Baltics
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This page contains online resources for the region of the Baltics. Countries that are currently covered in these resources include Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. If you are an educator that would like to request a specific topic for an online module or resources guide, please email us at cseees@osu.edu.
Baltic Tenacity: Survival and Preservation of the Baltic Cultures through the Years of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union
- Created by: Dr. Maria Ignatieva (Ohio State U.)
- Countries: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
- Format: u.osu.edu website.
- This module serves as a broad introduction to the history and culture of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania during the Soviet occupation and the countries’ fight for independence. This module will also include short surveys of Baltic folklore, literature, music, and theatre to demonstrate how Baltic culture strengthened the nations’ dream of sovereignty. Since very little information about the three countries is available to high school students, every part will include date on each country’s history, geography, general politics, economics, and culture. The narrative is placed in a wider context of the 20th century history and culture.
Baltic Voices of Freedom: Teaching the Singing Revolution Through Music, Memory, and Civic Action
- Curated by: Alicia Baca
- Countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
- Format: u.osu.edu website
- This resource guide was created for CSEEES' summer 2026 teacher training workshop that focused on teaching the Baltic Singing Revolution and nonviolent resistance. Dr. Guntis Šmidchens (U. of Washington) served as the workshop's guest expert and explored how collective singing, cultural identity, and civic participation became powerful tools of nonviolent resistance during the late Soviet period. If you need to report a broken link, please email CSEEES' outreach coordinator, Alicia Baca (baca.31@osu.edu).
2022 Global Teacher Seminar: Good Health and Well-Being in Estonia and Moldova
- Curated by: Dr. Lorraine Wallace (Ohio State U., College of Medicine) and Alicia Baca
- Countries: Estonia and Moldova
- Format: Padlet
- This Padlet was created for the OSU Area Studies Centers' 2022 Global Teacher Seminar which focused on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Dr. Wallace's lecture addressed SDG #3, good health and well-being. She explored the ways in which the Estonian and Moldovan governments approached health care and public health after the fall of the Soviet Union. If you need to report a broken link, please email CSEEES' outreach coordinator, Alicia Baca (baca.31@osu.edu).
Medical and Healthcare Innovation in Estonia
- Created by: Dr. Lorraine Wallace and Steven Mousetes (Ohio State U., College of Medicine)
- Countries: Estonia
- Format: Youtube video with a fully accessible transcript available. PowerPoint available for download through Knowledge Bank.