Author: Dal
Company: Hewlett-Packard

End of the Cold War Jigsaw Activity
Essential Question:  How and why did the Cold War end?

Directions:  Each of you will be placed in a group whose responsibility will be to analyze primary and secondary evidence in order to answer the essential question of the activity.  
•	Each of you will be responsible for analyzing 1-2 sources from the Cold War using an APPARTS sheet
•	Jigsaw I:  After 20 minutes, you will be asked to report out to your original group.  Each group member should record a summary of the document using the graphic organizer provided.
•	Jigsaw II:  After 20 minutes you will be asked to share your original group’s findings with another group.  You must then be prepared to be an expert on your original group’s task using all of the documents and background information.  Each member of the new group should complete the graphic organizer provided.
•	Individual Reflection:  Legacy of the Cold War.  After both jigsaw I & II, read pp. 47-49.  Duplicate the cause and effect graphic organizer found on page 50 in your notebook.  Complete the graphic organizer using the directions provided on page 50.

Group 1 Task -United States in the 1980s
A.	Each member needs to read the section entitled Background for Developments in the United States in the 1980s, p. 13 
B.	Assign each of your groups members one of the following groups of documents for an APPARTS analysis:
1.	Reagan Doctrine, p. 16-17
•	Background, p. 16
•	Ronald Reagan, 1984 Televised Address to the Nation, p. 16
•	Human Rights Watch, Response to Reagan Doctrine, p. 17
2.	Military Build up
•	Background, p. 18
•	Ronald Reagan, ”Address to the Nation on Defense and National Security”, p. 19
•	Office of Management and Budget Chart, Defense Spending Over Time, p. 20
•	Department of the Treasury, chart on Federal Deficit, p. 20
3.	Iran-Contra
•	Background, p. 21 
•	Government Report on Iran Contra, p. 21-22
•	Government Executive Summary on Iran Contra, p. 22
4.	Nuclear Fear
•	Background, p. 23
•	Presidential Commission Report, Three Mile Island Accident, p. 23-25
•	Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, p. 25

Group 2 Task -Soviet Union in the 1980s
A.	Each member needs to read the section entitled Cracks in the Soviet Union in the 1980s, p. 26
B.	Assign each of your groups members one of the following documents for an APPARTS analysis:
1.	Cracks within the Soviet Economy, p. 27-28
•	Chart comparing USSR and US Economies in 1989, p. 27
•	Andrei Skharov, et al. “A Reformist Program for Democratization, p. 27-28
2.	Cracks in Soviet Political Freedom, p. 29
•	Lech Walesa, 1983 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
3.	Cracks in Soviet Foreign Policy, p. 31
•	Vladimier Tamarov, excerpt from Afghanistan:  Soviet Vietnam, p. 31
4.	Cracks in the Soviet Environment, p. 32
•	Mikhail Gorbachev, excerpt from Memoirs (on the Chernobyl Accident), p. 32

Group 3 Task -Diplomacy and Reform
A.	Each member needs to read the background section entitled Diplomacy and Reform, p. 34
B.	Assign each of your groups members one of the following documents for an APPARTS analysis:
1.	Ronald Reagan, Address to a Joint Session of Congress, p. 34
2.	Anatoly Chernyaev, “Arms Race Adds Pressure”, Diary, p. 35
3.	American and Soviet Remarks at the Signing of the INF Treaty, p. 35-36

Group 4 Task -China’s Different Path
A.	Each member needs to read the background section entitled China’s Different Path, p. 38
B.	Assign each of your groups members one of the following documents for an APPARTS analysis:
1.	Deng Xiaoping’s Remarks to the Central Committee, p. 39
2.	U.S. State Department Summary, p. 39-40

Group 5 Task -East German Family Activity
A.	Each member needs to read the background information-Changes in the Soviet Union through the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.  p. 43-44
B.	Assign each of your groups members one of the following documents for an APPARTS analysis:
1.	Vaclav Havel, Speech to the Nation, p. 44
2.	Mikhail Gorbachev, Farewell Address, p. 45

Essential Question:  How and why did the Cold War end?

Document | Analysis/Summary
Ronald Reagan, 1984 Televised Address to the Nation, p. 16 |
Human Rights Watch, Response to Reagan Doctrine, p. 17 |
Ronald Reagan, ”Address to the Nation on Defense and National Security”, p. 19 |
Office of Management and Budget Chart, Defense Spending Over Time, p. 20 |
Department of the Treasury, chart on Federal Deficit, p. 20 |
Government Report on Iran Contra, p. 21-22 |
Government Executive Summary on Iran Contra, p. 22 |
Presidential Commission Report, Three Mile Island Accident, p. 23-25 |
Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, p. 25 |
Chart comparing USSR and US Economies in 1989, p. 27 |
Andrei Skharov, et al. “A Reformist Program for Democratization, p. 27-28 |
Lech Walesa, 1983 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech |
Vladimier Tamarov, excerpt from Afghanistan:  Soviet Vietnam, p. 31 |
Mikhail Gorbachev, excerpt from Memoirs (on the Chernobyl Accident), p. 32 |
Ronald Reagan, Address to a Joint Session of Congress, p. 34 |
Anatoly Chernyaev, “Arms Race Adds Pressure”, Diary, p. 35 |
American and Soviet Remarks at the Signing of the INF Treaty, p. 35-36 |
Deng Xiaoping’s Remarks to the Central Committee, p. 39 |
U.S. State Department Summary, p. 39-40 |
Vaclav Havel, Speech to the Nation, p. 44 |
Mikhail Gorbachev, Farewell Address, p. 45 |