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The Early Cold War: 1947-1970 PPTThe Early Cold War: 1947-1970 PPT
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The Early Cold War: 1947-1970

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With a combination of images, maps, and valuable information, this presentation is a strong resource for a history class that is coming out of a WWII unit and into a Cold War unit. Some points are outlined for students, while others are referenced only as images and depend on teacher and class discussion to be substantiated. The breadth of this slideshow lends well to use throughout a long-term unit, to be taken out when certain topics arise.

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fidel castro, cuba, the bay of pigs, the berlin wall, the cold war, the cuban missile crisis, sputnik, the iron curtain, the korean war, the soviet union, the truman doctrine, the vietnam war, the warsaw pact

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bay of pigs, berlin wall, cold war, cuban missile crisis, fidel castro, iron curtain, korean war, nikita khrushchev, soviet union, sputnik, suez crisis, truman doctrine, ussr, vietnam war, warsaw pact, arms race nato, gatt, social studies
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9th - 11th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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