Joe+Kolousek+-+Unit+Plan

My placement is in a 7th grade social studies classroom. Around the time that I will be doing my independent teaching we will be finishing up a unit on World War II and going into the Cold War era. I have talked with my CT and some possible unit ideas are: 1) the 1950s, '60s, and early '70s 2) The Vietnam War 3) The Cold War/Arms Race

If you are just finishing WWII, then probably it will be too quick to get into the Vietnam War. The Cold War might be a good unit. You could do propaganda posters (have them make some), talk about Sputnik, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis. Good activities for this might be a talk show format, a digital propaganda video project, a digital scrapbook about a parent/grandparent who remembers the Cold War, a selection of YA books on the Cold War, etc. -- clarice