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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"The Missiles of October": The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba in 1962 and how that presence triggered an international crisis. The options available to the president as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each are...
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Primary
US National Archives

Our Documents: Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the Soviet missile bases in Cuba that were caught by aerial photographs. The site also allows you to view a close-up of one of the photographs.