Cold war confidential: briefing a uS President

About the Project

Cold War Confidential is a public history project featuring an interactive, digital, text adventure gaming experience. Acting as the US President, students will analyze top secret documents and attempt to resolve a Cold War crisis in real time using the gaming platform, Quest. Cold War Confidential was created to be used in conjunction with high school and college level history curricula. A basic understanding of the Cold War is required for this project to be utilized successfully. The learning objectives of this project are twofold:

1. Students will learn how to analyze declassified historical documents using best practices.

2. Students will learn about the nuances of American foreign policy, diplomacy, and decision making during the Cold War by critically engaging with different historical crises.

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This project was created by Carly Quinn, M.A. Public History 2020, Northeastern University. For more information, click here.

Citations

Situation Room Image:

"Situation Room Empty Meme Generator-Imgflip."https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/96913597/Situation-Room-Empty

Flight Simulator Image:

Damien Perrier. "Fox Two- Infrared Missile Target Tracking." Medium. November 8, 2017. https://medium.com/@OpenSeason/1946-germany-has-been-defeated-and-its-military-technology-put-under-the-microscope-the-west-e60b82926b40

Aerial Pentagon Image:

"Corona Pentagon." Wikipedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corona_pentagon.jpg

Strategic Air Command Image:

"Military, USA, USAF, Units, Strategic Air Command, Headquarters (Offutt AFB)." Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/military-usa-usaf-units-strategic-air-command-headquarters-offutt-afb-photograph