This site provides an unbelievable analysis of the Iron Curtain speech given by Winston Churchill. Includes questions for students to answer, primary sources, transcripts of the primary sources, and useful notes that explain the points...

Article discussing 45 years of the Cold War between Russia and the U.S. Questions for discussion and small group activity.

A thorough examination of the Cold War and what role nationalism plays in Europe through modern day. Find videos, slide shows, and lessons to aid the study.

Learning module for AP European History on the Cold War provides comprehensive course materials including text, photos, assignments and assessment as well as nteractive features and collaborative art project.

Comprehensive learning module on Cold War history. Multi-media resources, unit assignments and assessment.

AP European History learning module on the easing of Cold War tensions. Comprehensive materials and cross-curricular activities enrich student study.

Describes the events of the Cold War during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Describes the events of the Cold War during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

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...

A learning module that begins with Mike Kubic's article "Cold War Rivals: Cuba and the United States" accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...

After completing this unit, students will be able to describe major differences in the political ideologies of the United States and the Soviet Union, explain the causes of the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, and explain how...

A lengthy lecture-format page with key points of the development and emergence of the Cold War. Includes many useful links within the content.

This site takes a look at the events and causes that led up to the Cold War as well as one of the key events of the war: the Soviets gaining nuclear power in 1949. The article also details that events that followed the Soviets' discovery...

A brief look at President's Eisenhower's commitment to restraining Communism in the Cold War years of the 1950s.

This quiz will test your knowledge of the Cold War and the 1950s.

An indepth look at the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan with primary sources and student activities.

A collection of learning resources (videos, practice exercises, and quizzes) covering World War I, World War II, and the Cold War, with smaller additional sections on Chinese history, the Holocaust, human rights, and independence movements.

Kids learn the Glossary and Terms of the Cold War. Definitions for words such as glasnost, detente, SALT, Iron Curtain, and proxy war.

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

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 Berlin Airlift during the Cold War. Planes were used to get around the Soviet blockade of 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 Space Race during the Cold War. A race between the United States and the Soviet Union to put a man on the Moon.