Grand Alliance Tehran Yalta Potsdam - Cold War - GCSE History Edexcel - Lesson 2

UPDATED 2024 This lesson covers the teaching of the three Grand Alliance conferences at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam. The theme of the lesson is the consequences of the conferences and the declining relationship with the Soviet Union.

Included in this pack:

• 1 x A4 Workbook Fact Sheet - The Grand Alliance & Peace Conferences (PDF & PPT)
• 1 x Main PowerPoint

Power Point Includes:

• STARTER: A recap of of basic Cold War terms with an odd one out quiz.
• KEY QUESTIONS: Who were the Grand Alliance? What did they discuss? What were the consequences of the Conferences?
• BACKGROUND: An outline of the purpose of the meetings and their locations.
• TASK SHEET 1: A table to outline 3 consequences of each conference.
• TASK SHEET 2: A differentiated question and task sheet. To be printed for students to complete.
• EXAM QUESTION: Explain two consequences of the Yalta Conference in February 1945
• EXAM QUESTION: How to complete the question and an example of a first paragraph given. Students are then asked to complete the second paragraph using the same structure and terms.
• RECAP: 10 questions to finish statements of. Each one getting increasingly more difficult.

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