True/False - When The Wind Blows

Distinguishing Fact from Fiction

There are some elements of the story that are true and based on real events.

There are also some un-true things that feel or sound like they could be facts

Sort these Story elements into Fact and Fiction:

There was a cold war between former allies - True

Nuclear fallout can kill you after the bomb has gone off - True

England was afraid of a Russian / American nuclear war - True

America is a democracy - True

There was a nuclear arms race - True (America and Ru ssia)

People believed in Mutually Assured Destruction- True

The Russians let off a nuclear bomb - False

Russia is a democracy - False

After 14 days you can leave the nuclear fallout shelter - False

A nuclear refuge (like the one in the book) would protect you - False

We read a graphic novel that had some true facts the cold war, but some of the facts were false. I highlighted the false facts red, and the true facts true.