{"id":3021,"date":"2014-04-30T12:26:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T09:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2014-04-15T12:27:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T09:27:13","slug":"the-cuban-missile-crisis-soviet-roleplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/the-cuban-missile-crisis-soviet-roleplay\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cuban Missile Crisis Soviet Roleplay"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/igcse\/cuban_missile_crisis\/\">The Cuban Missile Crisis Roleplay Unit<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>One of the most dramatic moments of the 20th Century and a particularly exciting topic to teach and to study! This unit is based around extended roleplay activities firstly from the Soviet, then from the American, perspectives. Students gain a thorough understanding not just of the events but also about the role of particular individuals and develop an appreciation of how close the world came to nuclear holocaust in 1962 &#8211; and who (if anybody) deserves credit for their handling of this terrifying crisis.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Soviet Roleplay<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/igcse\/cuba_vietnam\/1_CUBA\/2_Soviet_Roleplay\/2a_Soviet_Roleplay-STUDENT.docx\">Students Worksheet<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/igcse\/cuba_vietnam\/1_CUBA\/2_Soviet_Roleplay\/2b_Soviet_Roleplay-TEACHER.docx\">Roleplay Cards<\/a><br \/>\nThis two-part Soviet roleplay involves thinking through the arguments for and against placing missiles in Cuba from the Soviet perspective in a general sense based on essential historical context. Then, each member of the class takes on the role of a named Soviet advisor with a clear agenda. After they have formed their proposal, the teacher takes on the role of Khrushchev to talk through the arguments. The final outcome is a detailed set of notes outlining the position of various Politburo members which will be invaluable for the essay writing \/ sourcework analysis examination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/index.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3019\" alt=\"index\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/index.jpg\" width=\"428\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/index.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/index-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/index-405x112.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cuban Missile Crisis Roleplay Unit One of the most dramatic moments of the 20th Century and a particularly exciting topic to teach and to study! This unit is based around extended roleplay activities firstly from the Soviet, then from the American, perspectives. Students gain a thorough understanding not just of the events but also&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/the-cuban-missile-crisis-soviet-roleplay\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[14,6,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pAq0G-MJ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3022,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3021\/revisions\/3022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}