GCSE History Edexcel Cold War and S.Power Relations: Lesson 5 - Cominform and Comecon

This lesson includes all resources needed to teach the importance, narrative and consequences of Cominform and Comecon for Edexcel. A printable A4 fact sheet has been included at the end of the lesson which saves the use of the text book.

RECAP 1: Heads and Tails - match the Cold War key term to its meaning. Answers revealed in the presentation for students to peer mark afterwards.
RECAP 2: Vocabulary/Literacy - students select the terms which best describe the relationship between the USA and Soviet Union at this point in their study.
STARTER: A focus on the two terms Cominform and Comecon - what do they mean?
**BACKGROUND: **The possibility to run through the basics and the narrative of the announcement of the two organisations with your students.
TASK OPTION 1: Students to copy and complete a table to identify the main aims and outline Cominform and Comecon.
TASK OPTION 2: A printable worksheet for students to be used with the fact sheet.
EXAM FOCUS AND TASK: Another opportunity to focus on the narrative account. This time, students have the opportunity to complete a narrative timeline (see image) and link the causes and and consequences of each event together. Printable worksheet available and an example given to model what is expected.
**RECAP: **A 10 question quiz called ‘Cominform’ or ‘Comecon’? Students have to match the statement to the organisation it belongs to.

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