Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Politics From Camelot to Watergate
A brief overview of the state of the United States between the election of 1960 and 1968. See how a nation full of enthusiasm and confidence could become so divided in eight short years.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Cold War
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an extensive flipchart of the Cold War covering such things as: the Berlin Airlift, Korean War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, war protests, and the fall of communism. This flipchart contains...
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The Physics Factbook: Range of Ballistic Missile
Highlights some of the unbelievable characteristics associated with ICBM technology. Includes an informative and detailed factsheet as well as a concise description of the information.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ks3 History Cold War
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart presenting twenty questions about specific facts relating to the cold war from 1945 to the end of the century.
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Class Flow: 1959 2000 Us History
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is notes and pictures of Cold War, Culture, Civil Rights Movement, and Technology.
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Class Flow: Cold War Pre Assessment
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a pre-assessment to a Cold War unit based on the 5th Grade Social Studies standards for South Carolina.
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Class Flow: Cold War Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a review of Cold War personalities, events, and policies.
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Class Flow: Cold War Timeline
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a timeline of events from 1945 to 1991. It includes photographs, and political cartoons from the events.
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Cvce: Demonstration Against the Dismantling of Industry
This image and short description illustrate the German peoples' reactions to the dismantling of their industries by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
A&E Television
Biography: Winston Churchill
This resource provides a biographical account of the life of Winston Churchill. It discusses his military career and his time as prime minister of Britain.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Quiz: Space Race of the Cold War for Kids
History Questions: Space Race Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
Ducksters
Ducksters: World War Ii for Kids: After Wwii Post War
Kids learn about the history of what happened after World War II. How Europe and Japan recovered. Post war, plus the start of the Cold War.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: John Foster Dulles
Provides the text to the address given by U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles before the Associated Press on April 22, 1957.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Central of the Chinese Party
In 1949, United States State Department issued a report on the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. The document explains how the existing Chinese Kuomintang government under communist leadership is failing to meet the...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Soviet Reaction to Pact
This site from the Fordham University provides a great alternative perspective of the Baghdad Pact and the Central Treaty Organization. This is a statement given by the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Security in the Near and Middle...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Word Search: Cold War
A fun word search game with terms about the Cold War. Play online or print out a version for use in class or at home.
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College: Mc Carthyism: Background to the Red Scare
A brief description of the fears Americans had of the spread of Communism in Asia during the Cold War.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: The Yalta Conference
In February 1945, FDR met with Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin in Yalta to discuss post WW2 plans. This article provides detailed facts and a summary of this historic event.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Cuban Missile Crisis
Comprehensive resource discusses the crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Seato
Comprehensive overview details SEATO, the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, that was formed in 1954. It was intended to be the Southeast Asian version of NATO.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Eisenhower Doctrine
Comprehensive overview details the Eisenhower Doctrine, a 1957 speech made by President Dwight Eisenhower in response to the Suez Crisis.
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Siteseen: American Historama: The Space Race
Provides interesting facts and an overview of the Cold War Space Race (1957-1975), a competition in the exploration of space between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Potsdam Conference
The Potsdam Conference was a wartime summit meeting whose purpose was to clarify and implement the terms for the end of WW2 that had been agreed at the Yalta Conference. It began on July 17, 1945, and ended on August 2, 1945.
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Siteseen: American Historama: Salt Treaty
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) between the United States and the USSR resulted in the SALT Treaty in 1972.