Unit Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: On the Brink of Nuclear War: Leadership and the Cuban Missile Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module uses current primary and secondary resources to help students understand the significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis and assess the roles of Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro.
Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Cuban Missile Crisis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] After reviewing documents related to United States and Soviet Union national leadership, learners will discuss the reasons Russia extracted their missiles from Cuba.