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OpenStax

Open Stax: From Cold War to Culture Wars, 1980 2000: The Reagan Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses the details and events of Ronald Reagan's presidency. Includes timeline, questions for discussion, link to information about Yuppie culture, and link to Ronald Reagan Presidential Library for access to speeches and...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Prosperity and Cold War Fears 1945 60: Popular Culture and Mass Media

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the impact that rock and roll music, movies and the invention of television had on America in the 1950s.
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Website
National Archives (UK)

Cold War: The Yalta Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
Outline of proceedings that took place at the Yalta Conference. Features student questions.
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BBC

Bbc: Nato's Cold War Roots

For Students 9th - 10th
A fantastic history of NATO. From its inception after WWII to its call to action during the Kosovo crisis, the BBC does a great job of giving readers a well-rounded look at the institution. Includes a map with all member countries as...
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Other

Nearpod: The Vietnam War: Introduction to the Causes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson about the Vietnam War, young scholars will understand the motivations behind the United States joining the conflict in Vietnam. This lesson will also discuss the role of the Cold War and communism on US policy.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: World History: The 20th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of learning resources (videos, practice exercises, and quizzes) covering World War I, World War II, and the Cold War, with smaller additional sections on Chinese history, the Holocaust, human rights, and independence movements.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Postwar Tension and Triumph

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Comprehensive teaching unit on tensions of the Cold War era: conflicts between domestic prosperity and unfulfilled expectations, ideals of conformity and individualism. Contains video and text materials, web interactives, student...
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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Inter Korean Relations After the War

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection presents documents on inter-Korean relations from the end of the Korean War through the Park Chung Hee military coup.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Glossary and Terms

For Students 4th - 8th
Kids learn the Glossary and Terms of the Cold War. Definitions for words such as glasnost, detente, SALT, Iron Curtain, and proxy war.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Soviet Afghanistan War

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history of the Soviet Afghanistan War during the Cold War. A hard fought war with no winner.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Origins of the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief overview of the events that led up to the Cold War.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: George H. W. Bush

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Portrait Gallery presents a look at the several presidents and their actions in regard to the Cold War. Click on George Bush to see and hear his speech about the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Cold War ends.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Summary

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history of the Cold War. The battles, people, events, and countries involved in this nuclear stalemate.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Cold War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[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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Ducksters

Ducksters: Word Search: Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Article
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: The Cold War Files

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of the events of the Cold War.
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Handout
Other

Schoenherr: Cold War Policies 1945 1991

For Students 9th - 10th
This reference page links readers to information on the Cold War time period, both on American soil, and overseas.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Arms Race

For Students 4th - 8th
Kids learn about the history of the Arms Race during the Cold War. The United States and the Soviet Union building nuclear weapons stockpiles.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Bay of Pigs

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history of the Bay of Pigs in Cuba during the Cold War. A CIA led attempt to take over Fidel Castro's government.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Berlin Airlift

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history of the Berlin Airlift during the Cold War. Planes were used to get around the Soviet blockade of Berlin.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Berlin Wall

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history of the Berlin Wall during the Cold War. This wall kept people from freely leaving East Berlin.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Communism

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history of Communism and the Cold War. Karl Marx, Lenin, and Mao were world leaders over communist countries.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Cuban Missile Crisis

For Students 4th - 8th
Kids learn about the history of Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War. The Soviet Union put nuclear missiles on the island of Cuba.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Red Scare

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn the history of the Red Scare during the Cold War. A fear of communism caused black lists and accusations led by Senator Joseph McCarthy.

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