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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Lyndon B. Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Portrait Gallery explores presidents and the Cold War. Click on Lyndon B. Johnson to read about his actions during the Vietnam War, which Johnson saw as a block to Communist expansion. Watch a short video of Johnson's...
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Raleigh Charter High School

Mrs. Newmark's Page: Multiple Choice on the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this quiz to assess your knowledge on the Cold War.
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Raleigh Charter High School

Mrs. Newmark's Page: The Cold War and the 1950s

For Students 9th - 10th
This quiz will test your knowledge of the Cold War and the 1950s.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Fast Attacks and Boomers: Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This Cold War timeline highlights events that dominated international affairs from 1945 to 1991.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Ks3 History Cold War

For Students 3rd - 8th
[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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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Wwii and the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of videos, lessons, primary sources and slideshows will compliment studies about how the United States became involved in World War II. Follow the course of the war and the development of the war against Communism.
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US National Archives

Docs Teach: President Reagan and the Cold War: Vision and Diplomacy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
See how Ronald Reagan's rhetoric evolved from his speech calling the Soviet Union an "evil empire" to his signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by examining photographs and documents.
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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Cold War Origins

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of primary source documents discusses international relations during World War II and the years shortly after. It begins with the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed in 1939 and ends with documents from the 1950's. The...
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Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: At Cold War's End: Us Intelligence on the Soviet Union, 1989 1991

For Students 9th - 10th
The CIA offers a collection of declassified documents that are Adobe PDF files and can be downloaded regarding the Soviet Union and from US Intelligence in the years 1989-1991. Also contains an introduction and complete overview of this...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: End of the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of primary source documents covering the collapse of the Soviet Union during the late 1980's. The collection contains documents from archives in most of the former Soviet bloc countries. They discuss the changes...
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Other

Ithaca College: Project Look Sharp: Soviet History Through Posters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Multi-unit curriculum kit on the history of the Soviet Union told in five episodes using Soviet posters as source material. Coverage includes the birth of the Soviet Union, Stalin, the Great Patriotic...
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Marxists Internet Archive

Marxists Internet Archive: Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
A general overview of the Cold War with a unique, pro-Marxist perspective. The article claims that the Cold War was begun by the United States and resulted in their disillusionment with the anti-communist stance.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Cold War Events (1948 1955)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article contains a summary and definition of the main Cold War events from 1948 - 1955.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Cold War Events (1968 1991)

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains interesting facts and key dates of the major Cold War events from 1968 - 1991.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Cold War Events (1956 1961)

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides a summary of interesting facts and dates of major Cold War Events covering 1956-1961.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Kennedy and the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about President John F. Kennedy, the Cold War, and the Cuba Missile Crisis.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Cold War in Developing Countries

For Students 9th - 10th
In Europe, there was less violence in the half century following World War II then in almost any previous period of modern European history. Yet outside of Europe and North America, violent conflict became commonplace. In the decades...
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National Archives (UK)

Nalc: Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
The tension between Great Britain, United States, and the Soviet Union at end of World War II is surveyed with an excellent presentation with many links and images, a time line, glossary, and archive.
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Handout
Digital History

Digital History: The Dealth of Stalin and the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
In March 1953, Joseph Stalin, who had ruled the Soviet Union since 1928, died at the age of 73. His feared minister of internal affairs, Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria, was subsequently shot for treason. Nikita Khrushchev then became first...
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San Diego State University

World History for Us All: Two Big Powers and Their Cold War 1945 1990 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
After completing this unit, learners will be able to describe major differences in the political ideologies of the United States and the Soviet Union, explain the causes of the Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, and explain how...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Post War Prosperity, Cold War Fears 1945 1960: Challenges of Peacetime

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the challenges of demobilization after World War II, how Harry Truman addressed them, and how the government responded to the needs of war veterans.
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National Archives (UK)

Cold War: The Potsdam Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth study of international relations at the time of the Potsdam Conference. Includes political cartoons, primary source documents, and teacher resources.
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National Archives (UK)

Cold War: The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid

For Students 9th - 10th
An indepth look at the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan with primary sources and student activities.
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PBS

Pbs: Frontline: Explore Post Cold War Conflict Over Nuclear Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Since the development of the nuclear technology people have questioned the value of its protection versus peril. Through the resources and discussion questions students will evaluate the value based on their research and decide if...

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