Learning Objectives

Potential Learning Objectives of the game:
• To provide conditions in which students are able to make key decisions during the Cold War.
• Students must use the documents or media available to them in order to make an informed decision.
• Students will be able to play the role of the POTUS (President of the United States) and eventually leader of the Soviet Union.
• Students will learn the cause and effect, or seesaw of the Cold War.
• Students will be given key vocabulary and terms and situations based on the actual Cold War.
• Students will learn ways to effectively analyze information and advice and make informed leadership decisions and “live” with the consequences.