Edmonds School District

Course Number

SOC 510

Length/Credit

Course Name

IB The Cold War 1945-1964

Prerequisite

Location

EWHS

Course Description

Purpose: This one semester course is a requirement for students planning to take the IB History examination and content relates specifically to the Paper 1 document-based exam. This course emphasizes the international dimensions of the Cold War to the Americas, Europe, and Southeast Asia. Meets senior Social Studies requirement for graduation. In order to receive IB credit on their transcript, the student is required to complete all IB course requirements including taking either the IB Higher

Content: This course begins with the origins of the Cold War: the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Blockade and Airlift, NATO and the Korean War. Eisenhower, Dulles, Khrushchev, Kennedy and Castro are profiled extensively. Content will further focus on the Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Corona Satellite Program and early aspects of Vietnam. The following essential skills for the Social Studies and IB program will be emphasized: developing research and documentations skills, critical thinking skills, development of positions on historical topics using logic and information, analysis of primary sources and recognition of a variety of scholarly interpretations. Oral and written persuasion will also be emphasized and evaluated according to District Language Arts Frameworks.