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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: The Fall of the Berlin Wall

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographer Steve Eason from Getty Images Archive presents a pictorial essay of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: John F. Kennedy

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Portait Gallery explores the actions of presidents during the Cold War. Here find President Kennedy's decisions during the Berlin Crisis, the building of the Berlin War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Watch a video of...
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Unit Plan
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

The Berlin Airlift: June 27, 1948 to May 12, 1949

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers an abundance of information about the Berlin Airlift. Along with general information, the site includes vocabulary related to the Berlin Airlift, and follow questions about the information presented.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Berlin Blockade

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS resource has a lot of information about the Berlin Blockade that was initiated by the former U.S.S.R.
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Other

Db Trains: Epoch Iii (1945 1970)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very interesting history of the development of trains in Germany after WWII. An aspect of history that is overlooked, rebuilding the transportation infrastructure in Germany was a big and important project for the occupying...
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Berlin Airlift

For Students 9th - 10th
The Berlin airlift was a rescue mission by the United States, Great Britain, and other western European nations to keep West Berlin alive despite the Soviet blockade.