Details
Languages
English
Grade
10th, 11th, 12th
Resource Type
Lectures, Projects, Reading Passages
Product
Digital
Pages
40 Pages
Subject
US History, War & Conflict, World History
Standard
Not standard specific
Description
Teach the Origins of the Cold War in your high school US History class with this comprehensive lesson covering the years between 1945-1949 when tensions rose between the United States and the Soviet Union. Give your students a strong foundation in what led to the Cold War with an engaging lesson and lots of supplemental activities. Included in this introductory Cold War lesson you will find:
35-slide PowerPoint lecture with detailed speaker notes that provide more background on the topics covered, making you the expert! Also comes with a Google Slides™ version.
9-page guided notes packet for students (print and digital Google™ options)
Vocabulary and key people reference sheet with definitions
Vocabulary quiz and answer key
Containment and the Truman Doctrine reading passage with questions and answer key (print and digital Google™ options)
Vocabulary in context extension for the reading passage- great option for students that need help with reading comprehension in the history classroom
Graphic organizer and answer key (great for sub plans- print and digital Google™ options)
Cootie Catcher review activity- print only!
Interactive early Cold War timeline project- print only!
Background images to make your own slides that match the style of the PowerPoint/Google Slides™
The lecture content covers the following topics:
Brief background of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact and how the Soviet Union became part of the Allies
The "Big Three" alliance in World War II
Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam Conferences in the context of growing tensions between the US and USSR
Aftermath of World War II and the conditions that led to the rise of the US and Soviet Union as superpowers
Clashing ideologies of the Cold War
Political and economic differences of the US and USSR
Division of post-war Germany
Satellite nations in post-war Eastern Europe
Stalin's 1946 election speech with questions for students
Churchill's Iron Curtain speech
United Nations established
US vs. USSR plans for Europe
Origin of the policy of containment
The Truman Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
US motives for European aid (student questions)
Results of the Marshall Plan
The division of Berlin and blockade of West Berlin
Berlin Airlift
Formation of NATO
1947 National Security Act and the CIA
The lecture is designed to give students a solid foundation in the origin of the Cold War. The focus in on the years between 1945 and 1949. The guided notes have space to answer the questions embedded within the lecture, label maps, analyze images and speeches, and define key terms. Student feedback on these classroom-tested guided notes is overwhelmingly positive. Students feel they make the lesson "come alive" and help keep them organized.
The included activities give you a range of supplements to the core lesson. The reading passage is original (you and your students won't find it floating around online!) and goes a little deeper into containment, the Truman Doctrine, and how those were connected to the pivotal Greek Civil War in the context of the Cold War. Take a look at the preview to see the included activities in greater detail.
The lecture is not editable so I have included background images that match the style of the lecture. Simply upload them as a background in PowerPoint or Google Slides™ and add text boxes to suit your needs.
35-slide PowerPoint lecture with detailed speaker notes that provide more background on the topics covered, making you the expert! Also comes with a Google Slides™ version.
9-page guided notes packet for students (print and digital Google™ options)
Vocabulary and key people reference sheet with definitions
Vocabulary quiz and answer key
Containment and the Truman Doctrine reading passage with questions and answer key (print and digital Google™ options)
Vocabulary in context extension for the reading passage- great option for students that need help with reading comprehension in the history classroom
Graphic organizer and answer key (great for sub plans- print and digital Google™ options)
Cootie Catcher review activity- print only!
Interactive early Cold War timeline project- print only!
Background images to make your own slides that match the style of the PowerPoint/Google Slides™
The lecture content covers the following topics:
Brief background of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact and how the Soviet Union became part of the Allies
The "Big Three" alliance in World War II
Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam Conferences in the context of growing tensions between the US and USSR
Aftermath of World War II and the conditions that led to the rise of the US and Soviet Union as superpowers
Clashing ideologies of the Cold War
Political and economic differences of the US and USSR
Division of post-war Germany
Satellite nations in post-war Eastern Europe
Stalin's 1946 election speech with questions for students
Churchill's Iron Curtain speech
United Nations established
US vs. USSR plans for Europe
Origin of the policy of containment
The Truman Doctrine
The Marshall Plan
US motives for European aid (student questions)
Results of the Marshall Plan
The division of Berlin and blockade of West Berlin
Berlin Airlift
Formation of NATO
1947 National Security Act and the CIA
The lecture is designed to give students a solid foundation in the origin of the Cold War. The focus in on the years between 1945 and 1949. The guided notes have space to answer the questions embedded within the lecture, label maps, analyze images and speeches, and define key terms. Student feedback on these classroom-tested guided notes is overwhelmingly positive. Students feel they make the lesson "come alive" and help keep them organized.
The included activities give you a range of supplements to the core lesson. The reading passage is original (you and your students won't find it floating around online!) and goes a little deeper into containment, the Truman Doctrine, and how those were connected to the pivotal Greek Civil War in the context of the Cold War. Take a look at the preview to see the included activities in greater detail.
The lecture is not editable so I have included background images that match the style of the lecture. Simply upload them as a background in PowerPoint or Google Slides™ and add text boxes to suit your needs.
Teach the Origins of the Cold War in your high school US History class with this comprehensive lesson covering the years between 1945-1949 when tensions rose between the United States and the Soviet Union. Give your students a strong foundation... more
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