Unit 8: The Cold War Era
Unit 1: Spy Diaries
Lesson 1: An Introduction to the Cold War
Lesson objectives:
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Explain what a cold war is (and how it is different from a hot war) and define a superpower.
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Understand IDEOLOGY: Define the differences between capitalism and communism.
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To be able to explain why civilians feared for their lives.
Introduction to the Cold War
Lesson 2: The Arms Race
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to explain the arms race between USSR and USA 1945 – 1961 and key developments
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To understand the effects of a nuclear bomb exploding above ground and why they were developed
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To understand how the superpowers competed in the arms race with the Hydrogen bomb.
Arms Race
Optional Worksheet
Lesson 3: The Arms Race and the Importance of intelligence
Lesson objectives:
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To understand the competitive nature of the arms race.
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To know what the perceived “Bomber Gap” was and how America responded
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3. To understand the lengths that each side would go to in order to obtain information through studying the Sutterlin affair.
Arms Race
Lesson 4: ICBMs and the Space Race
Lesson objectives:
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To know what an Intercontinental Ballistic missile is and how the Americans responded to the “missile gap”
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To understand why the Russians seemed to be in the lead in 1957
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To understand why the Space race and arms race are linked
ICBMs and Space Race
Lesson 5: The U2 Crisis
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to explain why the failure of disarmament.
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To be able to understand the chronological events of the U2 Crisis,
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To be able to evaluate the the results of the U2 Crisis.
The U2 Crisis
Video Questions
Assessment
Lesson objectives:
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To explain why and how the arms race developed
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To evaluate the impact of the arms race on the fear of the population
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To consider how to evaluate the utility of a source
Assessment
Unit 2: Vietnam
Lesson 1: Why did America get involved in a war against Vietnam?
Lesson objectives:
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You will be able to explain how the USA’s fight against Communism led to War in Vietnam
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You will be able to explain the following key terms
Truman Doctrine
Domino theory
Gulf of Tonkin incident -
You will be able to identify 3 reasons the America got involved in a war against Vietnam.
Why did USA go to war
Introduction
p.3 and 7 to be printed
Lesson 2: Guerrilla Warfare
Lesson objectives:
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To recap why the USA got involved in the Vietnam war.
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To be able to explain a poor peasant army defeated the powerful USA with its superior weaponry and firepower.
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To draw inferences from a source and pick out supporting quotes
Guerrilla Warfare
Optional Reading
Lesson 3: USA Vietnam Tactics
Lesson objectives:
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To understand what a “Just War” and “War Crimes” are and use these definitions to evaluate US tactics
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To know what American tactics for fighting the Vietnam war were:
Operation Rolling thunder
Two chemical weapons used by the Americans
Search and Destroy missions were. -
To understand the impact of fighting in Vietnam on ordinary South Vietnamese and American soldiers
USA Vietnam Tactics
Table
Homework: Anti War leaflet
Homework: Markscheme
Lesson 4: Why did people oppose the Vietnam War?
Why did people oppose the Vietnam War
Worksheet
Lesson 5-6: Platoon​
Watching Platoon Extracts
Questions
Anti-War leaflet feedback
Lesson 7: How useful is Platoon? (Source Analysis)
How useful is Platoon
Print out
Lesson 8: Opposition to the Vietnam War
Lesson objectives:
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To develop your understanding of why so many Americans opposed the Vietnam war
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To be able to categorise reasons for better organisation of mind mapping and essay writing
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To write analytical PEEL paragraphs on opposition to the war to develop stronger essay writing
Opposition to the Vietnam War
Lesson 9: How useful class assessment
Lesson objectives:
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To understand what happened at a prohibited anti-war protest at Kent State University
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To analyse sources with exam style questions: How useful are sources A & B
Assessment
Unit 3: Britain and the Home Front
Lesson 1: Nuclear Weapons and World Map
Lesson objectives:
To understand how nuclear weapons are spread across the world and why this led to pressure groups forming in Britain,
Nuclear Weapons and World Map
Map
Lesson 2: The Women of Greenham Common
Lesson objectives:
To be able to describe the events of Greenham Common
Women of Greenham Common
Pictures to stick in
Worksheet and Tasks
Lesson 3: Cold War Home Preparation
Cold War Home Preparation
Lesson 4: Nuclear Bunkers
Lesson objectives:
To describe how the government prepared the British people for a nuclear war
Nuclear Bunkers
Nuclear Bunkers
Lesson 5: Nuclear Survival Kits
Lesson objectives:
To be able to prioritise importance of items to use in a nuclear war
Nuclear Survival Kits
Survival Kits
Homework Grid
Homework grid
