Edexcel GCSE Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1956-1991 Bundle

This bundle is the second 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 and the central question in each lesson is revisited throughout to help students track the development of Cold War tensions and cooperation over time.

Students will build their understanding of changing relations between the USA and USSR, the causes and consequences of key Cold War events the impact of ideology, diplomacy, propaganda and conflict, continuity and change across the period and the factors leading to the end of the Cold War.

Each lesson includes retrieval practice, differentiated tasks, source and interpretation activities, GCSE exam practice questions, model answers, suggested teaching strategies and editable PowerPoint resources

The lessons are designed to work together as a coherent unit, helping students build a clear narrative understanding of how Cold War tensions escalated, changed and eventually declined between 1958 and 1991.

The lessons are as follows:
L12 Berlin Ultimatum
L13 Building the Berlin Wall
L14 Cuba and the Bay of Pigs
L15 Cuban Missile Crisis
L16 Prague Spring
L17 Détente and SALT 1
L18 Helsinki Accords and SALT 2 (free resource)
L19 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
L20 Reagan and the Second Cold War
L21 Gorbachev’s new ideas
L22 Fall of the Berlin Wall

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