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Unit 7: The end of the Cold War, 1970–1991

Use the copy of the textbook below to complete the tasks in the PowerPoints:

Cold War Textbook

Lesson 1: Detente

Lesson objectives:

  1. To be able to explain at least one cause of Detente

  2. To be able to explain the key features of Detente 

Detente

Lesson 2: Afghanistan invasion

Lesson objectives:

To be able to explain:

  1. The reasons for the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

  2. The key features of the invasion

Afghanistan invasion

Lesson 3: Consequences of Afghanistan invasion
Lesson objectives:

To be able to explain:

  1. The consequences and importance of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

  2. The key features of the Carter Doctrine

  3. To analyse the reasons for the end of détente
     

Consequences of Afghanistan invasion

Lesson 4: Reagan and Star Wars

Lesson objectives:

To be able to explain:

  1. Reagan’s attitude towards the Soviet Union

  2. What the ‘second cold war’ was

  3. What ‘Star Wars’ was and its impact.

Reagan and Star Wars

Lesson 5: Gorbachev New Thinking

Lesson objectives: To be able to explain:

  1. To be able to explain Gorbachev’s changes in Russia

  2. To evaluate how relations changed between the USSR and the West

Gorbachev New Thinking

Lesson 6: Reagan and Gorbachev

Lesson objectives:

  1. To be able to explain the key features of the summits between Gorbachev & Reagan

  2. To be able to explain INF

Reagan and Gorbachev

Lesson 7: Collapse of USSR

Lesson objectives:

To be able to explain

  1. Why and how Soviet power collapsed in Eastern Europe

  2. The key events leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union

Collapse of USSR

Stanborough History Curriculum

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