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Nova: Secrets of Lost Empires: Medieval Arms Race

For Students 9th - 10th
Defines and describes the weapons commonly used in medieval times when attacking a castle.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Cold War Arms Race for Kids

For Students 4th - 8th
History Questions: Arms Race Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Arms Race

For Students 4th - 8th
Kids learn about the history of the Arms Race during the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union building nuclear weapons stockpiles.
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PBS

Pbs American Experience: Race for the Superbomb

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the Cold War race to develop the hydrogen bomb, a weapon that would change the world. Content details all the people who were involved in the race for the H-Bomb, as well as notable events during this time period....
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Welcome to the Cns Website

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource from the Non Nuclear Proliferation Studies. Provides links to news items, publications and content related to the arms race.
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PBS

Pbs: Red Files: Secret Soviet Moon Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS offers biographies and stories from the early days of the Soviet Space program, which prompted the Space Race and nuclear arms race between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union.
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Nevada Test Site Oral History Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the 50 years of nuclear testing in Nevada through oral histories of the participants. In addition to the histories, the site includes a timeline, information about the test sites, and videos.
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Oregon State University

Oregon State University: History of Nuclear Testing: Playing With Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Oregon State University online exhibit provides information on nuclear weapons testing.
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American Institute of Physics: Soviet Physics, Nuclear Weapons, and Human Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource with extensive information on all aspects of Sakharov's life. Arranged chronologically.
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Parallel History Project: Nato and the Warsaw Pact

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides documentation and further information about the development of NATO and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, their mutual threat perceptions and military plans, and their significance for our time.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Ronald Reagan

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Portrait Gallery presents a look at presidential actions and decisions about the Cold War. Click on Ronald Reagan to see how his anti-Communist beliefs led to increases in the defense budget, but also, by the end of his...
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History of Uss Nautilus (Ssn 571)

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains information about the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine.

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