Cuba

Cuba has been in the news a bit recently.  Cuba was in the news quite a bit when President Kennedy was around.  We will cover the Bay of Pigs a different day.  Today's goal is go understand the Cuban Missile Crisis.

First, learn more about the Cold War and the events in Berlin by watching these two videos.


Then, do the activity on the paper labeled "Simulation 1."  Then go here.  Read the advice given by the cabinet members and choose which of the five choices you would have made if you were President Kennedy.  Explain why you would choose that option.  Then find out which option he did go with and explain why he chose that plan.  Write those on the back of your Eisenhower worksheet.

Then watch this video about the Cuban Missile Crisis.