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Communism and Containment Lesson Plan

Communism and Containment Lesson Plan

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Communism and Containment

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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.

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communism, the cold war, the truman doctrine

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cold war, communism, truman doctrine

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Grade

9th - 12th

Subjects

Social Studies & History

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Year

2003

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