IB History Papers 2 and 3: Cold War Lesson Plans & Activities (SL & HL)

This is an entire unit of lesson plans and activities concerning Cold War Superpower Tensions & Rivalries and Cold War in the Americas (IB History Papers 2 and 3). They are aligned to the IB's 2017 and 2020 History Study Guidebook.

There are 23 lessons attached to this unit bundle. The topics include:

Lesson 1: An Overview of the Soviet Union under Premier Joseph Stalin during the interwar years, 1929-1939 Activity - This includes primary and secondary source analysis activities

Lesson 2: Source Document Activity on the Atlantic Charter of 1941 and the Yalta Conference of 1945 - Compare and Contrast

Lesson 3: The Breakdown of the Grand Alliance and the Early Stages of the Cold War, 1943-1945 Source Analysis Activity concerning the World War II Conferences (Teacher Edition is also included with an Answer Key.)

Lesson 4: American and Soviet Aggression at the Beginning of the Cold War, 1945-1947 - Who is the Aggressor? Source analysis activity

Lesson 5: Cold War Political Cartoons of the Events of 1947 - 1949 Activity

Lesson 6: An In-Depth Analysis of United States Foreign Policy during the Cold War - From Truman to Reagan and From South America to Europe to Asia and to the Middle East

Lesson 7: Compare and Contrast Activity of NATO versus Warsaw Pact Primary Source Documents

Lesson 8: Cold War in America - The Second Red Scare - American Policies and Rhetoric in the 1940s and 1950s Document Source Analysis Activity

Lesson 9: The Cold War Conflicts and Wars - An Overview Activity

Lesson 10: Source-Based Analysis of United States Foreign Policy Before the Outbreak of the Korean War Activity (1947-1950)

Lesson 11: The Outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 - A Change in America's Foreign Policy Activity Analysis

Lesson 12: The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Legacy of President Kennedy Source-Based Activity (Scenario-Based Activity as well)

Lesson 13: American Involvement in Vietnam - From Advisement to Intervention - A Look at American Foreign Policy and Strategy in Vietnam from 1954-1973 Source Analysis

Lesson 14: Opposition to Soviet Rule - A Case Study of Hungary (1956) and Czechoslovakia (1968) Source Analysis

Lesson 15: Music in the Cold War Era - 1940s through 1970s Activity

Lesson 16: The Economic and Social Unrest in Eastern Europe in the 1980s Activity

Lesson 17: The Reagan Years - His Cold War Legacy in Words and Actions - Analysis of Speeches and Treaties Activity

Lesson 18: Cold War and Impact on US, Cuba, and Canada - Student Activity

Lesson 19: Cold War and Impact on US, Cuba, and Canada Teacher Answer Key

Lesson 20: Foreign Policies of American Presidents throughout the Cold War - Student Activity

Lesson 21: Foreign Policies of American Presidents throughout the Cold War Teacher Answer Key

Lesson 22: Cold War and Conflicts - Student Activity

Lesson 23: Cold War and Conflicts Teacher Answer Key

(*Note: Lessons 9-13 come in as a bundled set of their own considering they all involve international conflicts and American foreign policy.)