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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Conquering World Hunger

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibit portrays how Harry Truman with the help of Herbert Hoover attempted to conquer the food problem in Europe after World War II.
Handout
Palomar Community College District

Study Guide: Movements in Twentieth Century Art After World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers a study guide on the movements in twentieth-century art after World War II, including abstract expressionism, op art, pop art, minimalism, conceptual art, performance art, photorealism, earth art, neo-expressionism,...
Unit Plan
National Archives (UK)

Cold War: Churchill and the Iron Curtain Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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University of Calgary

Post World War Two and Displaced Persons

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource for learning about Canadian Immigration post WWII. It includes sections on Ideal Immigrants, The Canadian Citizenship Act and Displaced Persons. Although it is in essay form, it is easy to read and includes a few photos.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Challenges of Making Peace: The Great War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this interactive lesson, students watch videos from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Great War, read primary source documents and video transcripts, and analyze data to better understand how and why the U.S. and European leaders differed in...
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: "Word Has Just Been Received:"truman Speaks on Railway Strike

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text and listen to President Truman's speech concerning his plans to address the railway strike that was affecting the post-World War II economy. (12 min.19 sec.)
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Ducksters

Ducksters: World War Ii for Kids: After Wwii Post War

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the history of what happened after World War II. How Europe and Japan recovered. Post war, plus the start of the Cold War.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Writing in u.s. History: Shaping the Postwar World

For Students 9th - 10th
Consider how U.S. foreign policy changed in the aftermath of WWII, and analyze the philosophical, geopolitical, and economic factors that influenced these changes. In this interactive lesson from WGBH, students develop a written argument...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
View videos, photograph, and renderings of American presidents and their foreign counterparts in this image-rich examination of the post-World War II environment and the cold war that followed it. Includes a review of key foreign-policy...
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Post War Prosperity, Cold War Fears 1945 1960: Challenges of Peacetime

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the challenges of demobilization after World War II, how Harry Truman addressed them, and how the government responded to the needs of war veterans.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Depression and War

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the Great Depression in America and the events of World War II under Franklin D. Roosevelt. Adapted from A History of US by Joy Hakim. Includes timeline, glossary, quiz, historic photographs, audioclips, links for further...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Cold War Erupts

For Students 5th - 8th
World War II ended in 1945 and the Cold War began immediately. Read about the mistrust Western Europe and the United States felt towards the Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin. Learn how the Soviets expanded their realm of influence and...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Joseph Stalin

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth biography of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Content includes information on his childhood and early years, his rise to power after Lenin's death, his policy of collectivisation, his consolidation of absolute power by the...
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Shifting Poland

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictorial essay portrays the extensive territorial changes of Poland immediately after World War II and its new role in Europe.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Billy Wilder: Film Noir Inventor and Genius

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site is a lesson plan focused on post-World War II America and the film making career of Billy Wilder. Details on the Film Noir genre and its reflection of shifting American values. Click to a biography and timeline of Billy...
Activity
Mount Holyoke College

Post War Ii Years

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictures of the post-war years in Germany. Some of the pictures are clickable which give you more information on what Germany was like after the war.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Start of the Cold War the Yalta Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the end of World War II contributed to the rise of the Cold War.
Primary
Other

Dirksen Congressional Center: Everett M. Dirksen Abroad, 1945: The Trip

For Students 9th - 10th
The Dirksen Congressional Center created a website focused on Everett Dirksen's travels for the House Committee on Appropriations in 1945. Details the extent of this trip with a list of places traveled, people he met with, and pictures....
eBook
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: War and Postwar Years

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay on the renewed political and millitary alliance between the U.S. and the Dutch post World War II.
Article
BBC

Bbc News: On This Day: December 1,1943: Allies United After Tehran Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of what transpired at the Tehran Conference when the Allied leaders met to plot further World War II strategy and postwar issues. Read portions of the declaration made at the end of the conference, and, perhaps equally...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Baby Boom

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the baby boom in America after World War II - what caused it, why it lasted so long, and the far-reaching social and economic impact it has had on the United States.
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PBS

Pbs: American g.i. Forum: Hector P. Garcia

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the website associated with the PBS series called "The Border." This article discusses the role of Hector Garcia in the Hispanic civil rights movement after World War II.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Structural Realism After the Cold War [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In his article "Structural Realism after the Cold War", Kenneth N. Waltz examines the growth of liberal democracies following World War II and the Cold War and this growth's effects on nation-building in the twentieth century. (37 pages)
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National Archives (UK)

National Archives Uk: Cold War Soviet Policy 1945 1948

For Students 9th - 10th
This site examines Joseph Stalin's role in the development of the Cold War and his culpability. Links to worksheets, timelines, and primary source documents are provided.

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