Dial M for Missile

An activity featuring present day examples of nuclear politics, for use in the War Game lesson of our teaching pack Dial M for Missile. Students have to negotiate against the clock, acting as global superpowers to avoid nuclear crisis.

A strategic decision-making activity in which students put themselves in the shoes of global leaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and reflect on the parallels with the world situation today.

PowerPoint presentation containing images and examples from the Cuban Missile Crisis, with notes for teachers

Learning about encoding and decoding, creating their own, and considering the pros and cons of secrecy and surveillance today.

The Peace Movement

War Game

Nuclear Bunker

Civil Defence

Propaganda

Codemakers and Breakers