This download includes ALL nine separate PPTs described below, including 9 pages of handouts, graphic organizers and guided notes for students to follow along (all in MS WORD and PDF formats). The entire collection covers dozens of key terms, focusing on Cold War developments from the 1940s and 1950s. Enjoy!
 
I Yalta, UN, Postwar developments (20 slides) - this section follows a graphic organizer, and focuses on these terms: FDR... Stalin... Churchill... Yalta Conference… United Nations… Security Council… Universal Declaration of Human Rights… IMF… World Bank… GATT…
 
II State of Israel and Arab-Israeli War (15 slides) - this section guides students in creating a timeline and focuses on these terms: State of Israel… Arab-Israeli War…
 
III The Ideological Origins of the Cold War (20 slides) - this section contains activities and graphic organizers and focuses on the various ways to describe the Soviet vs. American Cold War Struggle, as well as background on Marxism
 
IV Iron Curtain, Containment, Truman Doctrine (20 slides) - this section gives students background knowledge on these terms: Josip Tito… Cold War… Cold War Theaters… Greek Civil War… Iron Curtain… Containment Policy… Domino Theory… Truman Doctrine… Marshall Plan…
 
V NATO, SEATO and the Warsaw Pact (10 slides) - - this section introduces the organizations, the reasons for their existence, and shows them on a map. The section focuses on these terms: NATO, SEATO, Warsaw Pact... The Third World…
 
VI Chinese Communist Revolution (20 slides) - this section covers the conflict between the Nationalists (KMT) and the Communists (PRC), Mao, famines, cultural revolution and more. It focuses on these terms: Chinese Civil War… KMT… CCP… Chinese Communist Revolution… Great Chinese Famine… Mao Zedong… PRC… Red Army… Mao’s Great Leap Forward… Red Scare (1950s)…
 
VII Berlin Blockade/Airlift (20 slides) - this section covers the circumstances leading up to the Berlin Blockade and Berlin Airlift, several related political cartoons, and more. It focuses on these terms: Berlin Blockade… Berlin Airlift…
 
VIII Nuclear Arms Race (20 slides) - this section covers the number of nuclear warheads, size comparisons of test explosions, which countries are nuclear today, and more...it focuses on these terms: Nuclear Arms Race… RDS-1 “First Lightning”… Nuclear Fallout… ICBM… Sputnik… Space Race…
 
IX Korean War (20 slides) - this section covers the events of the Korean War, and information about the legacy of Kim Il Sung... key terms include: Korean War… Kim Il Sung… 38th Parallel…