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Curated OER

International Relations: Concept Mapping With Inspiration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create concept maps comparing and contrasting Neo-realism vs. Realism and Neo-liberalism vs. Liberalism using the Inspiration educational software. This lesson is intended for a high school level social studies class and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Berlin Wall

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers enter the classroom and observe a wall that is set up with desks, bookshelves, or anything else available. to create a barrier that they cannot cross during the class. The class then is divided into East and West Berlin...
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Article
Other

Nuclear Weapon Archive: Iraq's Nuclear Weapons Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the development of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Program from its inception in the late 1950s to the emergence of Saddam Hussein and the implementation of his nuclear weapon policy. (2001)
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Lesson Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: Nuclear Weapons: What Should Our Policy Be?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two-day online interactive lesson in which students identify the primary challenges posed by nuclear weapons and weapons proliferation and what U.S. policy should be. Note: Video content may not load in archived version.
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Article
Other

Brookings Institution: 50 Facts About u.s. Nuclear Weapons

For Students 9th - 10th
A page provided by the Brookings Institution which lists 50 "facts" about U.S. Nuclear Weapons. Good place to start for basic (and sometimes interesting) statistics. (Published April 28, 2014)
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Unit Plan
Other

Nuclear Threat Initiative: Nuclear 101: Nuclear Weapons

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive tutorial helps with understanding nuclear weapons, the different types, how they are different from conventional weapons, and how many countries have developed them.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Controlling Nuclear Weapons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson, learners examine the impact of weapons of mass destruction, e.g., the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in World War II. They look at nuclear proliferation and treaties, and debate the pros and cons of nuclear weapons.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nuclear Blast Damage

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated document from the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Web site examines the "zones of destruction" caused by nuclear weapons.
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Article
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Development and Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about how the atomic bomb was first developed, starting the nuclear arms race. As nuclear weapons proliferated, so did apprehension. A Non-Proliferation Treaty was released in 1968, and governments began to sign on to it. Green...
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Website
Atomic Archive

Atomic Archive: Nuclear Test Sites

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Atomic Archive - the online companion to the award-winning CD-ROM. This page includes an interactive Shockwave movie which allows visitors to explore the prevalence of global test sites for nuclear weapons from the mid 1940s to...
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Website
Oregon State University

Oregon State University: History of Nuclear Testing: Playing With Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Oregon State University online exhibit provides information on nuclear weapons testing.
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Lesson Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: North Korea and Nuclear Weapons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This two-part lesson explores a range of contrasting policy options and is designed to engage students in consideration of this important international issue of North Korea's nuclear weapons.
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Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour: Lesson Plan Controlling Nuclear Weapons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site on controlling nuclear weapons will cover three to four 50 minute periods on the topic. Students will review the Nonproliferation Treaty and discuss questions such as: are there countries that should not be allowed to have...
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Activity
CBS

Cbs News: Nuclear Armed World

For Students 9th - 10th
An evaluation of countries in the world that possess nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction. Examines missile defense programs. Includes a timeline showing the growth of nuclear weapons in the world.
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Lesson Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With the News: A Nuclear North Korea?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through the use of videos, this lesson explores the consequences for the United States and the world of North Korea's nuclear weapons.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Social Responsibility: Teachable Moment: The Spread of Nuclear Weapons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource includes three student readings that provide information about U.S. policy on nuclear weapons, the successes and failures of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the motivations that lead nations to seek nuclear bombs....
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Kim's Nuclear Gamble

For Students 9th - 10th
Site probes the unstable relationship between U.S. and North Korea. Student can explore an analyses of the crisis, the North Korean people, a chronology of the crisis and the nuclear capability of North Korea, published 10 April 2003.
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Article
Other

China Daily: N. Korea Agrees to Abandon Nuclear Weapons

For Students 9th - 10th
In return for "security and economic commitments," N. Korea has agreed to end its efforts to produce nuclear weapons. Article outlines this historic agreement. 9/2005
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Pros and Cons of Nuclear Weapons

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the pros and cons of nuclear weapons and provides a list of facts about them.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: International Forum on Iran's Nuclear Program

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, a lesson that has students role play as members of an international forum debating Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons. Provides step by step instructions and access to required materials. (2005)
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Handout
Other

Nuclearfiles.org: 20 Mishaps and Possible Nuclear War

For Students 9th - 10th
Read summaries of 20 accidents that moved the United States and USSR dangerously close to "mutually assured destruction" and nuclear war during the Cold War. A chilling reminder of the constant threat faced by all during that period of...
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Interactive
BBC

Bbc: Global Nuclear Powers

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive map which shows every country that has nuclear weapons, has programs to gain nuclear weapons, had nuclear weapon programs, or is suspected of having a nuclear weapon.
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Website
Other

Nuclear Threat Initiative: The Nuclear Threat

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses countries and the weapons of mass destruction they possess. Includes interactives features.
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Handout
US Energy Information Administration

U.s. Eia Energy Kids: Timelines: Nuclear Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Timeline of key events in the development of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons, including early scientific discoveries related to atomic science.

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