Iron Curtain Speech Primary Source Analysis

Students will read excerpts from Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (The Sinews of Peace) and answer 16 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. They will then complete two extension tasks. The answers are included where appropriate and this would be great for a sub.  

Sample questions include:
--Why is anxiety an emotion America/Americans might feel?
--How does Churchill feel about Stalin and the Russian people? Do you think he is being genuine, why or why not?
--How do you think people reacted the first time they heard that phrase? Explain the different range of reactions that might be felt by someone in Prague and someone in London.
--Summarize in your own words what Churchill thinks the Soviets want.
--How can the world avoid another "Hitler" and another series of devastations as played out during WW2?
--What of Churchill's speech came to fruition and what did not? Why?

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