Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Berlin Wall

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Berlin Wall" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
Article
Other

Chronik Der Wende: The Fall of the Wall

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource follows the events pertaining to The Fall of the Berlin Wall between October 1989 until March of 1990. Just click on any day and you can read what happened that day and see pictures.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Fall of the Berlin Wall

For Students 9th - 10th
Interesting facts and background information on the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, and why the fall of the Berlin Wall was so important.
Handout
Other

The Fall of the Wall and the East German Police

For Students 9th - 10th
This site evaluates the crucial period immediately following the fall of the Berlin Wall in the autumn of 1989. It examines the wall's effects on law enforcement and the role of the East German Police.
PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Revolution in Berlin

For Students 9th - 10th
Revolution in Berlin is the story of the 40 days leading up to the fall of the wall told in a stunning timeline that includes an array of photographs and primary source documents.
Handout
Mount Holyoke College

Mount Holyoke College: East German Communists and Origins of Berlin Blockade

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the well-documented text of the article "The East German Communists and the Origins of the Berlin Blockade Crisis" by Charles F. Pennacchio.
Primary
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Years of Change

For Students 9th - 10th
A visual chronology of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War, in East Germany from diary excerpts, historical snippets, and photographs. The German Reunification period ran from 1989-1991.
Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Cold War Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes what happened to Germany at the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, how it was divided into East and West Germany with the construction of the Berlin Wall. Western countries worked to rehabilitate their half of...
Primary
Other

Calvin College: Nazi and East German Propaganda

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of visual and printed propaganda material from 1933 to 1989 centers around the rise of the Nazi Party, World War II from the Nazi perspective, and East German Communism.
Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Country Study: Germany, East (Former)

For Students 9th - 10th
U.S. Government report on the history, society, economy and government of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from its establishment in 1949 until 1987, or two years before the fall of the Berlin Wall and four years before...
Handout
PBS

Commanding Heights

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline of East Germany from 1945 to 1990 chronicles key events from communist domination to political and economic freedom with the end of the Cold War and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall.
Website
WorldNews Network

Germany Times: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The German Times is an online news resource that gathers the top headlines for and about Germany. Content is supplied from a variety of well renowned sources.
Website
WorldNews Network

Germany Times: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The German Times is an online news resource that gathers the top headlines for and about Germany. Content is supplied from a variety of well renowned sources.
Handout
AllRefer

All refer.com: East Germany: Dissent

For Students 9th - 10th
Political dissent as practiced in East Germany is surveyed during the Cold War period.