Cold War

Students will participate in a simulation of the Potsdam Conference between the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.

Applying a historical figure to modern social media.

Document analysis and DBQ Essay on the Cold War.

This assignment allows the students the opportunity to explore the vast amount of visual examples that address various aspects of the Cold War and offers new insight into the era.

Students will examine the historical interpretation of the origins of the Cold War and use primary documents to defend or refute a particular historical interpretation.

Students will examine three cornerstones of American foreign policy during the Cold War -- the Truman, Eisenhower & Nixon Doctrines.

Students will use primary and secondary sources to learn about the Iranian revolution and the involvement of the U.S. government.

A lesson focusing on foreign policy.

Students will study Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan as it relates to the early Cold War and U.S. policy of containment.

Through small group work and an individual assignment, students will use a background description, various maps and the Truman Doctrine speech to analyze European postwar events and reactions by the Soviet Union and the United States which led to heightened Cold War tension.