GCSE History Edexcel: Conflict Home & Abroad - Paris Peace Accords 1973 (Lesson 28)

This lesson examines the causes, events, features and consequences of the Paris Peace Agreement in 1973.

The lesson itself includes:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2-3: Previous lesson recap to test knowledge of the reasons for or against the Vietnam War - answers included
Slide 4: Dicussion question and overview of the main reasons why all sides wanted to negotiate peace by 1973.
Slide 5-6: Instructions and follow up questions to a timeline task. Printable timeline included.
Slide 7: Additional table fill task for students to explain why each side would want an end to the war.
Slide 8-9: Practice Exam Question - Explain why the Paris Peace Agreement was signed in 1973
Slide 10-14: Challenge Task - Political cartoon source analysis
Slide 15-16: Lesson review quiz with answers
Slide 17-18: Lesson fact sheets based on the Edexcel GCSE specification

I have included two fact sheets (one slightly differentiated) with the information needed for this part of the course which can be found on the final two slides. Therefore, no other resources are needed for the teaching of this lesson.

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