The Berlin Wall – Web Quest
Go to http://www.wall-berlin.org/gb/berlin.htm
Directions:
Print out this page before you begin, answer
questions on the page. Once you have the webquest questions printed,
click on the link above and follow the directions below.
Click on The Shared Sky
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When did the Berlin Wall go up?
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How many occupational zones was Germany divided into? What
were these zones? (you can tell by the flags on the map and the countries
mentioned in the sentence about the “four occupational zones.”)
Click on the right – The Berlin Blockade
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To what did the Berlin Blockade put an end?
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In the 1950s Germany was divided into two parts, what were they?
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What were the capitals cities of these two parts?
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What did West Berlin and East Berlin “become”?
Click on the upper right - Sealing off the Border.
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In the first paragraph, why did the citizens want to flee East Berlin?
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How many telephone lines were there linking the two cities?
Click on the Sealing off the Border caption under the
picture on the right. Look at a section of the wall.
When you are finished, click the back button.
Click on the upper right - Escape
to West Germany
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What was the penalty for fleeing to the Republic?
Click on the left – 2. Wall of China
Click on the International reactions on the right
Click on the pictures on the right, especially “families
separated.” Then click back.
Click on the left – The Wall System
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How many times was the wall “overhauled” or fixed? Why did
they do this?
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What did the wall cut through? List everything.
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How did the wall go through the water?
Click on the pictures on the right. Then click back.
Click on the left – 5. The Fall
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On an official visit to West Germany, one man was responsible for
starting the process of bringing the wall down, who was he? When
did this happen?
Click through the pictures, always remember to click back.
Click on the right – The opening of the Wall.
Click on the picture – The Wall comes down.
After you look at this, click back.
Click on the right – A united Berlin
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Read the first paragraph. Why were people so happy? Give
some possible reasons.
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Look at some of the photographs on the right by clicking on them.
Make sure to click back to this page.
FINALLY – Click on the left – 6. What is
left
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Official demolition began in 1990, when was the wall completely down?
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For what was the wall reused?
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How many sections were auctioned off?
That is it!!! Feel free to scroll through
the site.
