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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Vietnam War Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Numerous detailed facts concerning the Vietnam War (November 1, 1955-April 30, 1975) that began during the Cold War era.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Gerald Ford

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Portrait Gallery presents a look at presidential actions during the Cold War. Click on Gerald Ford to watch a video of a speech he made concerning the Helsinki Accords and the need to honor fundamental freedoms and human...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Jimmy Carter

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Portrait Gallery explores the facets of presidential actions toward the Cold War. Click on Jimmy Carter to watch a short video where he expresses his support for human rights across the world. The end of the video shows the...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Age

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection that uses primary sources to explore the Atomic Bomb and the Nuclear Age it started.
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National Archives (UK)

The Learning Curve: Allies at War

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive site chronicling the public consensus shown to the media among Allied members: the USSR, Great Britain, and the USA. Gives ample primary sources and student activities.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: The Korean War

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents facts and a timeline of the Korean War (June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953).
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Allied Occupied Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the Allied Forces' occupation of Germany during the Cold War.
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Other

Cvce: Dismantling List for the Western Allied Forces (19 October 1947)

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source document discusses the dismantling of industries in Germany during the Cold War.
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Digital History

Digital History: Years of Decision [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from a unit that covers the period from the Second World War up to the Cold War. It looks at relations between the United States and the Soviet Union and the thinking of their leaders. Students are asked to consider five...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Postwar Challenges

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief survey of the beginning of the Cold War and the challenges that faced the United States in confronting communist totalitarianism.
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Digital History

Digital History: Postwar America: 1945 1960

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter focus on the political, social, and economic events following World War II. Examines both foreign and domestic issues, including the origins of the Cold War and Civil Rights movements.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Wedding (Berlin)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a comprehensive look at Wedding, one of the areas under France's charge during the Cold War in West Berlin.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Communist Party of Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the Communist Party of Germany and its reestablishment during the Cold War.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Leadership of East Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the authority and leadership of the German Communist Party during the Cold War.
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PBS

Nova Online: Submarines, Secrets and Spies

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion site to a NOVA program on the role of submarines in the Cold War, this site provides a close-up view of life on a nuclear submarine. In addition, the transcript of the program is available, which details some of the ways...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Essays and Dialogues: George Kennan

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of a NewsHour interview with George F. Kennan (1904-2005), the man credited with articulating the policy of containment that shaped U.S. foreign policy toward communism at the start of the cold war.
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US Department of State

Office of the Historian: Foreign Policy Under President Eisenhower

For Students 9th - 10th
This history from the U.S. Department of State relates the influence that John Foster Dulles, Eisenhower's Secretary of State, had on Eisenhower's Cold War policies.
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: Dwight David Eisenhower: Foreign Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive explanation of Eisenhower's Cold War policies.
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University of Virginia

Miller Center at Uva: u.s. Presidents: John F. Kennedy: Foreign Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
Social Studies > U.S. History > The Upheaval of a Nation (1954-1980) > John F. Kennedy Administration (1960 to 1963) > Kennedy and the Cold War
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CNN

Cnn: The Reagan Years: Inside the White House

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a cnn.com in-depth special "The Reagan Years", this site provides you with brief explanations of the US in 1980, the 1980 presidential election and assorted topics of Reagan's presidency including the assassination attempt, the...
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University of Minnesota

Univerisity of Minnesota: Immigration Syllabus: Weeks 7 8

For Students 11th - 12th
Syllabus for WEEK 7: World War II and the Cold War: The Geopolitics of Immigration Reforms. WEEK 8: Family, Gender, and Sexuality
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: World History: Fall of Communism

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine tensions during the Cold War and actions taken as a result.
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Boston University

Nato's Purpose: The Next Decade

For Students 9th - 10th
An article explaining what NATO's purpose should be now that the Cold War has ended.

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