Reagan and the Second Cold War

Edexcel GCSE Superpower Relations and the Cold War

This is my 4th lesson from Key Topic 3: The End of the Cold War but can be used as a stand alone lesson.

In depth examination of who Reagan was, his ideas and beliefs and his policies including increased arms spending, rolling back Communism by funding guerrillas and the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) programme. Includes youtube video clips, source work and all the detail needed for students. Fully resourced nothing else needed.

Examines how Reagan’s personality played a key role in developments from the Second Cold War to Gorbacev;s “New thinking” and need to reform the USSR (this is next lesson).

Also includes a bumper retrieval practice for Key Topic 1 and 2 Highlighter Heads to help students recall key individuals from earlier in the Cold War (includes all key individuals from Roosevelt to Brezhnev, Dubcek and Husak).

Also includes an 8 mark exam question, planning sheet, SEND planning sheet and model answer for a narrative account question on the Cold War.

NOTE: I include images (PNG) files for illustration purposes - ignore these and open the word documents and powerpoint files for actual resources :)