The Butter Battle

On Wednesday, I read The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss, to the classes. This book tells the story of the Yooks, who eat their bread butter-side up, and their enemy the Zooks, who eat their's butter-side down. In order to defend their way of life, each side compete's with the other building newer and more destructive weapons. As I read, students quickly realized that this story was a metaphor for the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.



Here is the TV version of The Butter Battle Book. It is not as good as the book, but may still be helpful in remembering the lesson of the story. The video is in three parts.

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