The+People+and+Events+During+the+Cold+War+Project

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Step 1: Pick a Topic
**Instructions:** // Using reference sources and videos, conduct preliminary research on individuals and events that spark your interest. //

This is a great time to use Wikipedia,World Book Encyclopedia, or NBC Learn. As you gain context and understanding, narrow your focus to the one individual or event that you find most interesting. Make sure that there is PLENTY of research 'out there' on your topic.


 * ** Events ** || ** People ** || ** Strategies and Themes ** ||
 * * Berlin Airlift
 * Bay of Pigs
 * Cuban Missile Crisis
 * Berlin Wall / Berlin Crisis
 * Sputnik and the Space Race
 * U-2 Spy Plane
 * Kitchen Debate
 * Vietnam War
 * Korean War || * Eisenhower
 * Stalin
 * Reagan
 * Khrushchev
 * Kennedy
 * Johnson
 * Nixon
 * Gorbachev
 * Marshall Tito
 * Truman
 * Joseph McCarthy || * Containment; Truman Doctrine
 * Domino-Theory
 * Rollback
 * Detente
 * Reagan Doctrine
 * M.A.D. and the Arms Race
 * C.I.A. & Spies
 * U.S. in the Middle East
 * U.S. in Latin America ||

Step 2: Develop a Research Question

 * Instructions: **// Develop a couple questions that you're interested in investigating. Your questions should NOT be too narrow or too broad. //


 * Example Research Question **
 * What were the factors that influenced Stalin to so fully believe that Nazi Germany was not going to invade Soviet Russia despite evidence of the Nazi preparations for the invasion plan Barbarossa?

Step 3: Gather Evidence & Evaluate Sources
// Locate authoritative sources of information that answer your research questions. Use the Library's catalog, the history databases, and the recommended websites to locate, articles, videos, studies, and other sources of evidence. //


 * Recommended Databases **
 * ABC-CLIO: American Government
 * ABC CLIO - American History [[image:walthamlibrary/NBC LEARN2.png align="right" link="@http://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12"]]
 * Gale: Biography in Context
 * Gale -U.S. History in Context
 * NBC-Learn
 * World Book Encyclopedia


 * Recommended Websites **
 * PBS: Behind Closed Doors
 * Cold War International History Project
 * Cold War Studies at Harvard University
 * CNN: Cold War


 * Primary Sources **
 * ** WHS Library Primary Source Pathfinder: ** This resource contains an introduction to primary sources, as well as links to various primary source databases and archives on the web.
 * **Historical Newspapers:** Use this database to s earch through copies of The New York Times from the 1850's through 2008 and The Boston Globe from the 1870's through 1979.
 * ** NBC Learn: ** Collections of video resources, primary sources, historic footage, images, mini-documentaries and text resources designed for use in the K-12 classroom.
 * ** National Archives, Docs Teach: ** Primary sources from the American Revolution to contemporary United States.
 * ** Life Photos: ** A searchable collection of LIFE Magazine's photographs from the 1860s to the 1970s.

**NOTE:** Make sure to evaluate all sources of information for **authority**, **accuracy**, and **currency**. Use the Website Evaluation handout when making decisions about which sources of information to use.

Step 4: Develop Rationale
**Instructions:** // Once you have your topic and research question, write a brief rationale (justification) for why you chose this topic and provide a summary about it. It is best to think of this as your **introduction**. //

**Example Research Question/Rationale.**

Step 5: Develop Thesis
**Instructions:** // Develop a working thesis. A thesis statement is the answer to your research question. The thesis indicates your position on an issue. Confused? Check out this graphic on the different between a research question and a thesis: Research Question vs. Thesis Statement. //


 * **Research Question** || **Thesis Statement** ||
 * What were the factors that influenced Stalin to so fully believe that Nazi Germany was not going to invade Soviet Russia despite evidence of the Nazi preparations for the invasion plan Barbarossa? || Despite numerous evidences of Hitler’s intention to invade Soviet Russia, Stalin, through his paranoia and delusions, remained convinced that there was no planned invasion which inevitably made Soviet Russia even more susceptible to Hitler’s deception and Operation Barbarossa. ||

Step 6: Take Notes & Cite Sources

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