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Unit Plan
National Archives (UK)

Cold War: Churchill and the Iron Curtain Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an unbelievable analysis of the Iron Curtain speech given by Winston Churchill. Includes questions for students to answer, primary sources, transcripts of the primary sources, and useful notes that explain the points...
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: The Solidarity and the Fall of the Iron Curtain

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic essay explores the New European Order and the fall of the Iron Curtain.
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Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: "Iron Curtain Speech"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook which is provided for the the Fordham University gives excerpts from Winston Churchill's famous speech where he coined the term "Iron Curtain."
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Cold War Erupts

For Students 5th - 8th
World War II ended in 1945 and the Cold War began immediately. Read about the mistrust Western Europe and the United States felt towards the Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin. Learn how the Soviets expanded their realm of influence and...
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Containing Communism

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes how the Soviets under Stalin managed to infiltrate Eastern European countries and establish Communist governments, dividing the continent into East and West with a symbolic Iron Curtain separating the two. America scrambled to...
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Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Joseph Stalin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Fordham University gives the original text of a reply from Stalin to Churchill in 1946. This text deals with England's view of communism in Europe.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Iron Curtain

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the "Iron Curtain" that separated the West with the communist countries of the East.