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Lesson Plan: Berlin Airlift – Teaching With Primary Sources (Scaffolded Writing Resources)

A Soviet blockade around Berlin cut the divided city off from the West. But in 1948 U.S. and British pilots began to fly food, fuel and medicine to the Allied sectors. In explaining the geo-political struggle underlying the airlift, this video is useful for introducing Cold War politics.

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