Share the story of the Berlin Wall, which was erected in 1961, and assign the related activities to help your students learn more about world politics in the 1960s.
Berlin's Wall
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REFERENCE
The Berlin Wall
A look back at the fall of Communism and Soviet influence The Berlin Wall Major anti-Communist riots broke out in ...
