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Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-91

This lesson aims to define what the Cold War was about, the differences between Communism and Capitalism and how after 1945, both the Soviet Union and America went from allies to enemies.

Students use a map and video footage to define what the Cold War was all about, with a writing frame supplied if required.

Students also learn about the different political spectrums in the world at the time and use this knowledge to categorise them in a colour coding activity.

They also had to analyse evidence of how mutual suspicions grew which they plot on a suspicion o’meter and justify their choices.

The plenary uses a mood board to distinguish between the various ‘moods’ of leaders and soldiers from the time.

The lesson is enquiry based with a key question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout this and subsequent lessons to show the progress of learning.

The lessons in this bundle are therefore linked together to build up a picture of how diplomacy, propaganda and spying led two Superpowers with opposing political ideologies to create tensions, rivalries and distrust as well as subsequently forming mutual understanding and cooperation over the time period in question.

The resource includes suggested teaching strategies and differentiated materials and comes in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

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Cold War GCSE Bundle Part 1

This bundle is the first part in a series of lessons I have created for Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-1991. The lessons are all differentiated, fully resourced, amenable on Powerpoint and are tailored to enable the students to achieve the highest grades. The lessons will allow students to demonstrate (AO1) knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the period studied from the formation of the Grand Alliance to the outcomes of Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam as well as the ideologies of East and West and the Berlin crisis. They will explain and analyse (AO2) second-order concepts such as change and continuity in tensions between East and West, the causes and consequences of the formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact as well as the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid. 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 The lessons are enquiry based with a key question posed at the start of the lessons and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning. The lessons in this bundle are therefore linked together to build up a picture of how diplomacy, propaganda and spying led two Superpowers with opposing political ideologies to create tensions, rivalries and distrust as well as subsequently form mutual understanding and cooperation over the time period in question. The resources include retrieval practice, suggested teaching strategies, differentiated materials and GCSE exam practice questions and come in PowerPoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

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