COLD WAR: ACTIVITIES THAT EXTEND ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

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COLD WARACTIVITIES THAT EXTEND ACROSS THE
CURRICULUM

• PRESENTED BY
• TONYA EMMONS
• CHRISTIE ALLEN

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TIME

• No Time to Prepare
• No Time to do all of these fun activites

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LEARNING STYLES
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HIGHER ORDER THINKING?
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WHAT IS OUR OBJECTIVE FOR THIS WORKSHOP?

• NOT to teach you historical knowledge
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• 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)

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TEACHING THE COLD WAR THROUGH LITERATURE

• Butter Battle Book Video Part 1
• Butter Battle Book Video Part 2
• Butter Battle Book Lesson Plan

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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• The Butter Battle Extra Lesson Plans
• Teach Peace Foundation Lesson Plan
• PBS Lesson Plan (Grades 7-12)

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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.

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COLD WAR TIMELINE ACTIVITY

• Task
• 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.)
• 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.
• Write the date and the event at the top of each
  tick mark.
• Draw and color a picture to represent each event.
• Additional Time Line Dates
• PDF of Time Line Cards for Activity

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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BERLIN WALL JIGSAW ACTIVITY

• Task
• Organize students into Jigsaw Groups.
• Each group member is assigned to research part of
  the topic.
• Each group member reads the article(s) assigned.
• 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.
• 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.

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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

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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)

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1970S VIETNAM THROUGH LITERATURE CHARLIE PIPPIN
NOVEL STUDY

• Comprehensive Vietnam Unit
• Charlie Pippin Novel Study
• is located on pp 17-29

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ADDITIONAL 1970S ACTIVITIES

• Iran Hostage Crisis (High School)
• Discovery Education Iran Hostage Situation
• STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TALKS (SALT I)
• SALT II

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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

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ADDITIONAL 1980S ACTIVITIES

• Lesson Plan Bank for Fall of Berlin Wall
• TIME Photos of the Fall of the Berlin Wall

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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.

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EXPLORE COLD WAR THROUGH PROPAGANDA FILM, BOOKS
AND MUSIC

• Posters and Adds
• Daisy Girl Add
• Movie clips and presentations
• Analyzing Cold War Movies
• Did Rocky IV End the Cold War?
• Music videos
• We Didnt Start the Fire History Lesson by Billy
  Joel
• American Pie by Don McLean
• Meaning of American Pie Document

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ADDITIONAL COLD WAR PREZIS

• Cold War Prezi
• Cold War Prezi
• Cold War Social Protests Prezi
• Cold War
• Additional Media Resources
• List of the Top 20 IMDb Cold War Movies
• List of IMDb Vietnam Movies
• List of Cold War Books

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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

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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

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CONTACT INFORMATION

• Christie Allen
• Mrschristieallen_at_gmail.com
• Tonya Emmons
• Tonyamcwaters_at_gmail.com