Cold War Lesson Plans
Monday, May 2nd, 2021
Activity:
- Review WWII in Europe
- End the War in the Pacific PPT
- Decision to Drop the Bomb video
HW:None
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022
Activity:
- Background to the Schindler’s List Video PPT
- Discuss why the Jews were targeted
- Watch Schindler’s List (30 Min)
HW: None
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
Activity:
- Background to the Schindler’s List Video PPT
- Discuss why the Jews were targeted
- Watch Schindler's List (35 Min)
HW: None
Thursday, May 5th, 2022
Activity:
- Watch Schindler’s List (45 Min)
HW: None
Friday, May 6th, 2022
Activity:
- Watch Schindler’s List (45 Min)
HW: None
Monday, May 9th, 2022
Activity:
- Finish watch Schindler’s List
- Finish the Reflection Sheet
HW: None
Tuesday, May 10th, 2022
Activity:
- Intro to the Cold War PPT (Ideological Differences, Iron Curtain, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, Warsaw Pact)
HW: Complete NATO / Warsaw Pact Map Activity due Thursday
Read Ch. 17, Sec. #1
Reading Questions due tomorrow
Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
Activity:
1 Cold War PPT (Division of Germany, Berlin Wall and the Berlin Airlift)
HW: Complete Korean War Map Activity
Thursday, May 12th, 2021
Activity:
- Cold War in Asia (China, Korea and Vietnam)
- Vietnam War Song Analysis
HW: None
Friday, May 13th, 2021
Activity:
- U2 Spy Plane Incident Reading (Google Form)
- Space Race (Sputnik, U-2 Incident, Arms Race, Red Scare)
HW: Read Ch. 17, Sec. # 4 and answer the questions
Hand out the Study Guide
Monday, May 16th, 2022
Activity:
- Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis
- Look at Nuke Map Website
- Watch the videos of “Duck and Cover" and Public School Air Raid Drills)
HW: Read Ch. 19, Sec. #3 and #4 and answer the questions
Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
Activity:
- De-escalation (SALT, Glasnost, Afghanistan, Berlin Wall Falls, German Reunification)
- Fall of Empires Reading (Google Form)
HW: Study for the Cold War Quiz
Complete Missing Assignments
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
Activity:
- Cnn Student News
- Cold War Tensions Activity
HW: Complete missing assignments
Study for the Cold War Test
Thursday, May 19th, 2022
Activity:
- CNN Student News
- Play Cold War Kahoot
HW: Complete missing assignments
Study for the Cold War Test
Friday, May 20th, 2022
Activity:
- Cold War Test
- CNN Student News
HW: None
Monday, May 23rd, 2022
Activity:
- CNN Student News
- Discuss the War in Ukraine
HW: None
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022
Activity:
- CNN Student News
- War on Terrorism / Osama Bin Laden
HW: None
Wednesday, May 25th, 2022
Activity:
- CNN Student News
- War on Terrorism / Osama Bin Laden
HW: None
Thursday, May 26th, 2022
Activity:
- CNN Student News
- Google Form on Connecting War in Ukraine to the Fall of the Soviet Union
Google Form on the War on Terror Reflection
HW: None
