- New Visions Social Studies Curriculum
- NV Social Studies Team
- Getting Started
- Global History I
- Unit 9.1: Global 1 Introduction
- Unit 9.2: The First Civilizations
- Unit 9.3: Classical Civilizations
- Unit 9.4: Political Powers and Achievements
- Unit 9.5: Social and Cultural Growth and Conflict
- Unit 9.6: Ottoman and Ming Pre-1600
- Unit 9.7: Transformation of Western Europe and Russia
- Unit 9.8: Africa and the Americas Pre-1600
- Unit 9.9: Interactions and Disruptions
- Global History II
- Unit 10.0: Global 2 Introduction
- Unit 10.1: The World in 1750 C.E.
- Unit 10.2: Enlightenment, Revolution, and Nationalism
- Unit 10.3: Industrial Revolution
- Unit 10.4: Imperialism
- Unit 10.5: World Wars
- Unit 10.6: Cold War Era
- Unit 10.7: Decolonization and Nationalism
- Unit 10.8: Cultural Traditions and Modernization
- Unit 10.9: Globalization and the Changing Environment
- Unit 10.10: Human Rights Violations
- U.S. History
- Unit 11.0: US History Introduction
- Unit 11.1: Colonial Foundations
- Unit 11.2: American Revolution
- Unit 11.3A: Building a Nation
- Unit 11.03B: Sectionalism & the Civil War
- Unit 11.4: Reconstruction
- Unit 11.5: Gilded Age and Progressive Era
- Unit 11.6: Rise of American Power
- Unit 11.7: Prosperity and Depression
- Unit 11.8: World War II
- Unit 11.9: Cold War
- Unit 11.10: Domestic Change
- Regents Readiness
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End of Unit Assessments
Unit Introduction and Vocabulary
Cold War Concepts
SQ 1. What was the Cold War?
SQ 2. What political and economic ideologies influenced the foreign policies of the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War?
SQ 3. What alliances formed during the Cold War? Why did countries join them?
SQ 4. What is the Doomsday Clock? Why was it created?
Cold War Timeline Graphic Organizer
Cold War Events
SQ 5. How did events in Europe in the early years of the Cold War help to achieve, maintain, and/or threaten world peace?
SQ 6. How did the Cold War arms race help to achieve, maintain, and/or threaten world peace?
SQ 7. How did Cold War proxy wars help to achieve, maintain, and/or threaten world peace?
SQ 8. How did Détente help to achieve, maintain, and/or threaten world peace?
SQ 9. How did the events of the 1980s and 90s help to achieve, maintain, and/or threaten world peace?
Unit Synthesis Tasks
Previous Drafts of Cold War Resources
Browse Components
End of Unit Assessments
Unit Introduction and Vocabulary
Cold War Concepts
SQ 1. What was the Cold War?
SQ 2. What political and economic ideologies influenced the foreign policies of the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War?
SQ 3. What alliances formed during the Cold War? Why did countries join them?
SQ 4. What is the Doomsday Clock? Why was it created?
Cold War Timeline Graphic Organizer
Cold War Events
SQ 5. How did events in Europe in the early years of the Cold War help to achieve, maintain, and/or threaten world peace?
SQ 6. How did the Cold War arms race help to achieve, maintain, and/or threaten world peace?
SQ 7. How did Cold War proxy wars help to achieve, maintain, and/or threaten world peace?
SQ 8. How did Détente help to achieve, maintain, and/or threaten world peace?
SQ 9. How did the events of the 1980s and 90s help to achieve, maintain, and/or threaten world peace?
Unit Synthesis Tasks
Previous Drafts of Cold War Resources
Previous Drafts of Cold War Resources:
Containment and Cold War Hot Spots
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- 10.6 Containment and Cold War Hot SpotsResource:10.6 Containment and Cold War Hot Spots
Students will describe efforts and outcomes of attempts to expand and contain communism in Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, and Afghanistan.
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