Card Sort: What were the causes and consequences of Détente?

If you are studying the Cold War then this card sort will help your students assess understand some of the key issues surrounding Détente. It can be used with a range of abilities and has never failed to get my students excited, engaged, whilst improving their understanding of the topic. I be used alongside any main stream text book or video clip as a starter, mini plenary or a consolidation exercise.

When you purchase this resource, you will be able to download a single page Word Document which contains a learning objective, instructions, two heading cards labeled ‘Causes’ and ‘Consequences’ as well as twelve information cards to be sorted under one of the two headings. At the end of the document, I’ve included an extension question ‘Explain how both sides benefitted from Détente?’

The aims of this lesson / activity are:

Theme: The Cold War
Know: What was Détente?
Understand: What were the causes and consequences of Détente?
Evaluate: How did both sides benefit from Détente?

WILF - What am I Looking For?
Identify and describe - What was Détente?
Explain - What were the causes and consequences of Détente?
Analyse - How did both sides benefit from Détente?

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Roy