Cold War and Vietnam

Students learn about the American Space Program and NASA's explorations and achievements in this mini lesson. They read 5 paragraphs, answer 19 questions, and complete a graphic organizer. This covers the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs, as well as...

Students will complete a 3 part activity to review the presidency of Jimmy Carter. The first part has 5 questions to help students review factual parts of his time in office. In the second part of the activity students "interview" Carter immediately...

Students complete an interview activity to review Harry Truman's presidency. They first answer 5 history based questions, then they "interview" Truman after becoming president (5 questions and answers), and then they conduct his last interview prior to...

Students complete an interview activity to review LBJ's presidency. They first answer 6 history based questions, then they "interview" Johnson after becoming president (5 questions and answers), and then they conduct his last interview prior to his death...

Students complete an interview activity to review Dwight Eisenhower's presidency. They first answer 5 history based questions, then they "interview" Eisenhower after becoming president (5 questions and answers), and then they conduct Ike's last interview...

Students complete an interview activity to review JFK's presidency. They first answer 5 history based questions, then they "interview" John F. Kennedy after becoming president (6 questions and answers), and then they conduct JFK's last interview prior to...

Students will learn about the people and events from JFK's presidency with this PowerPoint or gallery walk with comprehension tasks. There are 31 slides of information and 28 questions/tasks for students to respond to. The topics covered include the...

Students will learn about Truman's presidency with this power point (you can also use it as a gallery walk) and note guide with comprehension tasks. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, containment, NSC-68, the Red Scare, the Fair Deal, the...

Students will learn about Carter's presidency with this presentation (you can also use it as a gallery walk) and note guide. Topics covered include, but are not limited to, the energy crisis, stagflation, airline deregulation, crisis of confidence, the...

Students will learn about the people and events of the Korean War with these 8 resources: an overview PowerPoint (26 slides with review and discussion questions), a timeline project, a map activity, a battles research graphic organizer, a DBQ, trading...

Students will learn about, or review, a variety of Cold War topics with 120+ activities, projects, DBQs, power points, mini lessons, maps, and more! Topics covered include but are not limited to: containment, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the...

Students will read and analyze President Jimmy Carter's 1980 speech on the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan by answering 20 questions. They are a mix of academic questions, opinion prompts, and extension tasks. The answers are included where...