Classroom Materials

A selection of suitable teaching materials such as interviews, reports, handouts and worksheets can be found here.

BBC-Interview with Martin Jankowski Amid growing frustration with Communism, mass protests swept across East Germany in October 1989. Forty years after the country was founded in the wake of World War II, these demonstrations ultimately led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Martin Jankowski was one of the protesters, and was interviewed by the BBC at the time.
Profile of contemporary witness Martin Jankowski
Spiegel-Interview with Siegfried Wittenburg Photographer Siegfried Wittenburg angered East German officials in the 1980s with his photographic depictions of the drabness of everyday life under Communism. He told SPIEGEL ONLINE what compelled him to take the photos in an interview, which the local cultural association refused to exhibit at the time.
Profile of contemporary witness Siegfried Wittenburg
East Germany's inescapable Hohenschönhausen prison The place where Thomas Raufeisen was unjustly imprisoned and interrogated is today his place of work. As a witness who experienced this prison first-hand, he guides visitors through East Germany's former central remand centre.
Profile of contemporary witness Thomas Raufeisen
Berlin Wall A printable worksheet on the reasons for the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Using reference materials, students can learn about the context of this event. Suitable for grade levels 5 to 8.
Classroom materials The New York Times-run Learning Network provides classroom materials on the incipient euphoria following the Peaceful Revolution of 1989, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the city of Berlin today, where many of its inhabitants never experienced the divided city. The website also provides links to additional classroom materials and other classroom activities.
The Cold War – history class This online lesson covers several topics of the Cold War, including spider diagrams that depict major events during the Cold War as well as match-up quizzes.
The Cold War – Web portal Web portal run by the BBC featuring numerous classroom lessons, video clips and quizzes on the Cold War, its background and consequences.

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