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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Cold War

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
A learning module that begins with "The Cold War" by Jessica McBirney, 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...
Article
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Cold War: How Did It Start? How Did It End? [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discussing 45 years of the Cold War between Russia and the U.S. Questions for discussion and small group activity.
Interactive
Made From Media

Made From History: The Cold War: 1945 1991 Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive timeline takes learners through the Cold War using images and an animated chronology of events throughout the 50 years.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Us History: The Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
AP U.S. History unit on post-World War II and the Cold War. Comprehensive multi-media lessons, activities and assessment.
Article
Council of Foreign Relations

Foreign Affairs: The Cold War Reopened

For Students 9th - 10th
In his article entitled "Inside Enemy Archives: The Cold War Reopened," Melvyn Leffler discusses the ramifications of archival documents from the Russians on the Cold War era. Can Soviet actions during that time be viewed in a different...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap European History: The Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module for AP European History on the Cold War provides comprehensive course materials including text, photos, assignments and assessment as well as nteractive features and collaborative art project.
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Flow of History

Flow of History: The Start of the Cold War (1945 48)

For Students 9th - 10th
The events leading up to the Cold War are profiled. Text plus a graphic flow chart format make the topic visually appealing and of interest to both students and educators.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
View videos, photograph, and renderings of American presidents and their foreign counterparts in this image-rich examination of the post-World War II environment and the cold war that followed it. Includes a review of key foreign-policy...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Us History: The Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
U.S. History learning module on the Cold War. Comprehensive unit with interactive multi-media lessons, projects and assessment.
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BBC

Bbc: President Truman and the Origins of the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
BBC correspondent Arnold A Offner discusses the role Harry S. Truman played in development of the Cold War. American history from a British point of view.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: John F. Kennedy

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Intelligence Operations in the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source documents that discuss intelligence issues during the Cold War. The documents come from archives in many different Soviet bloc countries. They are mainly decision memorandums, descriptions, agreements, and...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Franklin Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive site from the National Portrait Gallery explores presidential actions in relation to the Cold War from the Yalta Conference to the presidency of George H.W. Bush. Click on Franklin Roosevelt to find out about the decisions...
Handout
Flow of History

Flow of History: The Height of the Cold War (1957 72)

For Students 9th - 10th
The events surrounding the Cold War at its very height are the focus. Text plus a colored graphic flowchart make the topic visually appealing and of interest to both students and educators.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: The Presidency and the Cold War: Harry Truman

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Portrait Gallery explores presidendtial actions in regard to the Cold War. Click on Harry Truman to see what actions and decisions he made during his term of office. Read about his meeting with Joseph Stalin at Potsdam, the...
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Flow of History

Flow of History: The Early Years of the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
The early years of the Cold War & how it affected the main players...Germany, USA, Russia, Asia...is profiled. Text plus a colored graphic flowchart make this topic visually appealing and of interest to both students and educators.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Write Now: Case Study: Mc Carthyism and the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are tasked with researching and writing an informative article about McCarthy and the Cold War. The overarching concept is focused around how one person was able to influence the political and social arena during the time of the...
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: Mc Carthyism, Korea and the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This article looks at McCarthyism in the context of the Korean War and the Cold War. It is supplemented by original documents and articles from that era.
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Other

Facts About Germany: The Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
German authors provide an article about the Soviet Union's influence in Germany during the Cold War.
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Wwii and the Cold War

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of videos, lessons, primary sources and slideshows will compliment studies about how the United States became involved in World War II. Follow the course of the war and the development of the war against Communism.
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US Army Center

U.s. Army Center of Military History: Peace Becomes Cold War, 1945 1950

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of historical events that led to the Cold War from the perspective of the U.S. Army. Particular emphasis is placed on military leadership and policy.
Primary
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center Digital Archives: Cold War History

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a historical survey of the cold war by using documents. Explores the documents through an interactive site as a pathway through history.
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Stanford University

Stanford History Education Group: Cold War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A comprehensive social studies unit honing in on the Cold War. Students will rely on various resources covering topics like the Cuban Missile Crisis, Truman and MacArthur, and the Korean War, to analyze...
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Structural Realism After the Cold War [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In his article "Structural Realism after the Cold War", Kenneth N. Waltz examines the growth of liberal democracies following World War II and the Cold War and this growth's effects on nation-building in the twentieth century. (37 pages)

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