Wars

War and Peace--A well-organized collection of sites about war and peace. Links to American wars and peace, literature, poetry, classic writings on war and peace.

Civil War
The American Civil War Homepage Wonderful collection of links to Civil War resources.

World War I
World War I--PBS series includes interviews with many historians, photos, timelines,maps and more
World War I--Trenches on the Web. A collage of links dedicated to the people, places, and events that sparked "the war to end all wars."
Propaganda

World War II

Holocaust
Auschwitz Alphabet - Brief descriptions and excerpts from Holocaust-related resources
Cybrary of the Holocaust--Historic and modern materials, including stories of those who liberated the camps, recollections of survivors, essays, photos, paintings and more.
Holocaust Picture Exhibition -- 37 images
Holocaust Timeline -- From The History Place.
Nizkor Project - An excellent starting point. Research guides, camps, people, places, Nuremberg trials. "Nizkor is Hebrew word meaning "we will remember".
Shanash Holocaust Homepage- Another excellent starting point
Teacher's guide to the Holocaust -- Timeline, People and the Arts. Start with site map for an outline of the 35 topics.
Vad Vashem - the Web site of Israel's premier Holocaust memorial.

Cold War
CNN: The Cold War
Cold War provides historical sources, case studies, timelines, and worksheets to allow students to research and examine the beginnings and progression of the Cold War. A teacher's guide is also included.
Cold War.Museum
Race for the Superbomb -- from PBS
The Avalon Project: The Cold War -- Read government documents from the Cold War
Biography of John F. Kennedy
Cold War from InfoPlease This site addresses the iron curtain tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, as well as the emergence of China as a Communist nation. There are also essays about "detente,"
Cold War from Beginning to End from Time Inc. This comprehensive site looks back at the fall of Communism, and has articles about the Berlin Wall, life in Russia today, and a link to a photographic project called "Beyond the fall."
McCarthyism At this site you will learn about how the Cold War affected America, with the formation of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and Senator Joseph McCarthy's list of suspected Communists.
Space Race At this interesting site, you can see pictures of satellites such as Sputnik, and learn about the competition to reach the moon. There is also a page about declassified paintings of Soviet space weapons.
The Berlin Wall This informative site depicts the history of the Berlin Wall from both sides of the wall. There are photographs, an essay, and an interactive quiz.
Winston Churchill This site has a transcription of Churchill's speech, in which he states that an iron curtain has descended across the continent.
Timeline of Communism in China This New York Times Web site has a time line of Communist events in China for the past fifty years. You can also click on the archives link to read newspaper reports from that event.

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