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herecrypto_museum@nsa.gov                        - **Advancing Technology**  -  the interconnected history of cryptology and the advancements in technology from ancient times through the space age (60 minutes)
                        - American Secrets –  a virtual tour of the Cryptologic Museum covers America’s involvement in cryptology from the Revolutionary War through the 20 th  century (75 minutes)
                        - *Battle of Codes*  –  the cryptology in WWII, both how the U.S. protected its communications and broke enemy messages (45 minutes)
                        - **Cold War:**  *Tension and Response*  – the role of cryptology and Signals Intelligence during the Cold War (40 minutes)
                        - **Creating the Legacy**  — the role of women in American cryptologic history (45 minutes)
                        - **Revolutionary Secrets**  — cryptologic techniques and their role in the American Revolution (45 minutes)
                        - **Sharing the Burden**  — the role of women in cryptology specifically during World War II  (45 minutes)
                        - **Signaling the Civil War**  — cryptology and communications in the American Civil War (45 minutes)
                        - **Steganography: Hidden in History**  –  a short history of hiding messages whether hidden in a shoe, microdots, or computer pixels (20 minutes)
                        - S **olving the Enigma**  — history of the German cipher machine, Enigma, and how it was solved by the Allies (45 minutes)
                        - **Talking in Code**  — history of the Native American Code Talkers from both World Wars (35 minutes)
**Presentations for Social Studies classes grades 4-8**                        - Revolutionary Secrets  – different interactive talks for grades 4/5 and 8 cover cryptologic techniques and their role in the American Revolution – 30 minutes
                        - Civil War  – different talks for grades 5 and 8 cover the cryptology, communications, and the role of enslaved and free blacks during the American Civil War – 5th grade 20 minutes / 8th grade 35 minutes
                        - Writing Made Secret  – for 6th grade presents the history of writing and early methods of encryption from Roman times through the Renaissance – 30 minutes
                        - Battle of Codes  – for 7th grade this talk discusses the role and results of cryptology, both making and breaking, in WWII – 45 minutes
                        - Cold War  – for 7th grade this talk looks at the U.S. response to the tensions of the Cold War – 30 minutes

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