear weapons in Cuba, capable of striking major U.S. cities and killing tens of millions of Americans within minutes. With the October 14 photographs, the United States caught the Soviet Union building offensive nuclear missile bases in its backyard, and the two superpowers were now joined in the first direct nuclear confrontation in history.

In a televised address on October 22, 1962, President Kennedy informed the American people of the presence of missile sties in Cuba. When the United States put a naval blockade in place around Cuba, tensions mounted, and the world wondered if there could be a peaceful resolution to the crisis. Kennedy's speech drew wide support in Latin America and among U.S. allies. The Pentagon continued plans for possible air strikes and a land invasion. Several Soviet vessels turned back from the quarantine line set by the navel blockade, and during a televised confrontation with the Soviet Union in the United Nations, the United States presented photographic proof of the missiles.

On Sunday, October 28, the Soviets agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba. Negotiations for final settlement of the crisis continued for several days, but the immediate threat of nuclear war had been averted. On November 20, Kennedy announced, "I have today been informed by Chairman Khrushchev that all of the IL-28 bombers in Cuba will be withdrawn in thirty days....I have this afternoon instructed the Secretary of Defense to lift our naval quarantine." In addition, the United States agreed that it would never participate in an invasion of Cuba, and Kennedy ordered the dismantling of several obsolete American air and missile bases in Turkey.

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Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba (1962)

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EnlargeDownload Link Citation: Photograph PX1966-020-007; Photograph of MRBM Field Launch Site No. 1 in San Cristobal, Cuba; 10/14/1962; Briefing Board #07; Briefing Materials, 1962 - 1963; Collection JFK-5047: Department of Defense Cuban Missile Crisis Briefing Materials; John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, MA; National Archives and Records Administration.

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This map will show you where the missiles were placed in Cuba and how close they actually were to the United States. While looking at this map it is important to keep in mind that Cuba is only 90 miles from the coast of the United States. This map also shows us the possible range that the long-range missiles had the potential of going as well as the short-range missiles. The map shows us what cities in the United States were in the most danger.

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Each section of the notes will be labeled before handing them out to the students. The students will use this organizer to take notes as the teacher goes through the PowerPoint over the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Each student will designate a page in their note-taking journal for the Cuban Missile Crisis and draw Cuba at the bottom. Students will be given a cut out of a missile to glue into their journal and use the inside to take notes. The students will also be allowed to color the missiles appropriately before the lesson begins.

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https://www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/vietnam-war/map

Look at the image of Vietnam and where the different major events took place. Next, click on the link and explore the interactive map of the Vietnam War. Be sure to read about the different major events and look at the pictures.

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Watch this video to learn about why Americans became involved in the Vietnam War.

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The Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964)

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Students will complete the Vietnam War graphic organizer as the teacher goes over each with the whole class using a PowerPoint. The students will be writing a short description of each event as well as its significance. This worksheet will help the students organize all of the information that they have been learning and consolidate it to the main points.

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Students will interview an individual who was at least a teenager or adult during the Vietnam War in order to learn about other peoples experiences during this time.

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This activity will teach students about the differences in opinions about the Vietnam War among Americans. Students will read background information about the war that they should already be familiar with, and then the students will be writing two short articles about the Vietnam War. One article will be pro-war and the other article will be anit-war. This activity will help students get a deeper understanding of people's opinions and emotions during this time.

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The students will listen to a read-aloud called, "The Wall", which is about a little boy visiting the Vietnam Memorial. As we read, students will think about how the book makes them feel, what they learned, and something that surprised them. This book will help them get a deeper understating of the feeling and emotions that others felt about this war and during this war.

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Guiding Reading and Discussion Questions For "The Wall" 

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Guiding Reading and Discussion Questions For "The Wall" 

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The teacher can use these questions to guide the student's thoughts as they read the book. The teacher can also use many of these questions after the class reads the book to have a discussion and get the students thinking about the meaning of the book they just read.