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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Years of Change

For Students 9th - 10th
A visual chronology of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Cold War, in East Germany from diary excerpts, historical snippets, and photographs. The German Reunification period ran from 1989-1991.
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Curated OER

Berlin Wall Art

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.
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Curated OER

A View on Cities: Berlin: Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz

For Students 9th - 10th
Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz
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Curated OER

A View on Cities: Berlin: Berlin Wall

For Students 9th - 10th
Berlin Wall
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Curated OER

Berlin Wall Bernauer Str.

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.
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Curated OER

Berlin Wall 1961

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.
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Curated OER

Berlin Wall Brandenburg Gate

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive site that chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall and its impact on Germany and the world. Includes many photos, essays, maps, a timeline, and much more.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Cold War Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes what happened to Germany at the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, how it was divided into East and West Germany with the construction of the Berlin Wall. Western countries worked to rehabilitate their half of...
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Other

The Fall of the Wall and the East German Police

For Students 9th - 10th
This site evaluates the crucial period immediately following the fall of the Berlin Wall in the autumn of 1989. It examines the wall's effects on law enforcement and the role of the East German Police.
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Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: La Caida Del Muro De Berlin

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. Use this site to learn about the two sides to the Berlin Wall story.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Great Escapes From East Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes a variety of unusual methods East Berliners used to try to escape over or through the Berlin Wall into West Germany.
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Other

The Lost Border

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers color photographs and images of the division between West and East Germany. Most images are of the Berlin Wall and military installations affecting social conditions.
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Mother Earth Travel

Mother Earth Travel: History of Germany: Historical Setting: 1945 to 1990

For Students 9th - 10th
Germany was divided in two by the Berlin Wall, built in 1961. Understand the environment between the two sides and what led to unification in 1990.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Country Study: Germany, East (Former)

For Students 9th - 10th
U.S. Government report on the history, society, economy and government of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from its establishment in 1949 until 1987, or two years before the fall of the Berlin Wall and four years before...
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PBS

Commanding Heights

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline of East Germany from 1945 to 1990 chronicles key events from communist domination to political and economic freedom with the end of the Cold War and the dismantling of the Berlin Wall.
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Curated OER

The Lost Border

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers color photographs and images of the division between West and East Germany. Most images are of the Berlin Wall and military installations affecting social conditions.
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Graphic
Curated OER

The Lost Border

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers color photographs and images of the division between West and East Germany. Most images are of the Berlin Wall and military installations affecting social conditions.
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Revolution in Berlin

For Students 9th - 10th
Revolution in Berlin is the story of the 40 days leading up to the fall of the wall told in a stunning timeline that includes an array of photographs and primary source documents.
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: The Fall of the Wall

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictorial essay combines photos and video to tell the story of the fall of the wall in Berlin in 1989.
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George Mason University

Chnm: Making the History of 1989

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent online resource that through the use of primary sources and scholar interviews, focuses on the historical events of 1989 that deal with the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Great teacher resource with lesson plans...
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Ronald Reagan: Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate

For Students 9th - 10th
This is Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down the Wall" speech delivered on June 12, 1987, at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin. It is offered in YouTube video, mp3 audio, and text. [4:52]
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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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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Nato's 60th Anniversary

For Students 9th - 10th
NATO has put together a tremendous amount of information about the 60 years it has been in existence. The resource includes photos, videos, tv lectures about NATO, a timeline of events in each decade from 1949 to 2009, and copies of its...
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WorldNews Network

Germany Times: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The German Times is an online news resource that gathers the top headlines for and about Germany. Content is supplied from a variety of well renowned sources.

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