Unit 1: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91
Use the copy of the textbook below to complete the tasks in the PowerPoints:
Cold War Textbook
The Cold War Revision Guide
Complete the Revision Guide on The Cold War.
Use the Content PowerPoints on the History website to help you: https://stanboroughhums.wixsite.com/history/gcsecontent
The Cold War Revision Guide
Lesson 1: Early tension between East and West
Lesson objectives:
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To recall what the Cold War was and to be able to explain its main features.
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To be able to understand and explain the significance of the Grand Alliance and the three conferences.
Early tension between East and West
Lesson 2: Post war tension
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to explain the ideological differences between the USA and the Soviet Union.
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To be able to explain and evaluate the impact on US-Soviet relations of the development of the atomic bomb, the Long and Novikov telegrams and the creation of Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe.
Post war tension
Lesson 3: 1947-49
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to explain and evaluate the impact on US-Soviet relations of the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid.
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To be able to explain the significance of Cominform, Comecon and the formation of NATO.
1947-49
Lesson 4: Berlin
Lesson objectives:
To be able to explain the Berlin Crisis and evaluate its significance for relations between the USA and Soviet Union.
Berlin
Lesson 5: The arms race and the Warsaw Pact
Lesson objectives:
To be able to explain the importance of the arms race and the consequences of the formation of the Warsaw Pact.
The arms race and the Warsaw Pact
Lesson 6: The Hungarian Uprising
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to explain the events in 1956 leading to the Hungarian Uprising, and Khrushchev’s response.
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To be able to explain and evaluate the international reaction to the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Hungarian Uprising
Lesson 7: Tension in Berlin leading to the Wall
Lesson objectives:
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All should be able to give an narrative account of the Berlin Crisis which explains how one event led to another.
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Some will evaluate the importance of the summits in developing the problem in Berlin.
Tension in Berlin leading to the Wall
Guidance on importance question
Lesson 8: The Cuban Revolution (and Wall recap)
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to recap the consequences of the Berlin Wall and self evaluate the quality of your exam answer
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To apply your understanding of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion to an exam question
The Cuban Revolution (and Wall recap)
Lesson 9: The Cuban Missile Crisis Consequences
Lesson objectives:
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To recap the key events of the Thirteen Days 14-28 October 1962
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To be able to explain & evaluate the consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis
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To develop exam technique for q3 on importance
The Cuban Missile Crisis Consequences
Lesson 10: The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
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The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
Lesson 11: Détente
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to explain the consequences of détente.
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To be able to evaluate the importance of détente.
Detente
Lesson 12: Reagan and Gorbachev
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to explain the significance of Reagan and Gorbachev’s changing attitudes.
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To be able to evaluate Gorbachev’s ‘new thinking’ and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty 1987.
Reagan and Gorbachev
Lesson 13: Flashpoints
Lesson objectives:
To be able to explain and evaluate the significance of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Carter Doctrine and the Olympic boycotts.
Flashpoints
Lesson 14: Reagan
Lesson objectives:
1. To be able to explain the impact of Reagan on relations between the Soviet Union and the USA leading to the ‘Second Cold War’.
2. To be able to explain the impact of the Strategic Defence Initiative.
Reagan
Lesson 15: Gorbachev
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to evaluate the impact of Gorbachev’s ‘new thinking’ in Eastern Europe.
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To evaluate the significance of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Gorbachev
Lesson 16: Collapse
Lesson objectives:
To be able to describe the collapse of the Soviet Union and evaluate its significance in bringing about the end of the Warsaw Pact.
Collapse
