AQA 7042 Britain 2S - The Balkans and the new foreign focus under Major

Lesson rounding off the foreign policy section of unit 5 with a focus on the Balkans. The starter explores a map of the Balkans asking for inferences with focus on post-Cold War Europe, leading to the creation of a spider diagram using the Oxford AQA textbook assessing the causes of the troubles in the Balkans. Pupils then use the hand out to answer several questions assessing the role of the UN/EU and NATO. A video assesses the impact of the Srebrenica massacre, moving on to analysing how this changed the course of the conflict. Students round off their learning by assessing how Britain’s place in the world had changed, leading to a judgement plenary on who was more successful in foreign policy - Thatcher or Major. The essay plan is a homework, with option to assess students in timed conditions in the following lesson.