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 historical sources. 16.D.4b (US) Describe unintended social consequences of political events in United States history (e.g., Civil War/emancipation, National Defense Highway Act/decline of inner cities, Vietnam War/anti-government activity) 18.B.3a Analyze how individuals and groups interact with and within institutions (e.g., educational, 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

Time: 43 minutes Start of Class Teacher will write the words containment and Red Scare on the board. Once students are seated, teacher will ask them to write on a piece of notebook paper what they think these two words mean. Volunteers will share their responses and teacher will write the appropriate definitions on the board, which will remain there for the rest of the class period.

Introduction of Lesson Students will then be asked to read the McCarthyism section on page 440 of their text (about three paragraphs) individually.* Discuss this section as a group and relate it to the words on the board.

Lesson Instruction

Teacher will place photos and other sources in 5 stations around the room. Students will be randomly separated into groups and move around the stations in a clockwise rotation. At each station students will follow the directions listed. Approximately 5 minutes should be spent at each station. Teacher will be walking around the room while the students are examining the photos and other sources to listen to peer discussions and assess students thoughts and analysis of the sources. The written responses about each source will also serve as a tool for the teacher to evaluate student understanding. The teacher will gather the responses from the students prior to the end of class. Once the students have returned to their seats, volunteers can relate to the rest of the class how each of the five sources relates to McCarthyism, the red scare, and the idea of containment.

Assessments/Checks for Understanding

Closure/Wrap-up/Review

*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.

STATION 1 Roy Cohn and Joseph McCarthy

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

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.

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?

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 itself. 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 areas 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 momentous. 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?