1. Are you a communist? Dot Game If you missed the test – retakes available after school through TODAY! Vocabulary Quiz Tomorrow Cold War Test Friday

2. Object of the Game: – To begin the game, you will receive a slip of paper. Secretly check to see whether the paper is blank or has a red dot. Then hide it in your pocket and do not show it to anyone during the game. – Nondots win the game by forming the largest group of students who are all nondots. – Dots win the game by being the only dot in a group.

3. Procedure – Once the game starts, you will have approximately five minutes to form groups. You can ask others whether they are dots or nondots, but players may not reveal their slips of paper during the game. You do not have to join a group, but you cannot win the game unless you are in a group of at least two people. You can be a part of a group only if that group agrees that you are a member. If you suspect that someone is a dot, report your suspicion to the teacher. He or she will deal with the accusation Tips on Strategy During the game, you will have to ask classmates whether they are dots. Because everyone will deny being a dot, look for classmates who act suspiciously. If you are a dot, try to draw suspicion away from yourself and onto others.

4. Get out your graphic organizer from Friday

5. With your partner make an historical connection to the following: 1. Some students were dots. 2. Most students were nondots. 3. Students accused others of being dots even though they never saw other students’ slips of paper. 4. Students were to report suspected dots to the teacher. 5. Some students had sticky notes placed on them. These students were often excluded from groups. 6. Anxiety increased as students lost trust in one another

6. Historical Connection Some Americans during the Cold War were Communist Party members or Soviet spies. Most Americans were not Communist Party members or Soviet spies. HUAC, McCarthy, and others made accusations — often based only on suspicion — against Americans thought to be communists or communist sympathizers. Accusing individuals without evidence became known as McCarthyism. Americans were encouraged to report suspected communist activities. Those accused included Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs. Americans accused of being communists or communist sympathizers were often placed on blacklists. Anxieties were raised during the Cold War as Americans were concerned about the spread of communism and the possibility of a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. Dot Game Some students were dots. Most students were nondots. Students accused others of being dots even though they never saw other students’ slips of paper. Students were to report suspected dots to the teacher. Some students had sticky notes placed on them. These students were often excluded from groups. Anxiety increased as students lost trust in one another

7. Soooooooo – we question each others loyalty What else are people of the 50’s afraid of? – Hint:

12. Civil defense film Duck & Cover Civil Defense Film

13. The Bert the Turtle images and song came from a 1950s government film designed to teach children how to protect themselves in a nuclear attack. Turn to your partner and discuss the following questions How might 1950s fifth graders have felt during a duck-and- cover lesson? In what ways could such a lesson make you feel safer against the threat of a nuclear attack? What anxieties might have remained? You have 5 minutes!

14. Assignment with partner! Create two warning signs about lessons that can be learned from how the United States fought the Cold War at home. The first sign should focus on a lesson learned from McCarthyism. The second sign should focus on a lesson learned from living in the Atomic Age. Each diamond-shaped warning sign should have these things: -a short phrase that summarizes the lesson learned - a symbol related to the warning - a description that more fully explains the lesson learned and includes at least one Key Content Terms