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Class Flow: The Cold War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[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...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Word Search: Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: The Cold War Files

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of the events of the Cold War.
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Schoenherr: Cold War Policies 1945 1991

For Students 9th - 10th
This reference page links readers to information on the Cold War time period, both on American soil, and overseas.
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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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Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Bay of Pigs

For Students 1st - 9th
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.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Berlin Airlift

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history of the Berlin Airlift during the Cold War. Planes were used to get around the Soviet blockade of Berlin.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Berlin Wall

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history of the Berlin Wall during the Cold War. This wall kept people from freely leaving East Berlin.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Communism

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history of Communism and the Cold War. Karl Marx, Lenin, and Mao were world leaders over communist countries.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Cuban Missile Crisis

For Students 4th - 8th
Kids learn about the history of Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War. The Soviet Union put nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Red Scare

For Students 1st - 9th
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.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Space Race

For Students 1st - 9th
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.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Suez Crisis

For Students 1st - 9th
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.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Vietnam War

For Students 4th - 8th
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.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Cold War Pre Assessment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[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.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Cold War Review

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a review of Cold War personalities, events, and policies.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Print Out for Kids: Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
Print out a crossword puzzle game about the Cold War on this site. Learn about history and have fun at the same time.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Game for Kids: Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids try out this fun crossword puzzle game about the Cold War. Learn about history and have fun at the same time.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Collapse of the Soviet Union

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history of the Collapse of the Soviet Union which put an end to the Cold War.
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Cold War Story: Chapter 1

For Students 9th - 10th
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!
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Allied Plans for German Industry After World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the Allies' industrial plans for Germany during the Cold War.
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Atom Central: The Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
Read how the dropping of the atomic bombs planted the seeds of hostility between the United States and the USSR.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Start of the Cold War:berlin Airlift & Nato

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Berlin airlift, NATO, and the National Security Act.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Cold War Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the US's early attempts to contain communism through economic and military aid.

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