Reporting Historical Events In this task, you will research key international Cold War and domestic US events, take notes on those events, and write a script based on your research and notes.

First, review your knowledge of the Cold War era. Then conduct outside research to locate any additional information you may need to complete the activities that follow. You can go through and for additional information.

Part A

In the table below, list five major Cold War events that occurred internationally between 1945 and 1965. List five domestic events that occurred in the United States during the same period. Make sure to include a brief description and the year of each event.

International Cold War Events

Domestic US Events

1. Formation of West Germany

1.Order 9981, 26th of July, 1948

2. Formation of NATO

2.Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

3.Warsaw Pact

3. Declaration of Constitutional Principles (Southern Manifesto)

4.Built of Berlin Wall

4.First US man in Space

5.Beginning of Vietnam War

5.J. F. Kennedy’s assassination

Part B

Consider the events you listed above, and respond to the following prompt based on your notes from the table:

You are a newscaster in 1965 given the task of explaining recent events to your audience. Choose one international event from the Cold War and one US event from the domestic arena that occurred in the period from the end of World War II (1945) to the present (1965). The events you choose should be ones that you believe had the biggest effects on the time period. Explain the importance of these two events as clearly as possible by including evidence for your choices.

Before writing your news script, read through the Process section below for assistance with researching and writing your script. When you have completed your script, submit your notes, if any, and final script to your teacher using the dropbox.

Process

1. Gather sources. Before writing your script, review these resources:

Then gather at least to support the views you present in your script. For each source, consider the following questions:

Who authored the document?

What is the purpose of the document?

When was the document written?

How will this document help your script?

2. Read and evaluate sources. Next, and think about how you will use it to support the content of your script. Be an active researcher by asking the following questions about each source you reference:

What is the credibility of the source?

Is there any noticeable bias?

How does the argument differ from others you have read?

What is the value of the source to the topic you are investigating?