U.S. Home Front in the Cold War Stations on Red Scare, McCarthyism, Space Race
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Students analyze a series of images and texts as they explore U.S. politics, society, and culture during the Cold War. Cover multiple topics with this one engaging activity: Space Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, Baby Boom, conformity, suburbia, McCarthyism, and more!
As they go, students will answer 3-5 questions for each station--analyzing the U.S. Homefront during the Cold War.
Google Drive Folder Includes:
- Set of 17 stations featuring a mixture of texts & images on a variety of political, social, and cultural events in the Cold War (PDF & Google Slides)
- Student handout with corresponding questions for each station (PDF & Google Doc)
- Summary questions for students to reflect on the stations as a whole (included in the student handout)
- Warm-Up Worksheet on the Cold War to use as a warm-up/discussion starter (PDF & Google Slides)
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Stations cover:
- Differences between the US and USSR
- G.I. Bill, its effects, & its unequal application
- Baby Boom
- Growth of the suburbs
- The Space Race (including Sputnik & the moon landing)
- Science education & the National Defense Education Act
- The Red Scare, McCarthyism, and HUAC
- Alger Hiss & the Rosenbergs
- Treatment of African American WWII veterans
- Growth of the Civil Rights Movement
- Consumerism, Conformity, Gender Roles, and Popular Culture
- Mutually Assured Destruction
- Fear of nuclear fallout, fallout shelters
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Women Strike for Peace
- Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Students will answer multiple questions for each station on the student handout. The activity also includes summary questions at the end.
Possible ways to use this activity:
- Gallery Walk/Stations Activity (Students walk around and view the stations as if they were in a museum!)
- Small group/partner work with a document packet (Students view a packet of the artifacts and collaborate to complete the handout.)
- Jigsaw (Students become experts on one or two topics and teach a small group.)
- Use a different station each day as a warm-up activity during a Cold War unit
- Teacher-Led/Whole-Class activity (Go over the stations as a whole class.)
- Post electronically (Have students complete individually.)
The period of U.S. history fascinates students as a moment of social, cultural, and legal change. I use this activity in my American History course to promote understanding of the Cold War and generate critical thinking.
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