Edexcel iGCSE A World Divided: superpower relations, 1943-72 (paper 1 - 6) Cold War

This is a series of 20 lessons that covers iGCSE Edexcel history, paper 1, option 6 A World Divided: superpower relations, 1943-72.

Previous exam questions have been included in the relevant lesson, with the mark scheme.

Learning checklist clearly highlights the topics that are assessed most often
I have used Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History: A World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1943-72 Student Book ISBN: 9780435185442 to plan the series of lessons. You, or your students, will need that text book.

Lessons included:
1.1 Communism vs capitalism
1.2 Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam
1.3 USSR & E. Europe and attitudes of Stalin and Truman

2.1 Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe. Churchill and the ‘iron curtain’
2.2a Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan
2.2b Cominform (1947), Comecon (1949), NATO (1949)
2.3 Berlin Crisis (1948-49)

3.1 Korean War
3.2 Hungary & peaceful coexistence
3.3 international reaction to Soviet invasion
3.4 significance of arms race and Warsaw Pact

4.1 U2 incident and Summit Conferences
4.2 Causes and effects of Berlin Wall
4.3 Effects of the Berlin Wall
4.4a Cuba Bay of Pigs
4.4b Cuban Missile Crisis

5.1 The Thaw
5.2 SALT and treaty