Cold War and Vietnam

Students will read excerpts from President Johnson's Great Society speech, answer 21 questions (a mix of academic and opinion), and complete 2 creative/extension tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub! Sample...

Students will read and analyze Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "I Have a Dream" speech by answering 15 questions and completing a comprehension task. A website is provided where students can access the letter due to its copyright status. An answer key is...

Are you looking for a hands-on review activity over the Vietnam War? Are you wanting an activity that allows students to make connections and verbalize their thinking? This Hexagonal Thinking activity is perfect.   If you are new to...

Are you looking for a hands-on review activity over the Cold War? Are you wanting an activity that allows students to make connections and verbalize their thinking? This Hexagonal Thinking activity is perfect.   If you are new to...

Do your students need a review over Vietnam and the 1960s? Do you want to review in a fun way and not throw another worksheet at them? Swat the Star is the answer!   This is a fun way to review for your test or for your end of the year...

Do your students need a review over the Early Cold War & 1950s? Do you want to review in a fun way and not throw another worksheet at them? Swat the Star is the answer! This is a fun way to review for your Early Cold War test or for your end of the...

This is a fun research assignment for students to do. I allow them to use the internet on their phones or computer if available. I use it while studying the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln but it could be used while studying JFK as well or just as an extra...

Are you looking for a hands-on review for U.S. History? This is a BUNDLE of my 10 vocabulary matching units for US History. Simply print, cut and put the cards in baggies. I love to have students review in stations around my...

Are your students needing a digital "break" from screen time? This is a hands-on review for the Vietnam War Era- vocabulary matching. I use this activity in stations to review! I also love to have groups race against each other to add a little fun...

Are your students needing a digital "break" from screen time? This is a hands-on review for the Cold War - vocabulary matching. I use this activity in stations to review! I also love to have groups race against each other to add a little fun...

This 7 page mini-DBQ with critical thinking questions is the perfect addition to a lecture on the major Cold War Conflicts. (Topics Addressed: Berlin Airlift, Berlin Wall, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis and Bay of Pigs, Vietnam War) I...

This activity is a perfect complement to a lecture on the decisions made at the end of WWII and/or how the Cold War began.  In this activity, students read excerpts from the Marshall Plan speech given in 1947 and...