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LEARNING STYLES

HIGHER ORDER THINKING?

WHAT IS OUR OBJECTIVE FOR THIS WORKSHOP?NOT to teach you historical knowledge

BUT…Engage in an activity from each decade• Explore Hands-on/Interactive Activities to teach

the Cold War Era (1945 – 1991) • Integrate Social Studies across the Curriculum• Give you a variety of lessons to teach TOMORROW!Evaluate and extend the lessons (Higher Order

Thinking Strategies)

TEACHING THE COLD WAR THROUGH LITERATURE

Butter Battle Book Video Part 1

Butter Battle Book Video Part 2

Butter Battle Book Lesson Plan

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

The Butter Battle Extra Lesson Plans

Teach Peace Foundation Lesson Plan

PBS Lesson Plan (Grades 7-12)

COLD WAR TIMELINE ACTIVITY EQ: What are main events of the Cold War and the order in which they occurred?

Objective: Integrate Mathematics and History by creating a timeline of the events of the Cold War.

COLD WAR TIMELINE ACTIVITY

Task:1.Look at the time line and choose at least 1 main event from each decade to place on your time line. (You may choose more than one.)2.Using a sentence strip and the ruler, evenly divide the sentence strip by the number of chosen events you are going to place on your time line.3.Write the date and the event at the top of each tick mark. 4.Draw and color a picture to represent each event.

*Additional Time Line Dates*PDF of Time Line Cards for Activity

1940S ACTIVITY: ATOMIC BOMB LESSON PLAN

Objective: Integrate Literature and Primary Sources to investigate and debate the dropping of the Atomic Bomb to end WWII.

EQ: Why did the US make the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb?

Click HERE for an Atomic Bomb lesson using Primary Resources

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE 1940S

Berlin Blockaid and Air Lift PowerPoint

Yalta Conference Lesson Plan

Atomic Bomb Elementary Activities

Many Lessons and Resource Links for Teaching the end of WWII

Atomic Bomb Resources and Lessons at Pro Teacher

1950S ACTIVITIES: KOREAN WAR

Learning Objectives: After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

•Explain why the United States became involved in the war in Korea

•Assess the decision to send U.S. and UN forces across the 38th Parallel into North Korea

•Discuss the conflict between Truman and MacArthur, culminating in the latter's dismissal from command

•Articulate the reasons why the war became unpopular in the United States

•Identify on a world map foreign countries associated with the Korean War

•Identify key terms and individuals associated with the Korean War

EQ: Why did the United States become involved in the Korean War?

Korean War Lesson

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE 1950S

Lesson Plan Bank for Korean War

Countries involved and statistical information

Korean War Letter Writing Activity

Korean and Cold War Webquest

*The last 4 lessons came from this website and additional FREE activities are there as well.

1960S ACTIVITIES: BERLIN WALL JIGSAW ACTIVITY

Learning Objectives: After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

•Explain history behind the erection of the Berlin Wall

•Explain the methods for enforcing the wall

•Examine the events surrounding the fall of the wall

•Explore the unification and legacy of the wall

EQ: What events led to the erections of the Berlin Wall?

Berlin Wall Lesson Plan

BERLIN WALL JIGSAW ACTIVITY

Task: 1.Organize students into Jigsaw Groups. 2.Each group member is assigned to research part of the topic. 3.Each group member reads the article(s) assigned.4.After each group member has read their article, they are to get together with others that have been assigned to the same article, and become experts together. Take notes about assigned topic.5.Go back to their Jigsaw Group and “teach” the other group members about their topic and fill in the rest of the note taking guide.

TEACHING WITH THE JIGSAW METHOD?

Defined: Just as in a jigsaw puzzle, each piece--each student's part--is essential for the completion and full understanding of the final product. If each student's part is essential, then each student is essential; and that is precisely what makes this strategy so effective.

Additional Information

ADDITIONAL 1960S ACTIVITIES

Cuban Missile Crisis Prezi

Cuban Missile Crisis Lesson

Cuban Missile Crisis Lesson (High School)

Teaching History Lesson: Cuban Missile Crisis

Teaching History: Vietnam

Vietnam Video from Vietnamese Perspective

Compare Berlin Wall to Other Walls (Middle Grades)

Study of Walls Lesson (Grades 3-4)

Politics in the 1960s (Grades 5-8)

1970S VIETNAM THROUGH LITERATURE: CHARLIE PIPPIN NOVEL STUDY

Comprehensive Vietnam Unit

*Charlie Pippin Novel Study

is located on pp 17-29

ADDITIONAL 1970’S ACTIVITIES

Iran Hostage Crisis (High School)

Discovery Education Iran Hostage Situation

STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TALKS (SALT I)

SALT II

1980S ACTIVITIES: FALL OF BERLIN WALL

Learning Objectives: After completing this lesson, students should be able to

•Incorporate Language Arts by using adjectives to describe the Berlin Wall

•Investigate the purpose of the graffiti on the wall

•Examine the events leading to the destruction of the wall

•Discuss the guarding of the wall

•Identify current events with the “unfairness” of the Berlin Wall

EQ: What would it feel like to have a “Berlin Wall” in your town? What were the effects of the Berlin Wall being torn down?

Fall of Berlin Wall Activity

*This activity would also fit nicely here: Berlin Wall Simulation

ADDITIONAL 1980’S ACTIVITIES

Lesson Plan Bank for Fall of Berlin Wall

TIME Photos of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

1980S CULTURE DURING THE COLD WAR

The Cold War was reflected in culture through music, movies, books, television and other media. One element of the Cold War often seen relates directly or indirectly to the threat of a nuclear war. Another is the conflict between the superpowers in terms of espionage. Many works use the Cold War as a backdrop, or directly take part in fictional conflict between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. The period 1953-1962 saw Cold War themes first enter the mainstream culture as a public preoccupation.

EXPLORE COLD WAR THROUGH PROPAGANDA FILM, BOOKS AND MUSIC

Posters and AddsDaisy Girl Add

Movie clips and presentationsAnalyzing Cold War MoviesDid Rocky IV End the Cold War?

Music videosWe Didn’t Start the Fire History Lesson by Billy JoelAmerican Pie by Don McLean

Meaning of American Pie Document

ADDITIONAL COLD WAR PREZIS

Cold War PreziCold War PreziCold War Social Protests PreziCold War

Additional Media ResourcesList of the Top 20 IMDb Cold War MoviesList of IMDb Vietnam MoviesList of Cold War Books

QUICK RESPONSE CODES (QR CODES)

QR Cold War Challenge Activity 1 (5 questions)

• Correct Answers to Activity1

QR Cold War and Nazi Challenge Activity (15 questions)

• Correct Answers to Activity

QR Game Generator

Find MANY great tools at ClassTools.net

ADDITION USEFUL LINKS

Inside the Cold War Lessons, Games, Puzzles for Kids

National Park Services (NPS)

National Museum of American History Cold War Timeline with explanations

McCarthy Times Pictorial Timeline

TheVietnamWar.info

History of Motion Pictures 1950s -1960s

Cold War Timeline with Informational Links

Cold War Links to Additional Informational Links

Links to Teach Cold War Through Documents

Link to Variety of Cold War Videos

Christie Allen

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Tonya Emmons

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