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Students examine five major events in Soviet History to introduce the concept of opportunity cost. They identify considered alternatives at the time of decision and examine benefits and cost. They apply these ideas to a typical school day. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students gain a basic understanding of Capitalism and Communism, the ideologies that fueled the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students identify benefits and repercussions of various methods of distributing goods in the Soviet Union. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students research and identify the effects of Communism on cultural and socioeconomic life in the Soviet Union. They include the topics of art, pop culture, religion, education, housing, health care and food scarcity. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students examine the role of the Soviet Union in the history of the United States. They explore the role of geography and how it affected people in certain regions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students "discover" top secret documents that describe the "Patriot" program. They are assigned the task of educating the American people about the threat of Soviets taking over America, including the key points of the Truman Doctrine from 1945 to 1990. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students role play as participants in a NATO meeting focused on inviting a number of independent republics from the former Soviet Union to become members of NATO. They represent their countries after researching them. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the Russian Communist Revolution of 1917. They watch and discuss a video, take notes and answer video discussion questions, and read and evaluate newspaper articles about how Lenin and Stalin are viewed today in the former Soviet Union. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain the rise of socialism and communism in the context of the political and industrial revolutions. They summarize relevant literary or political documents and develop definitions of socialism and communism. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the the dropping of the atomic bomb upon the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They examine a speech by President Kennedy and analyze the cause-and-effect relationships between the United States and the Soviet Union. As a class, they explore the devastation caused by the atomic bomb and the fear of communism. Full Review »
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