Cold War PowerPoints / Google Slides + Video Clips, Guided Notes, Assessment
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Cold War PowerPoints with Short Video Clips, Presenter Notes & Assessment is packed with maps, primary source documents, stunning visuals and 9 short video clips, everything you need to keep your students engaged. Included is a warm up question and an assessment that covers everything from the notes. Use it as a test or an open note quiz. I have used this with A.P., Honors and regular classes.
Cold War PowerPoints lecture notes to guide you through the presentation and youtube links to short videos that engage the students. PowerPoints also include optional STUDENT GUIDED NOTES for students to complete during lecture for differentiated learning.
**Now includes Google Slides versions for distance learning
Save Money and take it easy on yourself, for the entire unit, including these powerpoints, warmups, primary source worksheets, assessment, and lesson plans, go to COLD WAR UNIT BUNDLED.
Topics Covered
Origins of the Cold War
- Yalta Conference
- United Nations
- Potsdam Conference
- Iron Curtain & Cominform
Containment
- Truman Doctrine
- The Marshall Plan
- Berlin Airlift
- NATO - Warsaw Pact
- Fall of China
- Federal Civil Defense Administration
- Second Red Scare
- McCarran-Walter Act
- Alger Hiss, Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
- McCarthyism
The Korean War
Arms Race
- Brinkmanship
- ICBMs
- Sputnik
- U2 downing
Legacy
- Eisenhower's Military Industrial Complex speech
**Note: This is a U.S. History centric view of the Cold War. It does not cover U.S. domestic policy during this period. This is for U.S. history classes, rather than World History History classes. For the Cold War in World History, go to Cold War PowerPoints w/Video Clips + Presenter Notes (World History)
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