Cold War and Vietnam

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 8 activities to review President Nixon's time in office: a primary source analysis with creative tasks for his Farewell Address, an analysis of US v. Nixon and his Silent Majority speech, an interview activity, and...

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 with these 9 activities. The resources include 4 primary source analysis activities (with image analysis and extension 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...