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Standard 5-5.1

5-5.1 Explain the causes and the course of the Cold War between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States, including McCarthyism, the spread of communism, the Korean Conflict, Sputnik, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisi...

Grade(s): 5

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2011

International Crisis Hyperdoc

Document

Grades: 5 6 7

Students will use this self-paced hyperdoc to understand how international conflict created tensions between the US and the Soviet Union.

Impact of Cold War on South Carolina

Document

Grades: 5 8

Students will use the links provided to understand the three ways South Carolina was impacted by the Cold War. They will draw and label the map with notes they take accordingly. Students will label...

The Space Race, Part 2

Episode 2

Video

Grades: 5 6 7 9 10 11 12

Gemini is the not widely known bridge between Mercury, and the Apollo Program. Gemini would serve as the test-bed for Apollo; to prepare NASA for trips to the moon. After the successes with the Gemini...

The Space Race, Part 1

Episode 1

Video

Grades: 5 6 7 9 10 11 12

Part 1 briefly outlines the Cold War, and how the "Space Race" got started, with the Soviets' launching of Sputnik, in October, 1957. Next came the U.S. competing with the Soviets to launch a man into...

In Their Own Words – SC’s Vietnam Veterans and Their Stories

Lesson

Grades: 5, 7, 10, 11

This lesson focuses on rememberances of the Vietnam War from individuals who fought in it. It should be used in conjunction with a study of the facts and events that occurred during the Vietnam War...