The Cuban Missile Crisis Download preparation exercise PDF worksheet…
You can use this activity in a number of ways. Suggestions … 1 : Individual student ‘game’ . 2 : Class or group using an interactive whiteboard Split the class into two or more teams. Decide which team will start. Once an incorrect choice is made by ‘Team A’ control is handed over to ‘Team B’. The team that is in control at the end is the winner!
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You are going to put yourself into this man’s shoes.
The world is divided - the Soviets on one side, the USA on the other. They face off during the Cold War. The world fears a nuclear war to end the human race is imminent. Your job is to protect the USA from nuclear attack and maintain your position as the president of the USA.
The Cold War The Cuban Revolution The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Bay Of Pigs
Name the event shown in the background
! r a e d Oh
! s e Y
When did the Cuban revolution end?
1953
1959
1961
t c e r r o C
Name the Cuban leader kicked out during the revolution ‌
Che Guevara Fulgencio Batista Fidel Castro
Gabriel Batistuta
P h ew
Who is the man on the left?
Fidel Castro
Gabriel Batistuta
Che Guevara
Fulgencio Batista
Y
! t e b ou
Che Guevara
Who is Fidel Castro cuddling here?
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Christopher Biggins
d o Go
Khrushchev is the leader of the USSR
Khrushchev is the leader of Cuba
Why do you, ( Kennedy ) dislike Castro doing this?
Nice
Name the event shown in the background
The Cold War
The Cuban Revolution
The Bay of Pigs
The Cuban Missile Crisis
! a H e Ye
Who led the invasion at the Bay of Pigs?
The U.S. Army
The Cuban Brigade ( Cubans )
The CIA
Fidel Castro
! p o o h W
s e l i x e n a b u C e r o e r t w s y a e C Th d e s o p p o who
Who was behind the Bay of Pigs invasion?
The U.S. Army
Che Guevara
The CIA
The Soviets
s e Y ! A I C my
When was the failed Bay of Pigs invasion?
1959
1961
1962
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The disaster at the Bay of Pigs made me ‌.
More popular with the American people
Less popular with the American people
You bet I’m unpopular ‌ r o f e b i r c s b u s now the rest of this resource!