Thursday, May 14, 2015

Cold War Coming to an End

Studying the revolutions of '89.  Ceausescu went out with a bang.

Cold War (80s-90s) ALL 5 engaging, highly visual PPTs (85 slides total)


This download includes all 5 of the PowerPoints described below as well as the graphic organizer in PDF and MS WORD format. The graphic organizer handout has been formatted to fit perfectly on one paper (2 pages, front and back). Enjoy!

1 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan; Olympic Boycotts (20 slides)
step-by-step events, with commentary from Uncle Sam and the Russian Bear, statistics on the medal counts from 1980 and 1984, links to videos, and much more...

2 Glasnost and Perestroika (10 slides)
Political Cartoons, explanations, connections to the larger Cold War and much more...

3 Revolutions of 1989, Berlin Wall Falls (25 slides)
Details and images from all 6 Eastern Bloc Nations (East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Poland), the fall of the Berlin Wall, links to videos, and much more...

4 Tiananmen Square Massacre (20 slides) 
Causes, details, links to videos, tank man, protester strategies, results, and much more...

5 End of Cold War; Dissolution of the Soviet Union
List of the 15 nations formerly part of the U.S.S.R., Soviet Transition to the Russian Federation, list of the 5 remaining communist countries, and much more...

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