Journal entrys and assignment for a history class

Lesson 7 Portfolio Assignment

Follow the instructions for the journal entries and the activity.

Journal Entries

Respond to the following questions. Your responses do not have to be long, just a paragraph, but do make sure that they completely answer the questions.

Save your work when you complete it. You will turn it in with the rest of your journal entries and portfolio assignments at the end of the course .

Objective 1

1. What is your opinion about capitalism (free enterprise) being vital to the American way of life? What are the pros and cons of free enterprise?

Objective 2

1. How do you think dividing Germany into four parts affected Germans and those countries occupying the territory?

2. Why do you think the Berlin Wall symbolized the cold war? Do you think it represented something different to East-Berliners and West-Berliners? What do you think it meant to them and why? Justify your answer.

3. What reasons did the Americans have to be afraid of communism, especially given the developments of 1949? Do you think their fears were justified?

Objective 3

1. What songs do you know that protested the Vietnam War? What kinds of arguments do these songs use to support their opinions? What about songs that supported the war?

Objective 4

1. Why do you think Gorbachev needed to meet with President Reagan before cutting military spending?

2. How did the cold war influence everyday Americans? How does it continue to influence us today?

Activity

Please complete this activity. Make sure you look at the grading rubric below before beginning your assignment.

Create a timeline of eighteen events that took place during the cold war. You must have a year for each event listed.

Grading Rubric
Activities	Not Acceptable 0 points	Acceptable 1 point	Good 2–3 points	Excellent 4 points
Lesson 7: timeline	Timeline contains fewer than fourteen events in chronological order.	Timeline contains fewer than eighteen events and/or events are out of order.	Timeline has eighteen events in chronological order; gives a basic description of each event.	Timeline has eighteen events in chronological order and gives an in-depth description of each event.