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Postwar America


Learning Tools


Interpreting Primary Sources:

Origins of the Cold War: Soviet-American Confrontation

Origins of the Cold War: The Containment Policy

Origins of the Cold War: The Korean War

Origins of the Cold War: Anti-Communism at Home


Interpreting Statistics:

Postwar Society


Recommended lesson plan:

Eisenhower: The Contentious 1950s
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/contentiousyears/


Fact Check:

Quiz on the Postwar Era

Primary source documents with classroom questions:

John L. Lewis: Coal Miner's Hero
Competing Worldviews- Kennan and Zhdanov, 1947.
Does a democratic government ever have the right to deprive citizens of their rights when it feels threatned?
Harry Truman: Fertilizer For A Cold War

Timelines:

Timeline of the 20th Century










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