Examine a section of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's address "Chance for Peace." A selection from the text is included at the top of the page. Class members respond to three questions about specific lines of the address, picking apart the language and analyzing Eisenhower's argument. Use this versatile resource for assessment, class work, or homework.

Concepts

the cold war

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Additional Tags

Primary Source, dwight d eisenhower, chance for peace, cold war, social studies

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Pros

• Learners must answer questions that really make them analyze the language and purpose of the speech
• The text and questions are neatly formatted to fit on a single page

Cons

• This resource will need to be used in context during a Cold War unit; to fully answer the questions, students will need additional knowledge

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.9-10.1 RH.11-12.1