Cold War and Vietnam

Have students defend both sides of historical issues and people, with this resource and "Two Sides" Analysis of America's 35th President, John F Kennedy. Students can choose to defend President Kennedy as Great, or Not Great, with evidence, and a video...

5 videos are presented, voiced by teachers, arguing two sides of 5 Cold War Topics, and students get to watch, be entertained, make a choice, create a claim, and write evidence to support the claim that can come from their notes, textbook (you can change...

The Berlin Airlift Reading Worksheet The Berlin Airlift marked one of the first events during the Cold War Era. This reading is an excellent addition to your unit on the Cold War. On other sites, this resource would cost you $1.99, but as a special...

Students will have an opportunity to choose from 14 major events of the Cold War. They will research the event and it's consequences during this hostile and politically charged period . Provided are instructions for their presentation, a rubric and...

Students will investigate the construction and fall of the Berlin Wall as well as comparing and contrasting speeches by both President Kennedy and President Reagan made at the Berlin Wall. There are links for the videos they will be watching as well as a...

Brand New GCSE History Cold War History Escape Room - End of Year Virtual Escape Room by Cre8tive Resources! Let the students become Codebreakers! This lasts an hour or under depending on how quick the teams can solve each puzzle! Students love this...

No prep history activity! Cut into 12 strips, or hand out the entire 2 pages. 12 Cold War Quotes from past and present are given for students to read, make a claim about, pass to a second student, and then use the claim as evidence or support for a...

This is everything you need for an entire unit on the Cold War! Focusing on a US History perspective, this resource is complete with Guided Notes, a Prezi Presentation (a fun alternative to PowerPoint!), a Teacher Guide, and Assessments. It is aligned...

13 Cold War Events to assign to student groups. Students will need to identify a learning target, quiz questions, an overview, a visual, and an interactive portion of a 10-15 minute student presentation. There are few better ways to learn than by...

6 Options for researching the Cold War! This Social Studies resource is perfect for letting students choose a format and area of interest that will propel them to do their best work and express their understanding. I find that offering choices in...

With letters from Secretary Wallace to President Truman, and Russian Ambassador Novikov to Stalin, this resource is a great classroom discussion guide for an early Cold War Lesson in U.S. or World History Classes. Together with students respecting,...

This product was created with the intention of assisting a cross-content unit: it has students analyzing speeches from Cold War Presidents. It can be used for introduction, to review, as sub-plans, homework, or extra-credit...