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Postwar & Dawn of Cold War Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12)
Postwar & Dawn of Cold War Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12)
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Postwar & Dawn of Cold War Readers Theater Script (Grades 11-12)
Transition from victory to rivalry as diplomatic conferences, relief measures, and airlifts shape the early Cold War—alongside domestic reintegration and uneven access to opportunity.
Focus: Students trace how agreements, disagreements, and aid plans set the postwar order.
Summary: Scenes move from Yalta and Potsdam to the GI Bill, Nuremberg, the “Iron Curtain,” the Berlin Airlift, and the UN—linking policy to lived experience.
Script Summary
- Yalta’s plans and tensions.
- Truman’s transition message to Congress.
- Potsdam debates and atomic disclosure.
- GI Bill benefits and inequities.
- Nuremberg’s legal reckoning.
- Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech.
- Campus conversations on mobility and limits.
- Berlin blockade and airlift response.
- Marshall Plan outline and reactions.
- UN charter and hopes vs. veto power.
What’s Included
(a single PDF with links to Google Docs/Slides, if print format is preferred you can download from your Google Drive to word/pdf/ppt/etc)
- Readers Theater script (~9 pages, 10 scenes, ~15 characters, editable Google Doc/PDF)
- Teacher Guide (10 pages) with scene summaries, primary‑source context, CCSS alignment, discussion questions
- Student Worksheet deck (25 Google Slides) covering vocabulary, short‑answer, analysis & extension tasks
- 20‑question self‑grading Google Forms quiz
Skills Addressed
- Analyzing diplomatic texts and postwar legislation.
- Fluency in position‑taking and synthesis.
- Collaborative debates on containment and access.
- Academic vocabulary: containment, reintegration, sovereignty.
The worksheet deepens learning with:
- 10 text-based comprehension questions
- 5 higher-order analysis prompts
- 5 optional research extension questions (use of primary source links)
Primary Sources
- Yalta agreements (1945)
- Servicemen’s Readjustment Act (GI Bill) (1944)
- Truman’s Address to Congress (1945)
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Standards Alignment
- CCSS W.11-12.2
- CCSS SL.11-12.1
- CCSS SL.11-12.4
- CCSS L.11-12.4
- CCSS CCRA.R.2
- CCSS CCRA.W.2
- CCSS CCRA.SL.1
- CCSS CCRA.L.4
- CCSS RH.11-12.1
- CCSS RH.11-12.2
- CCSS RH.11-12.6
- CCSS RH.11-12.7
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