Description

The Cold War Primary Sources Analysis Pack

This resource includes 6 carefully curated primary sources to analyze that will enhance any Cold War unit. It is aligned to my Cold War Unit Bundle. Each of the primary documents focuses on one aspect of the Cold War to analyze. Encourage your students to think deeply about the topics associated with these documents. You can also assign the analysis activities as homework. There is a printable PDF & a digital GOOGLE version of the primary documents to give you the flexibility to easily assign them to your students if you are teaching virtually.

Primary Documents Included:

•excerpt from “The Long Telegram”
•political cartoons about the Marshall Plan
•newspaper article about the US moving forward with developing the H-Bomb
•political cartoon about the tensions between US President Kennedy and Soviet dictator Khrushchev
•political cartoon about Nixon’s Vietnamization plan
•excerpt from President Reagan’s speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on June 12, 1987

Want to try a FREE primary source pack? You can download my free Reconstruction Era primary source pack to get a closer look!

Looking for something more comprehensive? My Cold War curriculum unit is coming soon. THIS RESOURCE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS CURRICULUM PACK.

+++++++PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS PACKS Available+++++++
♦Indigenous Peoples of North America
♦Colonial America
♦American Revolution
♦Constitution & A New Nation
♦Age of Jackson & Sectionalism
♦Civil War
♦Reconstruction– FREE
♦Gilded Age
♦Progressive Era & American Imperialism
♦World War 1
♦Roaring ’20s & Great Depression
♦World War 2
♦Cold War

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