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H7. Placing Events in Context

Description:
This lesson will help students place historical events in context.

To Teachers:

• Create groups of 3-4 students.
• Give each group a worksheet.

Materials:
Worksheet Word document | PDF

Worksheet Instructions:

• Go to EASE History -- http://www.easehistory.org/
• Search on Cold War in EASE History. [EASE History Historical Events>Historical Topics>Cold War]
• Examine at least six Cold War cases.
• Select one Cold War case.
• Column 1: What do you know about the people, and objects that appear in the case? What do you know about the situation and time period? Use your prior knowledge, EASE History case resources (election maps, learning segments, related clips, etc.) to help you place this case in context.
• Column 2: How is the context that surrounds this case sort of similar and sort of different from today’s world?

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