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Ch. 13 – The Cold War
Hitting All Depths of Knowledge
1. You will be assigned one or two partners and you will choose a topic related to the Cold War.
2. Your group will be responsible for the following information:
 DOK Levels 1 & 2 - Explain a key Cold War event or leader (who, what, where, when, how)
 DOK Level 3 - Analyze the importance of your person or event to the Cold War (why) and use text
evidence to demonstrate its importance
 DOK Level 4 – Choose from possible options.
DOK Level 1 & 2 –
ELA 8.2 Central Idea
(Who, What,
Where, When, How
Ques.)
(8 pts)
DOK Level 3 –
ELA 8.1 Text
Evidence
(Why – Importance
of your topic using
et evidence)
(8 pts)
DOK Level 4 –
ELA 8.6 Point of
View
(8 pts)
REFERENCES
(4 pts)
EXCELLENT
All information is
historically accurate
and extremely
detailed. Project
answers all level 1
& 2 questions.
GOOD
Most information is
historically accurate
and has detail.
Project answers
most of the level 1
& 2 questions.
FAIR
Some information
is historically
accurate and has
limited detail.
Project answers
some of the level 1
& 2 questions.
POOR
Information is not
historically accurate
or has little to no
detail. Project
answers a few of
the level 1 & 2
questions.
In depth analysis of
the Cold War by
answering the
question “why”.
Extremely detailed
analysis that uses
text evidence to
develop its
importance.
In depth analysis of
the Cold War
Analysis of the Cold
War by answering
the question “why”.
Detailed analysis
that uses text
evidence to
develop its
importance.
Analysis of the Cold
War by answering
the question “why”.
Some detailed
analysis that uses
text evidence to
develop its
importance.
Analysis of the Cold
War
Some analysis of
the Cold War
Analysis of the Cold
War by answering
the question “why”.
Little detailed
analysis that may or
may not uses text
evidence to
develop its
importance.
Little analysis of the
Cold War
3+ references are
cited.
2 references are
cited.
1 reference is cited.
No references are
cited.
Total Points _________ out of 28
Standards Grades:
_____ 8.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
_____ 8.2 Determine the central ideas or information of a primary source; provide an accurate summary of the source
distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
_____8.6 Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose.
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Possible Group Topics
DOK Level 1 & 2
Questions to answer:
When did this event
take place?
Where did the event
take place?
What happened
during the event?
Why did it happen?
What were the results
of the event?
Who was involved in
the event?
What makes this event
part of the Cold War?
DOK Level 3
DOK Level 4
Why is this event
important?
Use text evidence to
prove its importance.
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Bay of Pigs
Vietnam War & Lyndon
B. Johnson’s Role
When was this person
in office?
What issues/problems
did they have to deal
with?
What was their foreign
policy?
How did they solve or
try to fix the
issue/problem?
How are they a part of
the Cold War?
Why is this person or
event important? Use
text evidence to prove
its importance.
McCarthyism/Red Scare
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford & Jimmy
Carter
Ronald Reagan & George
Bush
NATO & Warsaw Pact
When was this person
in office?
What issues/problems
did they have to deal
with?
What was their foreign
policy?
How did they solve or
try to fix the
issue/problem?
How are they a part of
the Cold War?
Why is this person
important?
Use text evidence to
prove its importance.
Describe a “what if”
scenario for your
event.
What if the event did
not happen? What if
the results were
different?
How would this impact
the Cold War, the
world, and the U.S. if
things happened
differently? Analyze
from both points of
view.
Describe a “what if”
scenario for your
event.
What if the event did
not happen? What if
the results were
different?
How would this impact
the Cold War, the
world, and the U.S. if
things happened
differently? Analyze
from both points of
view.
Choose one of the
following options:
1. Describe a “what
if” scenario for
your event. What
if the event did not
happen? What if
the results were
different? How
would this impact
the Cold War, the
world, and the U.S.
if things happened
differently?
Berlin Airlift
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Space Race
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Analyze from both
points of view.
2. Compare and
contrast Cold War
presidents’ policies
and their impact