Nuclear Weapons and International Relations (Day 6)

INTRODUCTION

Today we will have a written assessment on the nuclear arms race and the concept of rational behavior. Then we will start to read about the problem of nuclear proliferation.

HOMEWORK

None

ASSESSMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

1. Formative Assessment: Written response or scored discussion on this question ("Were the strategies used by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War rational or irrational?").

2. Read pages 17-23 on the challenge of Cold War arsenals in your nuclear weapons packet (What can/should be done to prevent nuclear proliferation?).

ENRICHMENT