Ducksters
Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Space Race
Kids learn the history of the Space Race during the Cold War. A race between the United States and the Soviet Union to put a man on the Moon.
Ducksters
Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Suez Crisis
Kids learn the history of the Suez Crisis during the Cold War. A fight over control of the Suez Canal involving Egypt, Israel, Britain, and France.
Ducksters
Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Vietnam War
Kids learn the history of the Vietnam War during the Cold War. A fight between the communists of North Vietnam and the US supported South.
ClassFlow
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Cold War Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a review of Cold War personalities, events, and policies.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Print Out for Kids: Cold War
Print out a crossword puzzle game about the Cold War on this site. Learn about history and have fun at the same time.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Game for Kids: Cold War
Kids try out this fun crossword puzzle game about the Cold War. Learn about history and have fun at the same time.
Ducksters
Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Collapse of the Soviet Union
Kids learn about the history of the Collapse of the Soviet Union which put an end to the Cold War.
Other
Cold War Story: Chapter 1
This site gives a very brief mention of free elections that were agreed to at the end of the WWII. Site gives a great overview of how the Cold War emerged out of WWII. A very nice analysis!
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Allied Plans for German Industry After World War Ii
This site discusses the Allies' industrial plans for Germany during the Cold War.
Other
Atom Central: The Cold War
Read how the dropping of the atomic bombs planted the seeds of hostility between the United States and the USSR.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Start of the Cold War:berlin Airlift & Nato
Learn about the Berlin airlift, NATO, and the National Security Act.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Cold War Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan
Read about the US's early attempts to contain communism through economic and military aid.
A&E Television
History.com: The Mariel Boatlift: How Cold War Politics Drove Thousands of Cubans to Florida in 1980
After Fidel Castro loosened emigration policies, some 125,000 Cubans landed on U.S. shores over a span of five months. The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 was a mass emigration of Cubans to the United States. The exodus was driven by a stagnant...
A&E Television
History.com: The Mariel Boatlift: How Cold War Politics Drove Thousands of Cubans to Florida in 1980
After Fidel Castro loosened emigration policies, some 125,000 Cubans landed on U.S. shores over a span of five months. The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 was a mass emigration of Cubans to the United States. The exodus was driven by a stagnant...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Start of Cold War, Part 2: Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
Explains President Truman's plan to contain communism, which signaled the end of American isolationism. Also discusses America's pledge of financial aid to rebuild Europe with the Marshall Plan.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Start of Cold War, Part 3: Berlin Airlift and Creation of Nato
Discusses the Berlin airlift, NATO, and the National Security Act.
Digital History
Digital History: War in Europe [Pdf]
This site is from a unit that covers the period from the Second World War up to the Cold War. It looks at the course of the war in Europe, and America's involvement after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It examines the military strategies...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: The Gulf War
Almost as soon as the Cold War ended, another war began. The First Persian Gulf stemmed from the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait and the threat that posed to other Persian Gulf states and the countries throughout the world that...
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: America and the Vietnam War
America's involvement in the Vietnam War is examined in this tutorial, the anti-war movement, and the impact of the war. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
Sam Houston State University
Shsu: Yugoslvia: A Country Study: Post War Yugoslavia
An extensive history of the political position of Yugoslavia after World War Two, and its break from Stalinism.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Korean War
Learn about the first hot war in the Cold War: Korea.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Ronald Reagan
The National Portrait Gallery presents a look at presidential actions and decisions about the Cold War. Click on Ronald Reagan to see how his anti-Communist beliefs led to increases in the defense budget, but also, by the end of his...
BBC
Bbc: The Cold War: Korean War: China's Intervention
Chronicles the events beginning at General MacArthur's replacement by General Ridgway at the onset of China entering the Korean War. Highlights the Chinese air offense over the skies of South and North Korea.