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Tenth graders explore the origins of the Cold War.  In this Cold War instructional activity, 10th graders analyze selected songs and identify what historical events they reference.  Students create a musical collage or timeline for the period since the collapse of the Soviety Union (1990) to today.

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the berlin wall, the cold war, nato, the soviet union, the warsaw pact

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berlin wall, cold war, nato, soviet union, warsaw pact, social studies
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10th
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Social Studies & History
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