How do students avoid hindsight and secure full marks on consequence questions about the end of the Cold War?
This fully resourced, interactive GCSE lesson focuses on mastering the Edexcel Cold War consequence question within Topic 3: The End of the Cold War (1970–91). Using Asa Merrin’s structured “Examiner Edition” dilemma format, students act as examiners under pressure — ranking model answers, identifying chronological errors and pinpointing exactly what earns 4/4 marks.
The lesson includes:
Two fully developed WWYD: Examiner Edition consequence tasks:
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979)
Fall of the Berlin Wall (1989)
Three carefully tiered student extracts per task (full marks / descriptive / overstretched)
Structured ranking and justification discussion prompts
Clear reveal slides with full-mark model answers
Explicit focus on common pitfalls (description vs explanation; overstretched long-term causation; chronological security)
Built-in differentiation and written extension challenges
Complete slide-by-slide teacher notes in Asa Merrin’s structured format
Designed as either a focused 20–30 minute exam skills insert or a structured revision lesson, this resource strengthens cause → effect reasoning, crisis analysis and chronological precision in line with GCSE mark scheme expectations.
Perfect for Edexcel GCSE Superpower Relations and the Cold War (1941–91), and easily adaptable for AQA, OCR or Eduqas specifications.
This lesson prioritises causation, sequencing accuracy and evaluative judgement — ensuring students explain immediate consequences clearly and avoid retrospective simplification when analysing the collapse of the Cold War.
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