Edexcel GCSE Cold War: Cominform & Comecon

Edexcel GCSE Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-1956 Bundle

This bundle is the first part in a series of lessons created for Edexcel GCSE 9–1 Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941–91. It contains fully resourced, differentiated and editable lessons designed to save planning time while helping students develop the knowledge and exam skills needed to achieve the highest grades. The lessons are enquiry based, with a key question running throughout each lesson to encourage students to think critically about how tensions developed between East and West. Students will build their understanding of the changing relations between the USA and USSR, the causes and consequences of key Cold War events, the impact of ideology, diplomacy, propaganda and conflict and continuity and change across the period Each lesson includes retrieval practice, differentiated tasks, source and interpretation activities, GCSE-style exam questions with model answers, suggested teaching strategies and editable PowerPoints. The lessons are designed to work together as a coherent unit, helping students build a clear narrative understanding of the Cold War over time. The lessons are as follows: L1 Origins of the Cold War L2 Conferences of Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam L3 The Kennan and Novikov Telegrams L4 Soviet Satellite States L5 Truman Doctrine L6 Marshall Aid L7 Cominform and Comecon (**Free resource**) L8 Berlin Crisis 1948 L9 NATO and Warsaw Pact L10 Significance of Arms Race (**Free resource**) L11 Hungarian Uprising Further GCSE Assessment materials can be found on the Edexcel Website. Please note these lessons are currently used within my department and and tried and tested and up to date. A complete set of lessons for this unit can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13325744 A Revision Guide for the whole course can also be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12409135 A Revision Work Booklet can be also found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13624912 Any reviews will be gratefully received. Please do not hesitate to contact me for further information about the course: Pilgrimhistory17@gmail.com