The Fall of the Berlin Wall | Teaching with Primary Sources

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Maryland Public Television MPT Teaching with Primary Sources Thinkport primary sources Berlin Wall East Berlin West Berlin Communism East Germany West Germany President Reagan Ronald Reagan Brandenburg Gate speech presidential address GDR German Democratic Republic Eastern Europe Cold War USSR Gorbachev
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History-Social Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall | Teaching with Primary Sources

This inquiry kit features Library of Congress sources relating to the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.

Thinking Questions

  • Why was the Berlin Wall built?
  • How and why did it come down?
  • Why was the fall of the Berlin Wall so important?
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PBS Learning Media

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