McDougal Littell, 
Modern World History
Chapters 17/18/19: 
Pages 475-479, 
482-499, 522-525, 
541-550

The Balfour Declaration
Speeches and Writings of 
Presidents, Churchill, 
Mao Tse-tung,Stalin

The Arab World
(Society for Visual 
Education, 1988)

Vietnam:  Bay of Pigs
Berlin Airlift 
(Britannica, 1990)

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Gandhi 
(1989 - 36 minutes)

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Gandhi
(1990 - 40 minutes)

India Unveiled:  Emergence 
of the State
(Britannica, 1986)

880208
Poland:  A Year of Solidarity
(1983 - 25 minutes)

The Revolution in Eastern 
Europe
(Society for Visual 
Education)

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Sadat:  The Presidency
and the Legacy
(1982 - 26 minutes)

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Saddam Hussein - 
Defying the World 
(1990 - 34 minutes)

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Soviet Union Chronicles: 
1945-1993
(1994 - 29 minutes)

Vietnam:  A Case Study for Critical Thinking 
(Society for Visual 
Education, 1987)

20th century documents: 
www.yale.edu/
lawweb/avalon/20th.htm

Berlin Airlift 
www.whistlestop.org/
study_collections/berlin_
airlift/large/berlin_
airlift.htm

Berlin Wall Comes Down 
www.cnn.com/
SPECIALS/cold.war/
episodes/23/

Cold War Information 
http://cnn.com/
SPECIALS/cold.war/
kbank/

Cold War History Project 
http://cwihp.si.edu/
default.htm

Cuban Missile Crisis 
http://www.gwu.edu/
~nsarchiv/

Korean War 
http://violet.berkeley.edu
/~korea/koreanwar.html

Marshall Plan 
http://lcweb.loc.gov/
exhibits/marshall/

NATO 
http://www.nato.int/

Russia on the Web 
http://www.valley.net/
~transnat/

United Nations 
http://www.un.org/

AT  73, 75, 78
CT 32, 33, 34,
35, 36, 69, 70
GT  33, 35

Repression and Terror: Stalin in Control
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu:
80/SDG/Experimental/
soviet.exhibit/repress.html
Description: In the 1920s, Joseph Stalin set the stage for gaining absolute power by employing police repression against opposition elements within the Communist Party. These had not previously been used against party members themselves.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

UVIC History: U.S. History--The Cold War
http://web.uvic.ca/
hrd/history.learn-teach/
coldwar.htm
Description: This information about the Cold War was developed by the CIA. It includes the Soviet position on Cold War events including its response to the Cuban Missle Crisis in the early 1960s. 
Comments: An important, useful research site with documents and treaties 
Resource Type: Compilation of Links
Graphics Content: High
 

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
http://www.oir.ucf.edu/
wm/paint/auth/kandinsky/
Description: While the Nazi and Soviet political movements were undoubtedly among the most vile developments of the 20th century, they inspired works of art which have the ability to expose some of the best and worst that art can achieve. See them here.
Resource Type: Photos or Pictures
Graphics Content: High
 

Citizen Kurchatov: Stalin's Bomb Maker
http://www.pbs.org/opb/
citizenk/revolution/
index.html
Description: Follow the development of the Soviet nuclear program in the Cold War through the life of Igor Kurchatov. Through this website which accompanies the PBS series, explore the pressures under which Soviet scientists worked and the impact of their research on East-West relations.
Comments: This is a unique, non Western view of the Cold War.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: High
 

Decision to Drop the A-Bomb
http://www.whistlestop.org/
study_collections/berlin_
airlift/large/berlin_airlift.htm
Description: Here is an amazing collection of documents, photos and historical interpretation on the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima from the Truman Presidential Library.
Resource Type: Primary Source Text
Graphics Content: High
 

Fifty Years from Trinity
http://www.seattletimes.com/
trinity/index.html
Description: Download information and links on the development of the nuclear age. Supplementary material, interactive activities, and questions for discussion and debate make this a valuable classroom resource. 
Comments: From the education section of the Seattle Times WEBedition.
Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics
Graphics Content: High
 

Maps of the Cold War
http://CNN.com/
SPECIALS/cold.war/
kbank/maps/index.html
Description: This CNN site has incredible intearactive maps from the Cold War on topics such as the Marshall Plan, holders of nuclear weapons, and the line up of countries on each side, and on events such as the Korea War, Chinese Revolution, Vietnam War and Berlin.
Resource Type: Map
Graphics Content: High
 

Another View of Stalin
http://www.tiac.net
/users/knut/Stalin/
book.html
Description: Here is a book which looks at the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin through the eyes of the exploited and oppressed, is intended to directly confront the standard attacks made against Stalin, and explain why he did the horrible things that he did.
Resource Type: Secondary Text
Graphics Content: High

Cooperative Learning Internet Activity from the SCORE sitefor World History

http://score.rims.k12.ca.
us/activity/communism/

Simulation:  A team put to sleep by the government during the Cold War has just awakened.  Their assignment was to continue the American Way of Life.  Your team is to cover the key points of the Truman Doctrine from 1945 to 1990. These points should include but are not limited to:  a timeline of the years from 1945 to 1999; "Hot and cold" wars (ex. Korea); the Marshall Plan; NATO; containment; the Berlin/Germany situation; the Cuban missile crisis; the arms race; the collapse of the Soviet Union; the status of communism today.   Each group must present these points in a clear manner and explain their success and/or failures in the years since 1945. Detail is essential. It will be essential to work as a team to complete your objectives successfully on this assignment. Your team may work in whatever way you feel is most effective, but organization is very important. Your group will need to be divided into selected areas of investigation for each member. Individuals will need to study: what the Truman doctrine was, the Marshall Plan and who it effected, the creation of NATO and its purpose, how containment was put into practice, the question of the Berlin/Germany situation, the arms race and the Cuban missile crisis, and finally, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the status of Russia today.

Individual Internet Research:

Study resources for this unit on the Internet.  Select and print a photograph which is representative of the events of the time.  Then, research the photograph and event, writing a five paragraph essay which details the importance of the event.

Brinksmanship: Stalin at Yalta
http://CNN.com/
SPECIALS/cold.war/
episodes/01/game/
You are Joseph Stalin. It is February, 1945, and you are meeting with Churchill and Roosevelt at Yalta. They want you to sign a declaration allowing free elections in Poland. Will you do it? 
Author: CNN Cold War
 

Life Without the Cold War: An Exercise in Alternate History
http://cnn.com/
SPECIALS/cold.war/
experience/technology/
life.without/index.html 
This site is best viewed with
a 4.0 browser and requires 
javascript Life without
the Cold War?
Cold War Technology Senior Editor Dave Rickett has developed three "what if" scenarios -- an exercise known by its devotees as "alternate history" -- which challenge you to consider the potential outcomes had history been different. You may find some parts plausible, others absurd. You can take part in this provocative exercise by posting your reactions or your own alternate scenarios on CNN's message boards. 
Author: Dave Rickett

Develop and use a rubric which addresses:  depth of research, evaluation of research,  oral presentation, and the main points of the activity.

Essays will be graded according to a rubric created by the Language Arts Standards and Curriculum committee.