Develop an understanding of universal human rights, particularly the freedom of expression, with the questions and activities that analyze the conflicts of Vaclav Havel. Learners define, interpret and rephrase the human rights article in...

Students view a television program that explores many Eastern European residents' discontentment with communism. They work in groups to research living conditions in an Eastern European country before communism, under communism and...

In this online interactive world history worksheet, students answer 20 matching questions regarding post-Cold War Europe. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

This site from The History Guide provides a biographical history of Czech leader Vaclav Havel. Includes detailled account of Havel's role as a revolutionary playwright, and one of the founding members of the Civic Forum. Havel was...

This site discusses three Vaclavs important to Czech history. It contains information on the lives of Vaclav Havel, Vaclav Klaus, and Prince Vaclav. (Published 30 August 1999)

An image of Vaclav Havel.

An image of Vaclav Havel.

An image of Vaclav Havel.

An image of Vaclav Havel.

An image of Vaclav Havel.

A transcription of a lecture given at the University of Glasgow about literature and the availability of it in Czechoslovakia during the Communist reign. It briefly mentions specific authors and the scarcity of publishing houses.

A look back at the Prague Spring of 1968. Examines the reforms prompting the Russian invasion. Article is brief but engaging. Includes great details of this very important historical event.

A professor's lecture on the Velvet revolution of 1989 in Czechoslovakia and the intellectuals' part in it.