{"id":3027,"date":"2014-05-12T12:29:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T09:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2014-04-15T12:30:04","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T09:30:04","slug":"the-cuban-missile-crisis-roleplay-unit-us-roleplay-part-2-one-hour-the-crisis-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/the-cuban-missile-crisis-roleplay-unit-us-roleplay-part-2-one-hour-the-crisis-escalates\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cuban Missile Crisis Roleplay Unit &#8211; US Roleplay Part 2 (one hour): The Crisis Escalates"},"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>US Roleplay Part 2 (one hour): The Crisis Escalates<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/igcse\/cuba_vietnam\/1_CUBA\/4_USA_Roleplay2\/1_Follow-up-STUDENT.docx\">Student Worksheet<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/ppt_online\/index.php?id=excomm2\">Teacher-led Multimedia Presentation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this second roleplay, designed to last about an hour, students witness the crisis unfold step-by-step. At each stage, they have to discuss what they think Kennedy should do, then make comments about his actions after being told what he actually decided. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/ppt_online\/index.php?id=excomm2\">Teacher-led Multimedia Presentation<\/a> provides all the materials a teacher needs to help students complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/igcse\/cuba_vietnam\/1_CUBA\/4_USA_Roleplay2\/1_Follow-up-STUDENT.docx\">Student Worksheet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/index.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter 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-roleplay-unit-us-roleplay-part-2-one-hour-the-crisis-escalates\/\">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-MP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027"}],"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=3027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3028,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3027\/revisions\/3028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}