Cold War and Vietnam

Students read and analyze excerpts of President Jimmy Carter's "malaise" speech (Crisis of Confidence) from 1979 by answering 17 questions (a mix of academic and opinion) and responding to 2 creative tasks. The speech and questions are segmented to make...

Students will read the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution from the Vietnam War during LBJ's presidency and answer 12 questions (10 academic and 2 creative) to demonstrate an understanding of the document. The answers are included where appropriate and this would...

Students analyze 10 text excerpts and 7 images related to the Red Scare of the 1920s and McCarthyism (1950s Red Scare). More of the sources are about the 1950s Red Scare. There are 35 questions for students to answer of varying degrees of difficulty and...

Students will read about America's role in helping Greece and Turkey recover and rebuild after World War 2 (WWII, WW2) as per the Truman Doctrine, define a variety of academic terms, write summaries from selections of the text, and respond 25 questions...

Students read Nixon's resignation speech, answer 14 questions, and complete 2 creative tasks (both tasks involve multiple points of view). The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! Sample questions include:--What was...

Students will read the text of the 1921 and 1972 Equal Rights Amendment propositions, 6 points of view on the ERA, and they will answer 31 questions (two are about political cartoons). Then they will complete a Janus figure activity to further illustrate...

Students will review locations relevant to the Korean War and its overarching regional geography with this map activity. There are 10 items to label on each map, 4 questions to answer, and 2 comprehension tasks to complete. The answers are included where...

Students will complete true, false, fix to review what they learned through a year of American History/U.S. History (including but not limited to colonization, the Revolutionary War, Washington to Jefferson, the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, Antebellum...

Students analyze 10 documents, answer 10 historical context questions, complete two sorting charts, and write a DBQ essay to review Harry Truman's presidency. There are 12 essay prompts for students to choose from (students need to pay attention to the...

Students analyze 17 documents (6 images and 11 text), answer 17 historical context questions, complete a sorting chart, and write a DBQ essay to review LBJ's presidency . There are 12 essay prompts for students to choose from (one allows for the class or...

Students analyze 13 documents (5 images and 8 text), answer 13 historical context questions, complete a sorting chart, and write a DBQ essay to review the Cold War Space Race between America and the Soviet Union . There are 8 essay prompts for students...

Students analyze 14 documents (3 images and 11 text), answer 14 historical context questions, complete a sorting chart, and write a DBQ essay to review the Korean War. There are 10 essay prompts for students to choose from (one allows for the class or...