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Watch a new short video on the Berlin Wall.
From 1961 until 1989, the Berlin Wall separated East Berlin, controlled by the Soviet-backed East German government, from West Berlin, aligned with Western democracies. Teach your students why the Berlin Wall was built during the Cold War, and why it fell nearly 30 years later.
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Teach About the Cold War’s Impact on Latin America.
The Cold War was an ideological and sometimes military struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. By the 1950s, these tensions were seen in Latin America, and revolutions, coups and uprisings shaped much of the region’s late 20th-century history. Explore the Cold War’s impact on Latin America through this collection.
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Browse these resources for AP exam review season.
Are your students starting AP exam review? Retro Report offers free curriculum-aligned AP collections on subjects including AP U.S. History, AP Government and Politics and AP Psychology.
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Mark International Fact-Checking Day with a media literacy video.
April 2 is International Fact-Checking Day, a global tribute to truth and accuracy. Through this collection, students will learn about methods that professional news organizations and historians use to verify facts, and how to apply them.
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Environmental Science teachers, are you thinking about Earth Day lessons?
Gain inspiration and access free resources in a webinar on April 13 with Retro Report and Hamline University’s Center for Global Environmental Education.
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