Cold War Time Capsule Project – Honors
7th Grade U.S. History
You have just moved into a new house in an old neighborhood. There is a giant tree in
the backyard that provides a lot of shade for you to sit in while reading a book. This morning,
when you were sitting against the tree, your dog started sniffing around and digging near the
roots. Curious about what he was trying to find, you got up to take a look. You started to see
something shiny and decided to help your dog dig up the item. You have discovered a time
capsule left behind from the prior homeowners!
Your job is to create (by typing or neatly writing) the following items below to show
what you have found in your Cold War era time capsule:
Time capsule letter by “Baby Boomer” William Dloc
15 sentence minimum
Use and HIGHLIGHT the following words:
Consumer goods
Credit
Baby Boom
Labor unions
Economy
Education
Interstate highway system
G.I. Bill of Rights
*Copy of William Dloc’s birth certificate*
Time capsule letter by Korean War Veteran Bruce
“Raw” Dloc
15 sentence minimum
Use and HIGHLIGHT the following words:
NATO
Warsaw Pact
South Korea
North Korea
China
Desegregation of armed forces
Stalemate
Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
*Copy of Bruce “Raw” Dloc’s dog tag*
Time capsule letter about Dorothy Dloc, secretary in
Kennedy’s White House
15 sentence minimum
Use and HIGHLIGHT the following words:
Educational opportunities
Economic opportunities
Eleanor Roosevelt
Cuban Missile Crisis
Blockade
John F. Kennedy
Fidel Castro
*Dorothy Dloc’s fallout shelter packing list*
Time capsule letter by Vietnam War Veteran
Kenneth Dloc
15 sentence minimum
Use and HIGHLIGHT the following words:
Communism
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Domino Theory
Containment
Protest
Cease-fire
*Copy of Kenneth Dloc’s draft card*
Grading Rubric – Cold War Time Capsule Project – Honors
# Sentences (out of 60)
# Highlighted Vocabulary Words (out of 30)
Completed supplements (out of 10)
TOTAL
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Write a minimum 15-sentence time capsule letter from the perspective of William
Dloc, a “Baby Boomer.” Use the following words in his letter: consumer goods, credit,
baby boom, labor unions, economy, education, interstate highway system, G.I. Bill of Rights.
Make sure to fill-out William Dloc’s birth certificate (keeping the information relevant
to the baby boomer generation).
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Write a minimum 15-sentence time capsule letter from the perspective of Korean
War Veteran Bruce “Raw” Dloc. Use the following words in his letter: NATO, Warsaw
Pact, South Korea, North Korea, China, Desegregation of armed forces, stalemate, Korean
Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Make sure to complete Bruce “Raw” Dloc’s military dog tag.
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Write a minimum 15-sentence time capsule letter from the perspective of a
secretary in the Kennedy White House. Use the following words in her letter:
Educational opportunities, economic opportunities, Eleanor Roosevelt, Cuban Missile Crisis,
blockade, John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro. Make sure to create Dorothy Dloc’s fallout shelter
packing list.
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Write a minimum 15-sentence time capsule letter from the perspective of
Vietnam War Veteran Kenneth Dloc. Use the following words in his letter: NATO,
Warsaw Pact, South Korea, North Korea, China, Desegregation of armed forces, stalemate,
Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Make sure to fill out Kenneth Dloc’s military draft
card.
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