Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Photographer Steve Eason from Getty Images Archive presents a pictorial essay of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
CommonLit
Common Lit: The Berlin Wall
A learning module that begins with "The Berlin Wall" by Mike Kubic, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
The History Place
The History Place: Ronald Reagan: "Tear Down This Wall"
Primary source text, graphics, photos and audio-clips of President Reagan's historic speech given on June 12, 1987, in West Berlin calling for an end to the Cold War and the Berlin Wall.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall
Konrad H. Jarausch details the history of the Berlin Wall.
Other
Chronik Der Wende: The Fall of the Wall
This resource follows the events pertaining to The Fall of the Berlin Wall between October 1989 until March of 1990. Just click on any day and you can read what happened that day and see pictures.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Wilson Center: Berlin Wall
Learn more about the history of the Berlin Wall through this collection of documents. The documents begin with the conditions in Berlin and East Germany before it was built all the way to the wall being torn down in 1989.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Berlin Job
In this photographic exhibit, correspondent Peter Millar reports on the collapse of communism and life behind the Berlin Wall in East Berlin.
Other
Twinity: The Berlin Wall
Re-visit the 20th anniversary of the downfall of communism in Eastern Germany with this virtual walk back in time of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Discover how and why the wall was erected and the way in which it came down. Then learn how...
US Department of State
Office of the Historian: The Berlin Crisis, 1958 1961
Because Berlin was a divided city, between East and West, there was potential for diplomatic problems. Read about President Eisenhower's failed attempts to negotiate with Soviet Premier Khrushchev, and the negotiations between President...
George Washington University
National Security Archive: The Berlin Wall, Fifty Years Ago
While condemning the wall in public, U.S. officials saw "long term advantage" if potential refugees stayed in East Germany. Three days before the wall went up, the CIA expected that East Germany would take "harsher measures" to solve the...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Fall of the Berlin Wall
Interesting facts and background information on the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, and why the fall of the Berlin Wall was so important.
Mother Earth Travel
Mother Earth Travel: Opening of the Berlin Wall and Unification
Review the events of 1989 through 1990 that involved both East and West Germany to tear down the Berlin Wall and become unified as one nation.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Notes on the Berlin Wall, 1961
This site, which is provided for by the Fordham University, gives the actual text of the United States' note to the USSR on Berlin and the Soviet reply.
Other
Benutzerseiten: Berlin Wall
This site from Benutzerseiten provides a detailed analysis of the Berlin Wall. It discusses both the construction of the wall and its eventual downfall.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Magazine: Beyond the Wall: Berlin
Smithsonian Magazine correspondent Tom Mueller reflects on the legacy of the Berlin Wall. (June 2006)
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: The Fall of the Wall: Revelation Not Revolution
Photographic and video discussion attempts to answer the question "Why Did the Berlin Wall Fall in November 1989?"
Other
The Berlin Wall
An interactive presentation of the Berlin Wall. Images and information provides a good overview of why the wall was put up and why it eventually came down.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: The Fall of Berlin Wall
learn about the Berlin Wall, when and why it was built, when it was demolished, and other interesting facts.
PBS
Pbs: People Power
A personal interview from someone who was actually there at the historic event can tell so much more than a history book. Read an interview with a citizen of East Germany at the time of the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Cold War Germany
Describes what happened to Germany at the end of World War II and the start of the Cold War, how it was divided into East and West Germany with the construction of the Berlin Wall. Western countries worked to rehabilitate their half of...
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: John F. Kennedy
The National Portait Gallery explores the actions of presidents during the Cold War. Here find President Kennedy's decisions during the Berlin Crisis, the building of the Berlin War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Watch a video of...
Other
The Fall of the Wall and the East German Police
This site evaluates the crucial period immediately following the fall of the Berlin Wall in the autumn of 1989. It examines the wall's effects on law enforcement and the role of the East German Police.
Ducksters
Ducksters: The Cold War for Kids: Berlin Wall
Kids learn about the history of the Berlin Wall during the Cold War. This wall kept people from freely leaving East Berlin.
George Mason University
Chnm: Making the History of 1989
Excellent online resource that through the use of primary sources and scholar interviews, focuses on the historical events of 1989 that deal with the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. Great teacher resource with lesson plans...