CR Close Read: McCarthyism & the Red Scare Analysis Task Directions: information from the documents above, please respond to the following task. Read the prompt below. Using the sources provided, the documents above, and your knowledge Task: of US history - respond to the prompt below: Imagine you are an American citizen in the 1950’s. How could these four primary source documents have added to an atmosphere of paranoia or hysteria amongst you and your fellow citizens? Write a letter to an editor of the New York Times regarding your feelings of anxiety & demand that the government takes further action to protect American citizens during the Cold War. Cite evidence from at least two of these primary sources to provide evidence for your claims. Explain why you feel paranoid or anxious about your safety Explain how it impacts your daily life Describe what the government could do, in your opinion, to keep Americans safe In developing your answer, be sure to keep this general definitions in mind: explain means make plain or understandable; to give reasons for or causes of; to show the “to logical development or relationships of” describe means illustrate something in words or tell about it” “to
CR Analysis Task Close Read: McCarthyism & the Red Scare Directions: information from the documents above, please respond to the following task. Task: Read the prompt below. Using the sources provided, the documents above, and your knowledge of US history - respond to the prompt below: Imagine you are an American citizen in the 1950’s. How could these four primary source documents have added to an atmosphere of paranoia or hysteria amongst you and your fellow citizens? Write a letter to an editor of the New York Times regarding your feelings of anxiety & demand that the government takes further action to protect American citizens during the Cold War. Cite evidence from at least two of these primary sources to provide evidence for your claims. Explain why you feel paranoid or anxious about your safety Explain how it impacts your daily life Describe what the government could do, in your opinion, to keep Americans safe In developing your answer, be sure to keep this general definitions in mind: explain means “to make plain or understandable; to give reasons for or causes of; to show the logical development or relationships of” describe means “to illustrate something in words or tell about it”
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