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Preview of Cold War & Decolonization -- World History DBQ: Proxy Wars (1950-1975)

Cold War & Decolonization -- World History DBQ: Proxy Wars (1950-1975)

This document-based inquiry walks students through six primary and secondary sources explaining how the United States and Soviet Union competed through proxy wars in Korea, Vietnam, Guatemala, and Chile from 1950-1975. Instead of telling students that superpowers avoided direct conflict, this DBQ makes them extract evidence from Truman's Korea intervention statement, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Martin Luther King Jr.'s anti-war speech, declassified CIA documents about Guatemala and Chile coup
Preview of Cold War & Decolonization -- World History Guided Notes

Cold War & Decolonization -- World History Guided Notes

These guided notes walk students through 46 years of Cold War tension and global decolonization by having them translate key concepts into their own words. Instead of passively copying information, students actively process how superpowers competed through proxy wars and nuclear brinkmanship while European empires collapsed across three continents. The two-column format forces students to rephrase complex ideas about containment policy, independence movements, and Soviet collapse, revealing whet
Preview of Cold War & Decolonization -- World History PowerPoint Lecture

Cold War & Decolonization -- World History PowerPoint Lecture

This PowerPoint transforms 46 years of superpower rivalry and global independence movements into a narrative students can follow from post-WWII tensions through the Soviet Union's collapse. Instead of treating the Cold War and decolonization as separate units, this presentation reveals how these forces shaped each other—superpowers competed for influence over newly independent nations while former colonies navigated between capitalist and communist blocs. Students see why nuclear weapons changed
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