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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Rosenberg Case

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents related to the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were charged with conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union, by passing on the secret of how to construct the atomic bomb. They were convicted and...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945 1954

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this Curriculum Unit, students will consider "Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945-1954: Witch Hunt or Red Menace?" in 3 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Handout
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Testimony of Ethel Rosenberg, Witness for the Defense

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the actual text of the testimony of Ethel Rosenberg in her trial.
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Handout
Other

Jewish Women's Archive: Ethel Rosenberg

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical account of the life of accused spies, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of espionage, sentenced, and executed in spite of intense public pressure in response to the widespread belief that they were innocent.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Anticommunism in the 1950s

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the paranoia of the 1950s when Americans lived in fear of communism. The House Committee on Un-American Activities created blacklists of people working in Hollywood, McCarthyism flourished, and the Rosenberg couple were tried...
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Handout
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Testimony of Julius Rosenberg, Witness for the Defense

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the actual text of the testimony of Julius Rosenberg.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Anticommunism in the 1950s

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Rosenberg trial, HUAC, and Joseph McCarthy.