World History: The Nuclear Age

Current Events & Media: K-12 TLC Guide World History: K-12 TLC Guide
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The American Presidency: K-12 TLC Guide United States History in the Nuclear Age: K-12 TLC Guide Maps: K-12 TLC Guide

1956 Hungarian Revolution, 1990 German Reunification, The Berlin Wall, The Fall of the Soviet Union

1999, End of the 20th Century

World History: The Nuclear Age	The Marshall Plan: K-12 TLC Guide. The Korean War: K-12 TLC Guide. The Cuban Missile Crisis: K-12 TLC Guide. The War In Vietnam: K-12 TLC Guide. Nuclear Energy: K-12 TLC Guide. Nuclear Power: K-12 TLC Guide. Nuclear Weapons: K-12 TLC Guide. Russian Space Program: K-12 TLC Guide. Cold War International History Project, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 1958 Brussel's World's Fair: K-12 TLC Guide. Conversations with History, University of California, Berkeley. Edward R. Murrow on the McCarthy Hearings (audio), Radio Days. Famous American Trials, University of Missouri-Kansas City: 1949-50: Alger Hiss Trials (links). 1951: Rosenbergs Trial. 1970: The My Lai Courts-Martial. Harvard Project on Cold War Studies. National Public Radio: Living in the Atomic Age. Nuclear Age Timeline, U.S, Department of Energy. The Soviet Union and the United States, The Library of Congress. Sputnik: K-12 TLC Guide. University of Wisconsin: The Coils of Cold War. The Cold War and the 1950s: The Affluent Society. The Asian Connection: The Road to Vietnam. America Sinking through a Watergate.
World History: The Berlin Wall	1990 German Reunification: K-12 TLC Guide. Berlin: K-12 TLC Guide. Collapse of the Soviet Union: K-12 TLC Guide. Gorbachev, Mihail: K-12 TLC Guide. 06/12/1987: President Reagan Challenges Soviet Leader, Mikhail Gorbachev to Tear Down the Berlin Wall: History Channel. *New York Times. BBC: 11/09/1989: Berliners Celebrate the Fall of the Wall. 12/02/1989: The Brandenburg Gate Is re-Opened. The Berlin Wall, Freie Universität Berlin. The Berlin Wall Website. City of Berlin. Fact Monster. The Fall of the Berlin Wall, North Pole High School, AK. Germany, 15 Years After the Wall, Christian Science Monitor. History Channel. 12/20/1963: Berlin Wall Opened for Family Visits. 06/12/1987: President Reagan Challenges Soviet Leader, Mikhail Gorbachev to Tear Down the Berlin Wall. 11/09/1989: The Wall Opens for Good. Kennedy at the Berlin Wall, National Archives and Records Administration. National Public Radio: 10th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall: All Things Considered. Weekend Edition* (audio: 6:15). Celebration (audio): All Things Considered (audio: 4:00). Morning Edition (audio: 1:15). 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall: 20 Years, and 89 Pounds of the Berlin Wall Later. Berlin Marks 20th Anniversary of Wall's Fall. Germans Celebrate Berlin Wall's Fall with Giant Domino Spectacle. In the End, Fall of Berlin Wall Was Gorbachev's Call. The Night David Hasselhoff Rocked the Berlin Wall. The Night the Wall Fell: Freedom, Fatherhood Collide. Why the Berlin Wall Fell: All Things Considered (audio: 3:15). All Things Considered (audio: 3:00).
World History: The Berlin Wall	K-12 TLC Teachable Moments 11/09/1989: The Borders between East and West Germany Are Opened. 12/09: Lech Walesa and Solidarity.
World History: The Fall of the Soviet Union	1990 German Reunification: K-12 TLC Guide. The Berlin Wall: K-12 TLC Guide. Czechoslovakia Velvet Revolution: K-12 TLC Guide. Mikhail Gorbachev: K-12 TLC Guide. The Soviet Union: K-12 TLC Guide. Commonwealth of Independent States: K-12 TLC Guide. Conversations with History, University of California, Berkeley. History Channel: 05/21/1988: Gorbachev Consolidates Power. 09/10/1989: Hungary Opens Borders for East Germans. 09/26/1989: Soviets Approve Anti-censorship Law. 10/18/1989: East German Rule of Erich Honecker Ends. 12/03/1989: Gorbachev and Bush Meet Near Malta. 09/12/1990: Allied Powers Support German Reunification. 08/21/1991: Coup Against Gorbachev Collapses on Third Day. 12/21/1991: The Soviet Union Is Dissolved. National Public Radio The Cold War Americans Don't Want to Let Go (4:00). Foreign Policy & Fall of Communism: 11/8/99 (audio: 3:00). Germany: Conviction of Egon Krenz: 11/8/99 (audio: 3:00). Germany Undivided: 11/9/99 (60:00). Reconstructing Berlin: 11/1/99 (audio: 7:30). The Czech Republic: 11/4/99 (audio: 7:22). Czech Dissidents: 11/4/99 (audio: 12:30). Hungary: 11/3/99 (audio: 7:06). Poland: 11/2/99 (audio: 7:34). Poland - Ten Years Later: 11/3/99 (audio: 18:28). Romania: 11/5/99 (audio: 7:37). On-This-Day: 11/29/1989: Czechoslovakia's Parliament Is Dissolved. 08/24/1991: Gorbachev Resigns as Party Head. 09/11/1991: Thousands of Soviet Troops Pull Out of Cuba.
World History: The Fall of the Soviet Union	K-12 TLC Teachable Moments 11/09/1989: The Borders between East and West Germany Are Opened. 12/09: Lech Walesa and Solidarity.

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This guide last edited 03/17/2011
This guide last revised 06/30/2010