GCSE History Edexcel Cold War and S. Relations - The Prague Spring/Brezhnev Doctrine Lesson 13

This lesson outlines the main events, consequences and importance of the Prague Spring (1968) and following Brezhnev Doctrine. This is a complete lesson where all resources are included for the teaching of this topic along with a detailed fact sheet at the end of the PP for your students to use for the lesson or for revision.
RECAP: A key term match up linking back to the previous lesson about the Cuban Missile Crisis (see lesson 12).
STARTER: Students have to use a variety of clipart images to identify the problems and concerns of the Czech people living under a Communist dictatorship.
BACKGROUND: A series of slides takes the students through a possible teacher led introduction to the Prague Spring and the reforms that were made by Dubcek.
**TASK 1: **Students are prompted to write a series of 6 structured diary entries from a Czech citizen about the events that unfolded during 1968. Higher ability students will be expected to consider the reaction and emotions of the Czech people who wanted reforms.
**TASK 3: **4 example exams questions are given to potentially assess student knowledge and understanding of these events.
PLENARY: Students to be handed an A4 sheet (copied from the pp) and find other students in the class who can answer the questions for them. Potential for competition.
**FACT SHEET: **A fully detailed fact sheet for the students to use for the lesson or revision.

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