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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Cuban Foreign Relations

For Students 9th - 10th
Documents on Cuban's international relations, focusing on its relationship with the Soviet Union, China, and the United States.
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Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Cuban Missile Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
Documents concerning the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962-a major confrontation that brought the Soviet Union and the United States close to war over the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc News: 1970: Canadian Minister Seized by Gunmen

For Students 9th - 10th
From England comes this website containing the 1970 BBC report on the FLQ kidnapping of James Cross, a British diplomat, and Pierre Laporte. Two videos are available, one includes a BBC interview with Roger Tetrault, ex-FLQ activist, and...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: October Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a brief background to the October Crisis in Quebec which started with two terrorist kidnappings, and some of the solutions that were provided.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Front De Liberation Du Quebec

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents the FLQ group which was a revolutionary group that wanted to separate Quebec from the rest of Canada. Provides information on their background and the different events they participated in.
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Website
IMDb

Internet Movie Database: Black October (2000) (Tv)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Internet Movie Database entry for the Canadian documentary film "Black October". Accessible is a movie trailer for the film, a plot summary, and full credits. "Black October" is a film about the 1970 October Crisis.