IB History SL
PAPER 2: World History Topic 12 - The Cold War
Scheme of Work/IB Unit Plan (all resources listed in this unit plan are also available free on TES)
Overview of Cold War (SL The Cold War and HL History of the Americas - The Cold War in the Americas)
Resource List - bibliography and useful pdcasts and videos recommended for students
Lesson introducing the concept of diversity for low-ability/SEN pupils using a variety of figures from history who pupils *should* be vaguely familiar with.
Resources for pupils to write a 45 mark essay examining Obama's presidency drawing on all aspects of the topic they have covered including powers, relationship with Congress, popularity, limitations on powers etc.
*NEW AQA GCSE - Thematic Study - Power and the People*
Learning Outcomes
To describe attitudes to reform in the nineteenth century
To explore the results of factory and social reform
To analyse the impact of reform on society
*For details on Anti-Corn Law League and Anti-Slavery movement, use A. Wilkes' AQA thematic studies textbook*
Lesson examining the roles and functions of Congress, and how well Congress fulfils them - encouraging analysis of the efficacy of the US legislative brance
Cold War; Superpower Relations A-level (The Nuclear Arms Race 1949-1963)
Learning Objectives
To identify how nuclear weapons were developed by the two superpowers
To explain why and how the arms race developed
To use the Cuban Missile Crisis as a case study to illustrate your explanation
To evaluate the impact of the arms race