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... Committed to providing your students with captivating history & geography lessons that seamlessly align with curriculum schemes-Tldrake Lessons are your way to enhance your teaching.
Well-crafted resources that not only smartly sync with curriculum schemes but also empower you to lead your students to exam success.
To gain overview of the long-term causes of tensions between the newly emerging superpowers of the post-1945 era and
To chart events in the years 1943-53.
To begin to develop skills of analysis of interpretations
To understand and explain the development of the Cold War as a continuation of ‘traditional’ great power rivalry as ‘superpower’ rivalry (USA v USSR) – expansion or defence?
Understand the impact of the Czechoslovakian Crisis of 1948 on Western attitudes towards the USSR?
How did US foreign policy develop under Truman, Eisenhower & Kennedy?
To identify key characteristics of the ‘New Look’ & ‘Flexible Response’
To assess the extent they marked a change from previous US foreign policy
Understand the different circumstances of the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
Understand the key features of the Yalta and Potsdam conferences
Understand the different outlooks and aims of the Big Three before, during and after the Yalta Conference
Understand how the USSR perceived the threat posed by the USA after World War 2
Understand how the USA perceived the threat posed by the USSR after World War 2
Understand the key features of the Marshall Plan
Understand how the Marshall Plan challenged communism in Europe
Understand Stalin’s objections to the Marshall Plan
IGCSE Edexcel History World divided: superpowers Lesson 22 From thaw to détente
IGCSE Edexcel History World divided: superpowers Lesson 23 Why détente
IGCSE Edexcel History World divided: superpowers Lesson 25 Overview
Understand why the Korean War broke out.
Understand the impact of the Korean War on East-West relations.
Understand how both sides moved from conventional to nuclear weapons.
Understand the impact of nuclear weapons on international relations.
Understand how new leaders affected relations between East and West.
Understand what peaceful coexistence aimed to do.
Understand why Hungary was important to the USSR.
Understand why Nagy’s reforms were seen as a threat to the USSR.Understand how Hungary affected relations between East and West.
Understand what is meant by the term ‘Cold War’ and how it was fought.
Understand the differences between communism and capitalism.
3.Understand the problems faced by the Allies as World WarII ended.
Understand the reasons for the construction of the Berlin Wall and its impact on the German people
Analyse the key events and results of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Assess the outcome of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
This topic addresses the final climactic ten years of the Cold war. Initially heightened tensions seemed to threaten imminent hot war but, against expectations, gave way to real engagement and the final ending of the Cold War. The significance of the specified developments should be understood.
As in all these periods, an appreciation of the roles of the specified leaders is vital. Students understand the significance of economic issues in changing relations.
The economic developments provided an essential context for diplomatic developments and students become aware of the massive economic problems facing Gorbachev 's Russia and also the technological advances carrying the USA further ahead of its erstwhile rival.
The complex and rapid series of changes in the Soviet Union and the specified developments in Eastern Europe at the end of the decade is appreciated in order to understand the sudden finale of the saga of the Cold War.
