The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand the U.S. foreign policy toward the Soviet Union during the Cold War.  The lesson includes an introduction, primary source document and analysis sheet, and a Google Worksheet.  Students will use social science skills to analyze a primary source and they will research the web and web articles to answer questions on various Cold War policies.  

The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand the U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union at the onset of the Cold War.  Students will analyze primary and secondary sources in this lesson, and they will work independently as well as in a group.