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Cold War

The Cold War

This Cold War lesson for English, Social Studies, and Art, uses a primary document to discover bias in journalism. Do authors tell us the truth or can they use their pen as a tool to persude out thinking? How does media, using all forms of mediums, including newspapers and propaganda, influence the public?

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Cold War


This lesson involves various activities for the Cold War Unit. Please see the Lesson Plan Attachment section to download the lesson in its entirety.

Essential question: How can primary documents, influence people’s opinions?

Objective: While working in small groups and using the primary document, Thaw of the Cold War, students will be able to summarize paragraph information using the graphic, hold analytical discussion with peers, locate media bias, and answer the essential question.

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