Cold War and Vietnam

Students will learn about a variety of Cold War events and people by designing a poster on over 30 topics including but not limited to: JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Space Race, AIDS, Atomic Bomb, Eisenhower, Berlin Wall, Red China, Joe McCarthy, Stalin,...

Students will review a year of United States History (American History, US History) with the critical thinking review game, "what doesn't belong and why?" Each topic has up to 11 sets of terms or phrases (people, events, terms, laws, documents, speeches,...

Students will review key people and events from the Cold War by matching 20 historical pictures to a caption or dialogue exchange. This includes a teacher information page which explains the activity in its entirety. This is best done as a gallery walk,...

Students will review what they learned about the people and events of the 1960s by creating a one pager. There are 12 requirements to fulfill and 10 templates to choose from, ranging from completely blank to having a spot for each piece of information...

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...