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Introduction

Teacher Resources

Timeline

About Cuba

Activities

Glossary

Yalta

Citizen Kurchatov

Berlin Crisis

Teaching Objectives

The Cold War I video series and the Curriculum Guide provide opportunities for students to:

1. Learn about political geography, including some natural and cultural geographic features of the United States, the Caribbean, and Eastern and Western Europe.

2. Explore the relationship between natural geography and political geography.

3. Develop planned solutions to foreign policy issues, and test them against other possible solutions by using well-reasoned arguments.

4. Explore the interconnection among political, economic, and socio-cultural issues, especially as it relates to a developing global community.

5. Relate Cold War events and issues to aspects of their own experiences.

6. Explore the points of view of various participants in the Cold War, comparing and contrasting their experiences.

7. Interpret contemporary issues and events in the former Soviet Union, Germany, Cuba, and the United States through an exploration of their historical origins.