Resources Needed
The
following include resources teachers will need to implement the lesson:
- U.S.
history textbooks
- books
from the library related to the Cold War
- computer
access for each student
- video
recorders (digital)
- sample
clothing from the 1960s to model what students should wear
- actual
video and audio clips from a Cold War newscast
- a
hard copy of the process for each student
- a
hard copy of the rubric for each student
- access
to the Library of Congress website – www.loc.gov
More Online Resources
Eleanor Roosevelt
National Historic Site
Book Resources
Please click on the title of the book for more information
about it.
JFK
and the Unspeakable: How He Died
and Why It Matters
The
Cold War: A Military History
The
Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the
Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy
Human resources
One teacher is needed to implement the lesson, but parents
and aides can help students follow the directions of the Webquest and
pathfinder, assist them in developing ideas for their newscast, and evaluate
the resources they are using. A local historian or history professor could come
speak to the class about the Cold War, its causes and its ramifications. If a
local veteran is in the area who was stationed overseas during the Cold War, he
could speak to the class about how he and his fellow soldiers felt during the
time period and how close to nuclear war they believed the country came.
