IBDP History: Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe

This is a very simple lesson which looks at the collapse of Communism across Eastern Europe. Students are encouraged to think thematically and looks for similarities and differences across the different regimes. Tasks are fully structured and scaffolded with conceptual questions added in. This is designed as the last lesson to be taught in the Paper 2 Cold War Unit so students should be expected to introduce background knowledge into this (e.g. Solidarity in Poland, Reforms in the Soviet Union). There are five tasks to complete, along with an essay where I have included a marking proforma and a planning sheet.

This lesson is good to go right upon downloading, but is easily adapted and edited. Links to the videos are in the notes section of the PPT but here I’ve been able to include them in the Zip File.