Khrushchev's Berlin Ultimatum 1958 - Cold War & Superpower - GCSE History Edexcel - Lesson 11

This lesson asks the students to study the Berlin Refugee Crisis and link it to Khrushchev’s Berlin Ultimatum of 1958.

The lesson resources include:

• 1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT) – Included in every Cold War lesson!
• 1 x Main Power Point Lesson

The main PowerPoint includes:

• STARTER: Students recap the differences between East Germany and West Germany by organising a mixed up set of facts into a table.
• RECAP: A filling in the missing term task to help students recap their knowledge of the Berlin Blockade. the Berlin Airlift and the official division of Berlin into East and West.
• BACKGROUND: An animated ad easy to follow narrative of the key events of the Berlin Ultimatum with clear maps of Germany and Berlin, photographs and key terms (see image).
• TASK 1: Students to complete a w/s covering the timeline of events and explaining them.
• TASK 2: Students to advise John F Kennedy about how to deal with the Soviet Union. Writing frame included.
• EXTENSION TASKS: Were the Summit Meetings a waste of time?
• EXTENSION TASK: A political cartoon about the Berlin Ultimatum.
• LESSON RECAP: A 14 question quiz.
• FACT SHEET: Can be easily copied onto A4 and means that this lesson does not require any text books.**

All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

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