Stalin Cominform & Comecon - Cold War & Superpower - GCSE History Edexcel - Lesson 6

Students examin the reasons for Stalin’s creation of Cominform and Comecon as well as the consequences for the future of the Cold War with the USA.

The lesson resources include:

• 1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
• 1 x Main Power Point Lesson

The Main Power Point Includes:

• RECAP 1: Heads and Tails - match the Cold War key term to its meaning. Answers revealed in the presentation for students to peer mark afterwards.
• RECAP 2: Vocabulary/Literacy - students select the terms which best describe the relationship between the USA and Soviet Union at this point in their study.
• STARTER: A focus on the two terms Cominform and Comecon - what do they mean?
• BACKGROUND: The possibility to run through the basics and the narrative of the announcement of the two organisations with your students.
• TASK OPTION 1: Students to copy and complete a table to identify the main aims and outline Cominform and Comecon.
• TASK OPTION 2: A printable worksheet for students to be used with the fact sheet.
• EXAM FOCUS AND TASK: Another opportunity to focus on the narrative account. This time, students have the opportunity to complete a narrative timeline (see image) and link the causes and and consequences of each event together. Printable worksheet available and an example given to model what is expected.
• RECAP: A 10 question quiz called ‘Cominform’ or ‘Comecon’? Students have to match the statement to the organisation it belongs to.

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.

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