![]() ![]() Or, if you are in a classroom context, you can create a human timeline. Timeline Activity: You can also make note of important dates, events and people involved in the space race and then create a visual timeline - either on paper (perhaps using a free downloadable timeline printout) or using a free online tool, such as TimelineJS or StoryMapJS. What story of the space race emerges from the Times archives? What did you notice about the language and images? What is missing from the narrative? In what ways do you think the coverage itself was accurate, biased or perhaps a form of propaganda? How did the space race from 1957-1975 reflect political, social and economic aspects of the Cold War and the time period? Use archival articles from The Times and your knowledge of the era to develop your response. What was the space race? How did it come about, and what were its goals? What fears and interests motivated the two competitors, the United States and the Soviet Union? What role did prestige and propaganda play for each? As you conduct your research, consider the following questions: Then, working individually or as a research team, choose at least ONE article from each of the THREE sections to read. Scan the entire archive collection and read the title and summary for each article. By the end of 1972, the last of the 12 men to walk on the moon had returned home, and no one has been there since.īelow, we provide links to 24 original articles from Times coverage of the space race from 1957-1975. ![]() But public interest in the space program soon waned. With the moon landing on July 20, 1969, America effectively “won” the space race that began with Sputnik’s launch 12 years earlier. How did the space race escalate the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union? What role did fear and propaganda play in the quest for supremacy in space? What are two new questions you have about the space race? What are three things you learned about the space race? Then, consider the following prompts in writing or in discussion with a partner: Next, watch this six-minute video segment from “ Chasing the Moon: American Experience,” by PBS, on the origins of the space race and how it grew out of the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union. ![]() Part 2: Watch a short video on the origins of the space race. What questions do you have about the space race? What do you want to know more about? So, how did you do on the quiz? ( See the answer key at the bottom of the lesson.) Congrats if you impressed yourself! But don’t worry if you didn’t ace it there will be more chances to learn fascinating information and stories about the quest to reach the moon. Finally, we invite students to connect the lessons of the past to our current era of space exploration and debate whether we should still be seeking out new adventures in outer space.Ī) Just a few more months b) 10 years c) One hundred thousand years d) Tens of millions of years We begin with a short quiz on the space race as a warm-up activity and later offer several creative options for students to apply and extend what they learned from the Times archives, such as creating a children’s book for “hidden figures” of the space program and curating a museum exhibition. In this lesson, students will look closely at original Times reporting on the space race and explore the questions: What was the space race? Who won it? And why does it still matter? Today, there is a different kind of race being run, as private companies compete to take ordinary citizens to space, the moon, Mars and beyond. Fifty-two years ago, the Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon - the culmination of a decade-long “space race” between the United States and the Soviet Union - widely regarded as one of humanity’s greatest achievements. ![]()
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