GCSE Cold War L8 - The Berlin Blockade and Airlift

This lesson contains:

• A starter to recap previous knowledge in a quiz for naming 2 of different things.
• A background to the Berlin Crisis, including an overview of the tensions in Berlin after the Conferences and the differences in the intentions of the U.S. and the USSR for Berlin.
• A brief YouTube video explaining the different paths and ways into Berlin to set up the blockade.
• the short and long term causes of the crisis, including the creation of Trizonia and the creation of the Deutschmark. There is a consolidation worksheet with a gap fill.
• Information about the blockade and a video from YouTube to bring it to life showing the airlift footage. There are questions to back this up.
• A main task to use the information provided work out the main consequences, including the division of Germany and creation of NATO - extra detail is also provided on the slides.
• A plenary quiz based on the lesson and key knowledge.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation
• 2 x Publisher Files