Curated OER
History: Declaration of Conscience Political Cartoons
Students examine political cartoons depicting opinions about Margaret Chase Smith's Declaration of conscience. After examining the cartoons, they create their own political cartoons about the speech. As an ongoing activity, students...
George Mason University
George Mason University: Museum of Communism
Describes origins of Communism in Russia and some of the reasons the Russian people adopted a communist government.
Arizona State University
Arizona State University: Chinese Nationalists
This site from the Arizona State University offers information about the Chinese Nationalists who played a part in the history of China.
Library of Congress
Loc: Attacks on Intelligentsia Suppressing Dissidents
A collection of Russian documents (letters,telegrams, etc.) that supported the suppression of dissidents. Also includes an introduction explaining the dissidents.
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Finland: Cold War and the Treaty of 1948
This article details the state of affairs in Finland during the Cold War.
George Mason University
Chnm: Making the History of 1989
Excellent online resource that through the use of primary sources and scholar interviews, focuses on the historical events of 1989 that deal with the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Great teacher resource with lesson plans...
BBC
Bbc: 1989: Czech Police Crush Protest Rally
The people of Czechoslovakia reached a boiling point in 1989 with citizens clamoring for political economic, and social reforms. This article by the BBC portrays how demonstrations for such reforms ended with tragedy when the police...
BBC
Bbc: News: Collapse of the Ussr 10 Years On
Extensive information about the collapse of the USSR. Includes an interactive timeline from 1985 through 1991, an interactive map of the countries of the USSR with country profiles and timelines, eyewitness accounts of the collapse of...
National Archives (UK)
Cold War: The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid
An indepth look at the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan with primary sources and student activities.
Digital History
Digital History: Cuba and the Bay of Pigs Invasion
In 1959, rebel leader Fidel Castro toppled Cuban dictator Fugencio Batista. In Washington, Castro told U.S. officials that "The [Cuban] movement is not a Communist movement. We have no intention of expropriating U.S. property, and any...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Illegal in Beijing
In this Wide Angle video, view a city area where illegal migrants from rural China live and work. [2:55]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Legal System Expansion
This Wide Angle video provides an overview of the expansion of the legal system in China as market forces lead to new circumstances requiring legal solutions.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Trust in the Law
Citizen complaints demonstrate that China's legal system has not yet fully gained the people's trust in this Wide Angle video.
The Atlantic Monthly Group
The Atlantic: The Never Ending Wrong
The famous author, Katherine Anne Porter, wrote an article in the July, 1977, The Atlantic magazine, recounting her memory of the Sacco-Vanzetti trial fifty years before, and commenting on the view of Anarchism and Communism in the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Labor Disputes
In this Wide Angle video, view a case study of the mediation of a disagreement between an employee and his former employer in China's courts.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: The People's Communes Are Good
From the International Institute of Social History this is "The people's communes are good" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Rui Guangting, 1958.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Take Steel as the Key Link, for a Lea
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Take steel as the key link, for a leap forward in all fields" a Chinese political propaganda poster by the Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House collective work, 1958.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: We Sell Dry, Clean, Neat and Selected
From the International Institute of Social History this is "We sell dry, clean, neat and selected cotton to the state" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Wu Shaoyun, 1958.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: The Vegetables Are Green, the Cucumbe
From the International Institute of Social History this is "The vegetables are green, the cucumbers plumb, the yield is abundant" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Jin Meisheng, 1959.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: A High Tower of Winter Gourds
From the International Institute of Social History this is "A high tower of winter gourds" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Jin Meisheng, 1959.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Strike the Battle Drum of the Great L
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Strike the battle drum of the Great Leap Forward ever louder" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Shao Wenjin, 1959.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of our great nation" a Chinese political propaganda poster by the artists Bei Yingren, Zhang Lingzhi, 1959.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Ride the Wind and Cleave the Waves To
From the International Institute of Social History this is "Ride the wind and cleave the waves to realise a leap forward in all fields" a Chinese political propaganda poster by the artists Jiang Nanchun and Han Min, 1960.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: The New Centre of the Commune
From the International Institute of Social History this is "The new centre of the commune" a Chinese political propaganda poster by Zhang Yuqing, 1961.