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Resources for educators and students from
the Council on Foreign Relations

Contemporary History

See also: Learning Resources on Contemporary History

High School

Employees work at a textile factory in Xiangfan

Activities

Discussion Activity: Post-Cold War Engagement with China

President David Dwight Eisenhower During A Conference Of Nato

Activities

Discussion Activity: Cold War Containment

Activities_AnnexationPhilippines

Activities

Discussion Activity: Annexing the Philippines

Woodrow Wilson

Activities

Discussion Activity: Interwar Neutrality

Activities_JayTreaty

Activities

Discussion Activity: The Jay Treaty

Lessons_AmericasRoleInWorld

Lesson Plans

America’s Role in the World: World War I to World War II

Higher Education

Employees work at a textile factory in Xiangfan

Activities

Discussion Activity: Post-Cold War Engagement with China

President David Dwight Eisenhower During A Conference Of Nato

Activities

Discussion Activity: Cold War Containment

Activities_AnnexationPhilippines

Activities

Discussion Activity: Annexing the Philippines

Woodrow Wilson

Activities

Discussion Activity: Interwar Neutrality

Activities_JayTreaty

Activities

Discussion Activity: The Jay Treaty

Fascism In Bologna

Essay and Discussion Questions

Fascism Higher Education Questions

Resource Collections for your Students

President Bill Clinton points to Chinese leader Jiang Zemin during joint press conference in front of U.S. and Chinese flags.

Primary Sources from Post-Cold War Engagement with China

A black and white photograph of a large, black mushroom cloud.

Primary Sources from the Cold War

A painting from the Battle of Quingua showing a scene with American troops in the foreground advancing on Filipino troops.

Primary Sources from U.S. Overseas Expansion

A color poster showing a sailor being sent to battle by a symbolic female figure with a sword, possibly Liberty.

Primary Sources from the Interwar Neutrality Debate

A black and white portrait of John Jay.

Primary Sources from the Early Republic

Chinese policemen raise a Chinese flag.

How Does History Inform the Chinese Communist Party’s Domestic and Foreign Policy Goals?