Berlin Crisis - Blockade & Airlift - Cold War & Superpower - GCSE History Edexcel - Lesson 7

This is a jam packed lesson which covers the Berlin Crisis of 1948-49. There are a wide choice of resources to select from and easy to follow visual steps to help your students follow the narrative of the events.

The lesson resources include:

• 1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT) - Included in every Cold War lesson
• 1 x Main Power Point Lesson

The Main Power Point Includes

• RECAP QUIZ: Student shave 10 questions about their learning so far. Answers revealed on the following slide for self assessment.
• STARTER: A simplified map of Europe -the students have to identify Germany and describe what has happened to it after the war.
• BACKGROUND: 10 slides of colourful, animated images and text to take students through the narrative of the events linked to the Berlin Crisis.
• TASK OPTION 1: A map labelling excercise on a printable sheet. All instructions included on the sheet and students can gain information from the PP slides or the fact sheets.
• TASK OPTION 2: A simple comprehension sheet which can either be printed and written on or displayed on the board. Simple answers only needed to show knowledge and understanding.
• TASK OPTION 3: A narrative storyboard - 10 boxes which include a variety of linking connectives for the students to start using in their narrative accounts. Students can use the fact sheet to help them complete this.
• RECAP: Another 10 question quiz about the Berlin Crisis with answers revealed on the following slide.
• FACT SHEET: All the information needed for this topic on one A4 sheet.
• EXAM FOCUS: An example of the three question types for this topic which link to the Berlin Crisis.
• MAPS: I have included the original maps used in case you would like to edit them.I have created all of the maps myself to hopefully make them clearer for students.

All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

This resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.