Cold War and Vietnam

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...

Students will read and analyze excerpts from speeches on the Korean War by President Truman (1950) and General MacArthur (1951) by answering 25 questions. They will then respond to 5 overarching and comparison questions and a creative task. The answers...

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 complete 5 activities to review President Nixon's presidency: a primary source analysis with creative tasks for his Farewell Address, an analysis of US v. Nixon and the Silent Majority, an interview activity, and a social media style review...