• Survival Under Atomic Attack 

  • Published in 1950 by National Security Resources Board, this booklet taught individuals how best to survive an atomic attack. Free PDF.

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• The Cold War: A History Just for Kids by KidCaps

  • ​Appropriate for upper elementary school or middle school students with already a basic understanding of the Cold War

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• The Wall by Peter Sis

  • Autobiographical graphic novel about rowing up in the Soviet Bloc during The Cold War, a personal and historical exploration of the era

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• Fallout by Todd Strasser

  • A fictional imagining of what life would have been like for a family surviving inside a bomb shelter after their city had been dropped; fictional but also a useful exploration of the historical tensions and the personal emotions of young people living through the era. Appropriate for middle grade.

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• The Cold War (20th Century Perspectives) by David Taylor

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• When the Wall Came Down by Serge Schmemann

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• The McCarthy Era: Monumental Milestones

• The Cold War: Crash Course US History #37​

  • Comprehensive 14-minute video on history of the Cold War

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• The rise and fall of the American fallout shelter

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• Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down Cold War Spy Cameras, WIRED

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• The Cold War in Asia: Crash Course US History #38​

  • Perspective on Cold War in Asia, a topic not covered in detail during this lesson

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• “What is Communism” (1963)​

  • Propaganda documentary created by the National Education Program to explain Communism to Americans 

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• Life in East Germany​

  • Animated History of East Germany 1945-1989

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• Walled In: The Inner German Border​

  • History of the Berlin Wall, German (translated) broadcast from 2009

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• Duck and Cover

  • Classic video shown to schoolchildren during the 1950s

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• Survival Under Atomic Attack

  • 1951 production shown to families and schools

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• “Make Mine Freedom”​

  • Animated propaganda film created by United States about evils of the Communism

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• “The Millionaire”​

  • Animated propaganda film created by the Soviet Union about the evils of Capitalism

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• The Cold War: Seven Minutes to Midnight (Documentary)