Cold War and Vietnam

Students will read 12 quotes from different points of view on the Vietnam War (they span Eisenhower through Nixon and include politicians, American soldiers, and a Vietnamese civilian), answer 20 questions, and complete up to 4 creative tasks. The...

Students will review the Cuban Missile Crisis of the Cold War by making a pamphlet from the point of view of an advisor to JFK. They will educate the public as to what happened between America, the Soviet Union, and Cuba by fulfilling 9 academic and...

Students will learn about the people and events of the Cuban Missile Crisis by reading 3 pages of reference information (background, people, the 13 days, its role in the Cold War, effects, etc) and completing the following tasks: 5 questions,...

Students will learn about the policy of containment during the Cold War with this 11 slide overview, discussion questions, and built in activities. It also includes primary source excerpts from George Kennan's containment policy with 12 questions/tasks...

Students will review what they learned about the people, events, developments, turning points, inventions, and more of the Space Race by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each option balances academic requirements with personal choice and...

Students will review what they learned about the people, events, developments, political assertions, causes, effects, turning points, and more of the Vietnam War by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Each option balances academic requirements with...

Students will play true, false, fix to review key events, people, policies, and more from the Vietnam War. They will read 42 statements and determine which are true and which are false. They will then complete 3 other tasks with the material. This is...

Students will play true, false, fix to review a sampling of events and people related to the Cold War War by reading 33 statements and determining which are true and which are false. They will then complete 3 other tasks with the material. This is best...

Students will play true, false, fix to review the events and people related to the Korean War by reading 27 statements and determining which are true and which are false. They will then complete 3 other tasks with the material. This is best done in pairs...

Students will review the Vietnam War by creating a pamphlet to persuade the citizens of a given country to keep fighting or pull out of the conflict. There are 11 expectations for students to fulfill while balancing historical accuracy and creativity...

This presentation provides an overview of the Korean War. It begins with background information on the two sides of the Cold War and concludes with a look at a nighttime map of North and South Korea today. There are recap questions and discussion or...

Students will read and analyze two points of view on the Space Race (President Kennedy in 1961 and Carl Dreher in 1962) by answering 32 questions and completing a creative task. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a...