Cold War and Vietnam

Students will read excerpts from Nixon's "Silent Majority" speech and respond to a mix of 26 academic questions and creative tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub!  Sample questions include:--Why did...

Students will analyze 17 documents (6 are images), answer 17 historical context questions, complete a sorting chart, and write a DBQ essay about the Vietnam War. There are 12 prompts for students to choose from (one allows for the class or teacher to...

Students will learn about Truman's presidency and the start of the Cold War with this PowerPoint (you can also use it as a gallery walk) and note guide with comprehension tasks. The topics covered include containment, NSC-68, the Red Scare, the Fair...

Students will review, or learn about, President Johnson's time in office (domestic and foreign issues) with these 7 activities. They include 3 primary sources to analyze (some include creative tasks), a timeline project, an interview review, an academic...

Students will learn about Carter's presidency with this power point (you can also use it as a gallery walk), note guide, 2 speech analysis documents, timeline, true/false/fix, and interview activity. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, the...

Students will get an overview of Reagan's presidency with a 3 page reference sheet providing an overview of Reaganomics, key foreign policy and domestic items, and 14 comprehension questions. They will analyze Reagan's, "Tear Down This Wall" speech by...

Students review LBJ's time in office as president by making a 20 item timeline. The timeline incorporates political cartoons, news articles, maps, social media posts, news headlines, and academic summaries (each element has specific requirements outlined...

Students review Nixon's time in office as president by making a 20 item timeline. The timeline incorporates political cartoons, news articles, maps, social media posts, news headlines, and academic summaries (each element has specific requirements...

Students will review key events and people related to the Vietnam War by completing a cloze passage, reading three pages and answering 10 questions, matching 12 terms to their identifications, completing 2 point of view creative tasks, and by labeling 20...

Students will review the events, divisions, political geography, physical geography, and more of Cold War by working with 4 maps and answering 6 questions. There are 60 labels and tasks across the maps. This would be great for a sub! The answers are...

Students will learn about, or review, the people and events that led to the end of the Cold War by choosing the 15 items (out of 23) they think are most responsible for the end of the Cold War and creating a timeline with them. They will complete 4 tasks...

Students will learn about, or review, at least 3 of the Cold War's hot spots by with these 3 projects (a one pager with 12 requirements, a set of 4 trading cards, and a cube). Templates, instructions, a points distribution, and 24 starting point topics...