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✨ #11 Matching and Analysis

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Directions:

Read the captions to the left. Your job is to match the writing to the pictures.
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Please MATCH the photo with the correct caption

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In the Cold War the United States and the USSR worked to create the most advanced weapons. By 1953, both countries had created intercontinental ballistic missiles that could attack each other from great distances.
Alan Shepard, the first American to enter outer space, is recovered from his space capsule, Freedom 7, on May 5, 1961.
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin became an international celebrity for being the first human being to successfully travel to outer space on April 12, 1961.
Background information:
  • In the 1950s and 1960s, Russia was part of a large and powerful country called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The USSR had a communist government, with only one party in power. The United States, on the other hand, had a democratic government where people could vote for different parties.The United States and the USSR were known as the world’s superpowers.
  • Just a few years before, in 1945, the world had emerged from World War II, which claimed the lives of millions of people—both in the military and civilians. Though they were allies during WWII, the United States and USSR grew suspicious of each other after the war, and tensions quickly arose between the two superpowers.
Notecatcher:
As you reread and examine each section, record key vocabulary and important insights.
Paragraph 1:
The Space Race between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics post World War II was a tipping point in the history of mankind. This superpower race intensified the Cold War rivalry because for the first time mankind was looking to compete in the arena of space. Dominance over space and the race to outdo one another became a matter of pride for both the United States and USSR.

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tipping point:

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Cold War:

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Final sentence:
Dominance over space and the race to outdo one another became a matter of pride for both the United States and USSR

Question:
What does the final sentence of the paragraph tell the reader about space and the Cold War?

Sentence starter:
The final sentence tells the reader...

Paragraphs 2 and 3:
2. The competition to conquer space was so huge that a new benchmark was set by one of the two superpowers almost every year throughout 1950s and 1960s. There were many “firsts” during the Space Race. The first intercontinental ballistic missile in 1957, the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) in 1957, the first dog in orbit (sent by Sputnik 2) in 1957, the first solar-powered satellite, the first communication satellite, etc.

3. The Space Race didn’t just leave an impact on the area of space research, it left a wider impact in the field of technology. The technological superiority required for the dominance of space was deemed a necessity for national security, and it was symbolic of ideological superiority. The Space Race spawned pioneering efforts to launch artificial satellites. It prompted competitive countries to send unmanned space probes to the Moon, Venus and Mars. It also made possible human spaceflight in low Earth orbit and to the Moon.

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intercontinental:

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national security:

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What connection do these paragraphs make between the Space Race, technology, and national security?

Sentence starter:
The paragraph show that the space race, technology and national security are all connected by...


Paragraph 4:
The zeal the United States and USSR had to outperform one another proved quite beneficial to the progress of science. The work culture of the two superpowers was poles apart yet both were trying to be better than the other in order to become the best in the world. While the USSR had a highly centralized setup that had an impact on the source of investments in their space program, the United States, on the other hand, got private players to invest in their space program. NASA, the premiere space research agency, was also built in 1958 during the Space Race to counter the early success in USSR in outer space.
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zeal:

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Directions:
Please write three complete 3 sentences answering the questions...
  • What is the author’s purpose for writing this article?
  • What words or phrases show us that purpose?

Sentence starters:
- The author chose to write this article because...
- I think this because...
- Some words that helped me know how the author felt are...