This site provides a brief overview of the events that led up to the Cold War.

The National Portrait Gallery presents a look at the several presidents and their actions in regard to the Cold War. Click on George Bush to see and hear his speech about the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Cold War ends.

Kids learn about the history of the Cold War. The battles, people, events, and countries involved in this nuclear stalemate.

A fun word search game with terms about the Cold War. Play online or print out a version for use in class or at home.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an extensive flipchart of the Cold War covering such things as: the Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, war protests, and the fall of communism. This flipchart contains...

A timeline of the events of the Cold War.

This reference page links readers to information on the Cold War time period, both on American soil, and overseas.

Kids learn about the history of the Arms Race during the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union building nuclear weapons stockpiles.

Kids learn about the history of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba during the Cold War. A CIA led attempt to take over Fidel Castro's government.

Kids learn about the history of the Berlin Airlift during the Cold War. Planes were used to get around the Soviet blockade of Berlin.

Kids learn about the history of the Berlin Wall during the Cold War. This wall kept people from freely leaving East Berlin.

Kids learn about the history of Communism and the Cold War. Karl Marx, Lenin, and Mao were world leaders over communist countries.

Kids learn about the history of Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War. The Soviet Union put nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba.

Kids learn the history of the Red Scare during the Cold War. A fear of communism caused black lists and accusations led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Kids learn the history of the Space Race during the Cold War. A race between the United States and the Soviet Union to put a man on the Moon.

Kids learn the history of the Suez Crisis during the Cold War. A fight over control of the Suez Canal involving Egypt, Israel, Britain, and France.

Kids learn the history of the Vietnam War during the Cold War. A fight between the communists of North Vietnam and the US supported South.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a pre-assessment to a Cold War unit based on the 5th Grade Social Studies standards for South Carolina.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a review of Cold War personalities, events, and policies.

Print out a crossword puzzle game about the Cold War on this site. Learn about history and have fun at the same time.

Kids try out this fun crossword puzzle game about the Cold War. Learn about history and have fun at the same time.

Kids learn about the history of the Collapse of the Soviet Union which put an end to the Cold War.

This site gives a very brief mention of free elections that were agreed to at the end of the WWII. Site gives a great overview of how the Cold War emerged out of WWII. A very nice analysis!

This site discusses the Allies' industrial plans for Germany during the Cold War.