Complete set of my Cold War knowledge organisers which I designed to complement Edexcel’s GCSE Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 course. There is a dual coding element: The moustache = Stalin because of his facial hair The dog = Churchill because of the car insurance adverts The lone star = Roosevelt because of the stars on the American flag The shooting star = Truman - same as Roosevelt but Truman’s is shooting because of the dropping of the Atom bomb The tie = Attlee - seemed appropriate The eye = Eisenhower - EYE-senhower The Hammer = Khrushchev - Hammer is symbol of Soviet Union and Khrushchev has an industrial background The piggy bank = JFK - reasoning is threefold; 1. JFK came from a wealthy family, 2. he presided over the ‘Bay of Pigs’ incident 3. the piggy bank has a hole in it The telephone = Nixon because of the phone tapping in the Watergate scandal The wallet = Ford because the USA suffered the worst economy since the depression under president Ford The U-turn = Carter because of his lenient position on the Soviet Union The heart with pulse line = Brezhnev because he dies of a heart attack The theatre masks = Reagan because of his hollywood background The trophy = Gorbachev because he won the Nobel Peace Prize The bush/shrub = George Bush because it’s a bush. The rest of the icons are purely illustrative

Knowledge Organiser to complement Nazi Policies Towards the Young for topic 4.2 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939. KO compares the role and treatment of young girls and boys in Nazi Germany

Knowledge Orgnaiser to complement the Nazi Policies Towards Women, topic 4.1 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.

Colour code to complement unit 1.1, Early Tensions Between East and West of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 Students should colour categorise the information in the table to show whether the information is about the Yalta conference or the Potsdam conference Advised to print 2 sheets per page for A5 sizing

Knowledge Organiser to complement the Night of the Long Knives and the downfall of Ernst Rohm for topic 3.1 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.

Knowledge Organiser to complement the Persecution of the Jews within the Treatment of Minorities for topic 4.4 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.

Knowledge Organiser to complement Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 Covers the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic, NATO and the Warsaw Pact with sources for analysis

Knowledge Organiser to complement ‘Employment and Living Standards’ for topic 4.3 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.

Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 3.1, Attempts to Reduce Tension Between East and West, 1969-79 of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 Includes an overview of Detente, why the USA and Soviet Union supported detente, the transfer of the US presidency from Nixon, Ford and Carter. Also covers SALT 1, the Helsinki Accords and SALT 2. The phone is Nixon (because of the phone tapping in the Watergate scandal), the wallet if Ford (because the economic crisis experienced in his presidency) and the U-turn is Carter (because of his soft policies towards the soviets). The heart represents Brezhnev (because he dies of a heart attack). The other icons are illustrative.

Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.2, The Development of the Cold War of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 Covers the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and Cominform and Comecon. The shooting star is Truman, type writer represents the telegrams, satellite is the satellite states. The rest are mostly visual prompts.

Colour code to complement theNazi control of education aspect of Nazi Policies Towards the Youth, topic 4.2 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939. Students should colour categorise the information in the table into the 4 categories in the top row. Advised to print 2 sheets per page for A5 sizing

Inspired by @KKNTeachLearn Designed to complement unit 1.1 of Edexcel’s GCSE Cold War course Students make a judgement about the tension level of the US-Soviet relationship at each key event and colour in the bar chart in one of two colours depending on whether they believe the US or the Soviet Union was to blame (or both colours for shared blame) to see how and why the tension levels increased and caused the Cold War

Knowledge organiser to complement unit 1.2 of Edexcel’s Medicine Through Time, c1250-present GCSE course - Approaches to Treatment and Prevention Covers religious and supernatural treatment (the king’s healing power and astrology), humoural treatments like bloodletting (cuttinv veins, leeches and cupping and purging, and remedies including bathing, herbal remedies, superstitions and diet. Advise to print A4 for revision/A3 for detailed notes

Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 2.2,Cuban Missile Crisis of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 Covers Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, the Cuban revolution, consequences of the revolution, why America was so concerned by the revolution, their plan of action, the Bay of Pigs incident, why it failed and what the impact was for the USA and USSR. The piggy bank represents JFK

Inspired by @KKNTeachLearn Designed to complement unit 3.3, the Collapse of the Soviet Union, of the Edexcel Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 GCSE course. Students colour code the statements in the quilt into one of the six summits at the top of the sheet. Answers on the second sheet

Knowledge organiser to complement unit 1.2 of Edexcel’s Medicine Through Time, c1250-present GCSE course - Approaches to Treatment and Prevention Covers the church, hygiene and diet, Reigimen Sanitatis, purifying the air, Medieval ‘medics’ including, physicians, apothecaires, and surgeons, and caring for the sick at home, and in hospitals. Advise to print A4 for revision/A3 for detailed notes

Knowledge organiser to complement unit 2.2 of Edexcel’s Medicine Through Time, c1250-present GCSE course - Approaches to Prevention and Treatment Covers Apothecaries and Journeymen, physicians, surgeons, fugitive sheets, hospitals, the dissolution of the monasteries, pest houses and community care, with space to note any key individuals. Advise to print A4 for revision/A3 for detailed notes

Inspired by @KKNTeachLearn Designed to complement the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939 GCSE course. Students colour code the statements in the quilt into one of the six categories at the top of the sheet.

Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.1, Early Tensions Between East and West of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 Covers the difference between communism and capitalism, the original Grand alliance, the successes and failures of the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences The moustache is Stalin, the dog is Churchill, the lone star is Roosevelt but the shooting star is Truman, the tie is Attlee

A tool to help with prioritising revision topics - compare every topic to the other and the spreadsheet will tell you which topics are your weakest and strongest, and therefore where revision should be prioritised. Instructions are on the spreadsheet. This model is for the AQA GCSE History unit on Health and the People but can be easily adapted for other topics/subjects