Social Studies HS Guide

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION Skill Building

●​ Inquiry

●​ Themes and Lenses

Extension

STRAND 7: The Cold War Era and a Changing America 1950-2000

STANDARD 7.2

PACING

RESOURCES

●​ Strand 7: Four weeks (decide on individual standard pacing as a PLC.)

●​ Thinking Like an Historian ●​ Dig - Cuban Missile Crisis

STANDARDS Students will use government documents and other primary sources to investigate the motives behind a Cold War policy, event, or foreign operation, such as the Truman Doctrine, containment, the domino theory, the Korean conflict, the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and Olympic boycotts. CONCEPTS (Nouns) SKILLS (Verbs) LANGUAGE SUPPORTS ●​ Government documents ●​ Primary sources ●​ Motives ●​ Investigate ●​ Explain ●​ Best Practices for MLs in Secondary Content Area Classes

●​ Cold War policy ●​ Cold War event ●​ Cold War foreign operation ●​ Truman Doctrine ●​ Containment ●​ Domino theory ●​ Korean conflict ●​ Bay of Pigs invasion ●​ Cuban Missile Crisis ●​ Vietnam War ●​ Olympic boycotts