Picture
People to Know
Picture
Vocabulary
Picture
Peardeck™
Picture
Unit Guide

BIRTH OF THE COLD WAR
In the aftermath of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union engage in a conflict reminiscent of war as they battle it out for influence and control of the post-war world.
KEY EVENTS
  • Iron Curtain descends
  • Marshall Act
  • House Un-American Actives Committee
  • Crisis in Berlin
  • Chinese Civil War
Picture
Notes
Picture
Visual Aids
Ms. Esakov    Ms. Frazier
Picture
Videos

LIVING ON THE EDGE
A war in Korea and growing fears of Communism in America heat up the Cold War as both the United States and the Soviet Union race to outdo one another from weapons to technology.
KEY EVENTS
  • Korean War
  • Senator McCarthy's trials
  • Federal Highway Act
  • Launch of Sputnik
  • Missile Race begins
Picture
Notes
Picture
Visual Aids
Ms. Esakov    Ms. Frazier
Picture
Videos

KENNEDY AND CUBA
JFK's vision and youthful image invigorates America and challenges the United States to reach for the stars, while the world comes to the brink of nuclear war as the Cold War conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union heats up on
the island of Cuba.
KEY EVENTS
  • ​British Invasion
  • Election of 1960
  • creation of the Berlin Wall
  • Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Assassination of Kennedy
Picture
Notes
Picture
Visual Aids
Ms. Esakov    Ms. Frazier
Picture
Videos