Arms Race Cold War Differentiated Internet Scavenger Hunt WebQuest Activity

Looking for a way to introduce or review the Arms Race during the Cold War in your classroom? Check out this differentiated internet scavenger hunt! Students will use the scaffolded notes to guide their research through the website: https://www.jerseygirlgonesouth.com/curriculum/social-studies/cold-war/arms-race/.

Includes:

- instructions page for teacher

- 5 page fill in the blank only internet scavenger hunt (editable PDF or printable)

- answer key

- 4 page open ended comprehension questions and fill in the blank internet scavenger hunt (editable PDF or printable)

- answer key

This internet scavenger hunt covers Georgia Standards of Excellence:

SS5H5 Discuss the origins and consequences of the Cold War.

a. Explain the origin and meaning of the term “Iron Curtain.”

b. Explain how the United States sought to stop the spread of communism through the Berlin airlift, the Korean War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

c. Identify Joseph McCarthy and Nikita Khrushchev.

d. Discuss the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.

SSWH20 Demonstrate an understanding of the global social, economic, and political impact of the Cold War and decolonization from 1945 to 1989.

a. Explain the arms race, include: development of nuclear weapons, and efforts to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.

b. Describe the formation of the state of Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict.

c. Analyze the rise of nationalism and the revolutionary movements in Asia (i.e. India and China) and Africa.

d. Analyze opposition movements to existing political systems, include: anti-apartheid, Tiananmen Square, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

I hope you and your students enjoy this activity!

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