Cold War Primary Documents - Primary Sources Activity - Political Cartoon

The Cold War primary document analysis pack

This resource includes 6 carefully curated primary sources to analyze that will enhance any Cold War unit. It is aligned to my Cold War Unit Bundle. Each of the primary documents focuses on one aspect of the Cold War to analyze. Encourage your students to think deeply about the topics associated with these topics. You can also assign the analysis activities as homework. There is a PDF & a GOOGLE version of the primary documents so you can easily assign to your students if you are teaching virtually.

Primary documents include:

•excerpt from “The Long Telegram”

•political cartoons about the Marshall Plan

•newspaper article about the US moving forward with developing the H-Bomb

•political cartoon about the tensions between US President Kennedy and Soviet dictator Khrushchev

•political cartoon about Nixon’s Vietnamization plan

•excerpt from President Reagan’s speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on June 12, 1987

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Looking for something more comprehensive? My Cold Unit curriculum unit is coming soon. THIS RESOURCE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS CURRICULUM PACK.

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