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Central Europe Review: Three Vaclavs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses three Vaclavs important to Czech history. It contains information on the lives of Vaclav Havel, Vaclav Klaus, and Prince Vaclav. (Published 30 August 1999)
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Now: The Postwar Red Scare

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read about the Red Scare at the end of World War I where people were fraudulently charged with being anti-American. See how thousands of names of supposed Communists were collected.
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Media History Digital Library: Government & Law Collection (1912 1995)

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of original documents that deal with the interactions between the film industry and the government. They cover such issues as censorship, film industry regulation, labor issues, juvenile delinquency, and the blacklisting of...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Maoism

For Students 9th - 10th
An extremely brief discussion of Maoism from Britannica.com. It is considered an offshoot of Marxism, but nonetheless is a revolutionary method.
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CNN

Cnn: The Father of Modern China: Sun Yat Sen (1866 1925)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a CNN profile on Sun Yat-sen. It contains biographical information, quotes, and photographs.
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CNN

Cnn: The Reagan Years: Inside the White House

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a cnn.com in-depth special "The Reagan Years", this site provides you with brief explanations of the US in 1980, the 1980 presidential election and assorted topics of Reagan's presidency including the assassination attempt, the...
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Testimony of Julius Rosenberg, Witness for the Defense

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the actual text of the testimony of Julius Rosenberg.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Kathe Kollwitz, in Memoriam Karl Liebknecht

For Students 9th - 10th
German artist Kathe Kollwitz worked almost exclusively in printmaking and became known for her prints that celebrated the plight of the working-class. View pictures and read about her techniques in this essay.
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A&E Television

History.com: Before Jfk, Lee Harvey Oswald Tried to Assassinate a Former Army General

For Students 9th - 10th
On April 10, 1963, just seven months before he shot and killed President John F. Kennedy, the assassin Lee Harvey Oswald crouched Edwin Walker, a former U.S. Army general. Oswald fired, but the bullet caromed off the windowsill and...
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Detente

For Students 9th - 10th
As the Vietnam War ended, President Richard Nixon's priority became pursuing better relations with the world's two largest communist superpowers, China and the Soviet Union.
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Mother Earth Travel

Mother Earth Travel: History of Germany: The Ulbricht Era, 1949 71

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the years Walter Ulbricht was a Communist leader in East Germany after coming out of exile from World War II. Discover what happened during his time holding high positions within the KPD.
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Mother Earth Travel

Mother Earth Travel:history of Germany: The Honecker Era, 1971 89

For Students 9th - 10th
Communist Erich Honecker replaced Ulbricht as the leader of East Germany in 1971. This accounts the history of the last years of the divided Germany.
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University of Washington

Visual Sourcebook of Chinese Civilization: Clothing: Traditional Versus Modern

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of traditional forms of Chinese dress that also looks at how styles of clothing in China have changed, especially with the introduction of communism in the twentieth century.
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Percentage of the World's Population Under Various Political Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Time-line graphs and maps give visual representations of countries and populations under various kinds of political systems: autocracy, monarchy, communist state, etc.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Russia History and Timeline Overview

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Russia including early civilizations, the empire, Tsars, the Russian Revolution, communism, Soviet Union, cold war, and current events.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Vietnam History and Timeline Overview

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Vietnam including early civilizations, dynasties, French rule, Vietname War, Ho Chi Minh, communism, and current events.
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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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Ducksters

Ducksters: World War I for Kids: Russian Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Kids learn about the Russian Revolution. First, the Tsar was overthrown during the February Revolution, then, in October, the communist Bolsheviks took total control. The country became the Soviet Union.
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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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Columbia University

Chinese Cultural Studies: Modern Marriage in China

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an article about the difference in the Chinese institution of marriage and the western view of marriage. It also reviews the communist reforms in traditional marriage.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Joseph Stalin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Fordham University gives the original text of a reply from Stalin to Churchill in 1946. This text deals with England's view of communism in Europe.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Biography for Kids: Vladimir Lenin

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the biography of Vladimir Lenin, communist revolutionary and founding father of the Soviet Union on this site. Learn how he led the Bolshevik Revolution that put the communists in power in Russia.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: China History and Timeline Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the Chinese dynasties, emperors, wars, the Republican era, and the communist revolution on this site. Site includes some history and a timeline of the country of China.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Alger Hiss

For Students 9th - 10th
Fact sheet and biography contain interesting information and history on Alger Hiss who was accused by Whitaker Chambers as being a Communist and Soviet spy.

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