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Exploring US Foreign Policy after WWII--The Cold War Lesson PlanExploring US Foreign Policy after WWII--The Cold War Lesson Plan
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Exploring US Foreign Policy after WWII--The Cold War

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Scholars explore U.S. Foreign Policy and Cold War ideologies adopted after WWII. They conduct Internet research on a topic or issue related to the Cold War Era, watch two films, and compose a time line and a multimedia presentation to share with the class.

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primary source analysis, primary sources, atomic bombs, the bay of pigs, cuba, the cuban missile crisis, the cold war, mccarthyism, the truman doctrine, berlin blockade

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social studies

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  • Use in a Cold War unit or when discussing the Berlin Blockade

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