After giving his final thoughts about the "quick write", Mr. Watterson immediately told the students to take out their notes on the Cold War, the Arms Race, and Steps in the Cold War. Evidently, this was a review period and again he arbitrary picked students to present a specific fact about the topics just mentioned. This review period was very informative because the students in essence repeated the necessary facts that were going to be very likely on the test. I found out more about the Cold War in the 15 minute period than during the last decade of my life.
After the review session, Mr. Watterson went over the requirements of the story book on the Cold War. Evidently, the students had a choice to work with another partner or work on their own. He stressed that if the students had been spurned by a partner from a previous project to work on their own. For students who decided to work on their own, they needed to produce a four page book with mandatory illustrations about the Cold War whether it originated from the computer or hand drawn and they also had to give several factual sentences explaining the topic. For students working together, they had to produce six pages. The books were to be graded on originality and content.