Social Studies 30: Clash of Ideologies

This excellent video, created by an Alberta teacher, discusses how disputes about Germany impacted the Cold War.

Created by an Alberta teacher. We examine how Berlin can be seen as an example of expansionism & containment.

How can Korean, Vietnam, and Afghanistan wars be seen as proxy wars? This video was created by an Alberta teacher

How was Canada pulled into the nuclear arms race between the US and USSR? This resource was created by an Alberta teacher

Learn about events leading up to the Hungarian Uprising, Prague Spring, & Solidarity Movement

Through a map we examine the Cold War, a conflict that pitted the US against the USSR for nearly 45 years.

A close look at how the cold war and rising consumerism led to affordable personal computers in the 1970s.

After WWII, the USSR and the US expanded their spheres of influence and eventually clashed.

After WWII, the Soviets occupied Eastern Europe and the US-supported western Europe.

How did fighting happen during the Cold War? It was very different than traditional wars.

The US and USSR embarked on an ideological war starting in the post-WWII era.

As the Cold War goes on, Khrushchev tries to revamp the USSR's image by hosting a world's youth event.

Berlin becomes the Cold War under a microscope.

In the 1980s, Reagan and John Paul II had a profound influence on Walesa and Gorbachev.

Isao Hashimoto created this beautiful time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which took place between 1945 and 1998.

Without oversight, Senator MacCarthy conducted a crusade against "enemies of the state".

A videos that examines the impact of McCarthyism on the entertainment industry in the US.

In the 1950s, thousands of people were aggressively investigated and questioned by their own government

Even Canadians were investigated by the American government during McCarthyism.

This article explores the Lavender Scare. The persecutions gays and lesbians during the McCarthy Era.

An eye for an eye, a missile for a missile -- that was the thinking in the US and USSR in 1962.

The threat of instant unannounced vaporization terrified people during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

This article examines Canada role in the Cold War and provides a timeline of events.

The Cold War lasted from the end of WWII to 1991. Learn about Canada's role in the Cold War here.

Learn about the interrogations and firings of thousands of Canadian civil servants and soldiers.

Entangled in Vietnam prior to the war, Canada tried and failed to prevent it.

Mr. Hughes explains the basics of the Vietnam War from the American perspective.

Students will learn about détente, ping pong diplomacy, perestroika, and glasnost, as well as how the Cold War ended.

An article from the Economist in 2009 that looks back at the end of the Cold War

An article that documents the US perspective on the collapse of the USSR.

A timeline of events that lead to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

A video that documents the fall of the Soviet Union that began in the 1980s and collapsed in 1991

Learn how the collapse of the USSR had a huge impact on Eastern European countries.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the USSR had trouble holding its sphere of influence

An timeline of events that documents the fall of the Soviet Union from a European perspective.