Social Studies HS Guide

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS

●​ Review historical thinking skills chart. ●​ Use government documents and other primary sources to investigate the motives behind a Cold War policy, event, or reign operation, such as: ○​ Truman Doctrine ○​ Containment

○​ Domino theory ○​ Korean conflict ○​ Bay of Pigs invasion ○​ Cuban Missile Crisis ○​ Vietnam War ○​ Olympic boycotts

VOCABULARY

●​ Truman Doctrine ●​ Containment ●​ Domino theory ●​ Korean conflict

●​ Bay of Pigs invasion ●​ Cuban Missile Crisis ●​ Vietnam War ●​ Olympic boycotts DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION Skill Building

●​ Inquiry ●​ Thinking Like an Historian

●​ Themes and Lenses

Extension

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

STANDARD 7.3

PACING

RESOURCES

●​ See US History II Year at a Glance ●​ Work together as a PLC to determine

●​ Thinking Like an Historian ●​ Duck and Cover - 1951 Civil Defense Film ●​ "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel : References major Cold War events and cultural shifts