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Topic 1: Germany’s Changing Position in Europe               and the World

Lesson 3
Step #3: Application

Strategy: Integrating Knowledge

  • How did the Cold War impact the creation of the European Union?
  • What are the opportunities/consequences of the new Germany?

Activities

Review the timeline which now includes information about the creation of the European Union and the events of the Cold War. Use this information to answer the following question.

What impact do you think the events of the Cold War had on the creation of the European Community?
Make copies of Handout #4: Topic 1, Lesson 3 (Move toward unification not without challenges).

Use your timeline and this article to predict how issues resulting from the Cold War and Europe’s economic growth will still need to be resolved. Organize these issues under the following headings:

Issues Yet to be Resolved

ECONOMIC ISSUES
SOCIAL ISSUES
POLITICAL ISSUES
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
GLOBAL ISSUES
  

Check for Understanding

FOCUS QUESTION #3: How did the “Cold War” provide an incentive for the creation of the European Union?

Review Teacher Resource #4: Topic 1, Lesson 3 (United States of Europe). Write a brief paragraph describing how the events of the Cold War might never have happened if Europe had followed the advice of Winston Churchill in 1946.