Red Scare:McCarthyism

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RED SCARE and McCarthyism

Name: Jessica Kettner

Class/Subject: 8th grade social studies

Date:__/__/____

Content Standards:

14.F.4a Determine the historical events and processes that brought about changes in United

States political ideas and traditions (e.g., the New Deal, Civil War).

16.A.3b Make inferences about historical events and eras using historical maps and other his-

torical sources.

16.D.4b (US) Describe unintended social consequences of political events in United States his-

tory (e.g., Civil War/emancipation, National Defense Highway Act/decline of inner cities, Viet-

nam War/anti-government activity)

18.B.3a Analyze how individuals and groups interact with and within institutions (e.g., educa-

tional, military).

Student Objectives:

Students will gain an understanding of the terms McCarthyism and Red Scare as well as put

these terms into context with previous learning.

Students will analyze photos from the McCarthy era to better understand the atmosphere of the

events.

Materials/Resources/Technology:

Photos or other sources from/about the McCarthy Era (at least 5, can be found at the Library of

Congress website)

Pen/Pencil

Notebook Paper


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Time: 43 minutes

Start of Class Teacher will write thewords containment and

Red Scare on the board.

Once students are seated,teacher will ask them to

write on a piece of note-

book paper what they think

these two words mean.Volunteers will share their

responses and teacher will

write the appropriate defi-nitions on the board, which

will remain there for the

rest of the class period.

Introduction of Lesson Students will then be askedto read the McCarthyism

section on page 440 of their

text (about three para-graphs) individually.* Dis-

cuss this section as a group

and relate it to the words onthe board.


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Lesson Instruction Teacher will place photosand other sources in 5 sta-

tions around the room.

Students will be randomlyseparated into groups and

move around the stations ina clockwise rotation. Ateach station students will

follow the directions listed.

Approximately 5 minutesshould be spent at each sta-

tion.

Assessments/Checksfor Understanding

Teacher will be walkingaround the room while the

students are examining the

photos and other sources tolisten to peer discussions

and assess students

thoughts and analysis of thesources. The written re-

sponses about each source

will also serve as a tool for

the teacher to evaluate stu-dent understanding.

Closure/Wrap-up/Re-view

The teacher will gather theresponses from the students

prior to the end of class.Once the students have re-

turned to their seats, volun-

teers can relate to the restof the class how each of the

five sources relates to Mc-

Carthyism, the red scare,and the idea of contain-

ment.

*If class has a large amount of students that struggle with reading it may be more beneficial to have students take

turns reading aloud from the text.


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STATION 1

Roy Cohn and Joseph McCarthy


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1.)What do you see in these photos? How are they different?

2.)Based on your answer to the previous question and what you read in your textbook, what

do you think was going on here?

STATION 2

House Un-American Activities Committee


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1.) What do you see in this photo?

2.) If you had to sit in front of a committee like this, how do you think it would make you

feel? Explain your answer.


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1) What do you see in this cartoon?

2) What do you think the author is trying to say?

3) Do you agree with the authors point? Why or why not?


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1) What do you see in this cartoon?

2) What do you think the author is trying to say?

3) Do you agree with the authors point? Why or why not?

STATION 5

Excerpt of Joseph McCarthys 1950 Speech Enemies From Within

The one encouraging thing is that the mad moment has not yet arrived for the firing of the

gun or the exploding of the bomb which will set civilization about the final task of destroying it-

self. There is still a hope for peace if we finally decide that no longer can we safely blind our

eyes and close our ears to those facts which are shaping up more and more clearly . . . and that is

that we are now engaged in a show-down fight . . . not the usual war between nations for land ar-

eas or other material gains, but a war between two diametrically opposed ideologies.

The great difference between our western Christian world and the atheistic Communist world is

not political, gentlemen, it is moral. For instance, the Marxian idea of confiscating the land and

factories and running the entire economy as a single enterprise is momentous. Likewise, Lenins

invention of the one-party police state as a way to make Marxs idea work is hardly less momen-

tous.

Stalins resolute putting across of these two ideas, of course, did much to divide the world. With

only these differences, however, the east and the west could most certainly still live in peace.

The real, basic difference, however, lies in the religion of immoralism . . . invented by Marx,

preached feverishly by Lenin, and carried to unimaginable extremes by Stalin. This religion of

immoralism, if the Red half of the world triumphsand well it may, gentlementhis religion of

immoralism will more deeply wound and damage mankind than any conceivable economic or

political system.

1.) What is McCarthy saying in this excerpt?

2.) How do you think his message was received by his audience?

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