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Handout
AllRefer

All refer.com: East Germany: Dissent

For Students 9th - 10th
Political dissent as practiced in East Germany is surveyed during the Cold War period.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Mutual Assured Destruction

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete description of the concept of Mutual Assured Destruction. Explains what the concept means, and how the concept was used during the Cold War and up to the George W. Bush Administration. Includes links to terms that may require...
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PPT
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Bobby Fischer: 1943 2008

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR presents a slide show on the life of chess sensation Bobby Fischer who "became a cold war hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion" Boris Spassky in 1972. Fischer was the first U.S. born world chess champion.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Secret Victories of the Kgb

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the role of espionage in wartime and investigate Soviet spy activities during the Cold War. Trace the history of the atomic bomb and explore Soviet activities in stealing nuclear secrets during the Manhattan Project.
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Primary
Harvard University

The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System Online

For Students 9th - 10th
The Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System Online is a collection of hundreds of interviews of Soviet Refugees in the years of the Cold War. The collection is comprehensive including aspects of all walks of life of these refugees...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Kennedy's Global Challenge

For Students 5th - 8th
The Cold War was still being waged during John Kennedy's administration. Read about the challenges he faced in Europe, Latin America, and, most ominously, in Cuba.
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Handout
Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical account of Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, reformer of the Soviet Union. Includes information regarding Gorbachev's ascension to power with the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and his role in reducing the Cold War...
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Civil Rights Congress (1946 1956)

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia entry talks about the Civil Rights Congress, a group that gave legal defense for blacks, but was hampered by its support of the Communist Party during the Cold War.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Containing Communism

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes how the Soviets under Stalin managed to infiltrate Eastern European countries and establish Communist governments, dividing the continent into East and West with a symbolic Iron Curtain separating the two. America scrambled to...
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Communism and the Cold War for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
History Questions: Communism Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Cold War Glossary and Terms for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
History Questions: Glossary and Terms Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Cold War Arms Race for Kids

For Students 4th - 8th
History Questions: Arms Race Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Chinese Civil War

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history of the Chinese Civil War. Fight between the communists led by Mao Zedong and the nationalists.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Korean War

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn the history of the war fought between North Korea and South Korea with the United States, China, and the Soviet Union.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Cold War Timeline

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a timeline of events from 1945 to 1991. It includes photographs, and political cartoons from the events.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Space Race of the Cold War for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
History Questions: Space Race Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Quiz: Suez Canal Crisis of the Cold War for Kids

For Students 1st - 9th
History Questions: Suez Crisis Quiz, Test, and WebQuest
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Yom Kippur War

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn the history of the Yom Kippur War when Egypt and Syria attacked Israel. Israel fought back.
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eBook
Other

Islam in the Post Cold War Era: Ch. 6

For Students 9th - 10th
This history profiles various Islamic scholars in India whose interpretations of the Koran reflect the desire for reform in the modern era.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: The Space Race

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides interesting facts and an overview of the Cold War Space Race (1957-1975), a competition in the exploration of space between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was the United States response to possible nuclear attacks set up to develop an advanced anti-ballistic missile system to enable the United States to prevent missile attacks from the USSR and other...
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Nato

For Students 9th - 10th
The NATO Treaty formed in 1949 during the Cold War to create a mutual defense pact aimed at containing possible Soviet expansion into Europe.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Huac

For Students 9th - 10th
The HUAC was formed in 1938 to investigate Fascist and Communist activities in the United States but came into prominence in 1947 during the second Red Scare in the Cold War era and the "Communist Witch Hunts".
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Domino Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Many of the Cold War presidents used the Domino Theory as the main justification for their involvement and intervention in the affairs of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, China, Korea, Cuba, and Vietnam as it related to the spread of...

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