Author Archives: larryferlazzo

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ON YOUR OWN

Learn about Technology in the 1950's. Be sure to click on the lower left hand corner so you can see the words that are being spoken.

Watch this slideshow about the 1950's.

Watch this movie about Elvis Presley and take the quizzes.

African-Americans won the right to a good education in 1954. Watch this movie about the court case and take the quizzes.

Learn about school segregation in 1952.

Watch these videos about the polio vaccine that was made in the 1950's.

Watch the videos on this page about issues in the 1950's.

Read about Senator Joseph McCarthy

WITH A PARTNER

Read about President Harry Truman.

Read about President Dwight Eisenhower.

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Learn about the Cuban Missle crisis. Get the code from Mr. Ferlazzo.

ON YOUR OWN

Watch this movie about The Cold War and take the quizzes.

Watch this movie about the United Nations and take the quizzes.

Learn more about the United Nations here.

Watch this movie about The Korean War and take the quizzes.

Learn more about the Korean War.

Explore The Best Sites For Learning About The Korean War (& Tensions Since Then, Too).

Learn more about The Cold War.

Learn about Europe after World War II. Be sure to click on the lower left hand corner so you can see the words that are spoken.

Learn about Southeast Asia in 1954,

Watch the videos on this page.

Watch some of these videos about The Cuban Missile Crisis.

Learn more about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Click on "subtitles" so you can see the words as they are spoken.

Look at this chart about the Cold War.

WITH A PARTNER

Take this test about what happened after World War II. Play this game, too.

Here's another test about the Cold War.

And here's one more test.

Learn about The Berlin Wall.

Two nice sites on the Berlin Wall are a series of photos from The Denver Post and aninteractive from The Guardian.

The Wall’s Rise and Fall is an interactive from the Wall Street Journal. The Berlin Wall, 20 years gone is a series of images from the Big Picture. Both are about the Berlin Wall.
“The Fall Of The Wall” is an interactive on The Berlin Wall.

Read more about the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Bite Size Cold War activities

The Presidency and the Cold War

SPANISH LANGUAGE PREVIEW:

Brainpop Movie On The Cold War

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Complete this activity on what life was like in the U.S. during the war. Get the code from Mr. Ferlazzo.

Learn about the Marshall Plan. Get the code from Mr. Ferlazzo.

ON YOUR OWN

Look at this Second World War Timeline.

Watch these videos on World War II.

Inside World War II: A Global Perspective.

Code Talkers

D-Day To Victory

Watch these two movies about the Holocaust and take the quizzes:

* Holocaust

* Anne Frank

Learn more about Anne Frank at

The Best Sites To Learn About Anne Frank

Learn more about The Holocaust.

Please read the first two paragraphs on this page about the Holocaust (click MP3 Listening so you can hear the words spoken). The do this exercise.

Watch these videos about The Holocaust.

Watch this with Spanish subtitles

Look at these resources:

The Best Sites For Learning About The Holocaust

Complete this activity about D-Day and watch the video.

Watch this movie about the Allied Victory.

Learn about the atomic bombings of Japan at:

The Best Resources For Learning About The Atomic Bombings Of Japan

If there's time, go to The Best Sites For Learning About The Holocaust and look at the sites on that list.

Learn about the war in the Pacific at:

The Best Sites For Learning About The War In The Pacific

WITH A PARTNER

Read about World War II Remembered.

The History Channel has many short videos on the war, as does How Stuff Works.

Remembering D-Day, 66 years ago is a great set of images from The Boston Globe's Big Picture.

SPANISH LANGUAGE PREVIEW:

Spanish videos on World War II

More Spanish videos

Brainpop World War II