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Berlin Wall Breakout
Charlotte Cox
Created on November 18, 2023
A breakout room to help middle-grade scholars learn more about East Berlin and the Berlin Wall
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BREAKOUT In Record Time!
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INDEX
mission 1
introduction
mission 2
REWARD
MISSION 3
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Germany Circa 1961
Let the journey from West to East begin!
After reading the passage entitled, Berlin Wall, start Mission 1. Use the passage to answer to quiz questions.
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MISSION 1
QUIZ
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QUESTION 1
What was the original Berlin Wall built of in 1961?
Barbed Wire and Cinder Blocks
Concrete Walls topped with Barbed Wire
Wooden Planks
QUESTION 2
What year was the Berlin Wall built?
1961
1989
1949
QUESTION 3
About how many East Germans escaped and managed to reach West Berlin safely?
5,000
10,000
500
QUESTION 4
When did East Germany official open it's borders to the West, including East Berlin?
October 7, 1949
November 9, 1989
October 3, 1990
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MISSION
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MISSION 2
CORRECT IMAGE
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mission 2
01
The trabant
The boxy trabant car was known as a "spark plug on wheels".
mission 2
02
Young Pioneers
Young Pioneers were boys and girls aged 6-13. This was a youth organization created in 1948 in East Germany.
mission 2
03
The Brandenburg Gate
Access to the Brandenburg gate was cut off when the Berlin Wall was erected in 1961. During the time of Berlin Wall (1961-1989), no one could visit this famous symbol of Berlin, Germany.
mission 2
04
Humboldt Harbor
Just after 4 PM Gunter Litfin attempted to reach West Berlin by jumping into the Humboldt Harbor. He was fatally wounded just before reaching the West Berlin bank.
Bildung, B. für politische. (n.d.). Günter Litfin. Litfin, Günter | Chronicle of the Wall. https://www.chronik-der-mauer.de/en/victims/180480/litfin-guenter?type=galerie&show=image&i=177994
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MISSION 3
museum
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mission 4
Joseph Stalin
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the end of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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mission 4
John F. Kennedy
35th United States President who visited Berlin in 1963, one year after the Berllin Wall was built.
Ronald Reagan
40the United States President who visited Berlin in 1987, two years prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall
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mission 4
Joseph Stalin
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until the end of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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MISSION 1
REWARD
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