Characteristics of Cold War

Introduction to Cold War - presentation

Cold War mill drill

Cold War web quest

Cold War characteristics - presentation

Cold War - cartoons

 

Origins of Cold War

Ideological differences - presentation

Ideological differnces - card sort

Ideoligical differences - role play

Growing tensions - 1920s and 30s

Growing tensions - diamond nine card sort

Did Cold War start as WWII ended? - presentation

The Kitchen Debate - transcript of Nixen Khrushchev ding dong!

Yalta and Potsdam - presentation

Yalta & Potsdam - evidence table

Aftermath of WWII - presentation

 

Early development of Cold War

Hopes and aims of the main powers - presentation

Hopes and aims of the main powers - venn diagram, card sort

Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe / Iron Curtain - presentation

Churchill's Iron Curtain speech - transcript with activities

Truman Doctrine & Marshall Aid - presentation

Soviet expansion - cards for map exercise

Czech Crisis & Berlin Blockade - presentation

Berlin Bloackade - video task sheet

Expansion of Cold War to Far East - presentation

Cold War expansion to Far East - causes, evidence table

 

Historiographical debate on the origins of Cold War

How far was the US to blame? - presentation

What were Stalin's motives for Soviet expansion? - presentation

Historiographical debates over origins of Cold War - presentation

Why did Cold War emerge? - presentation

Who was to blame for the expansion of Cold War to the Far East? - presentation

What caused Cold War? The historiographical debate - table

Truman v. Eisenhower, foreign policy - card sort

 

The Thaw

The impact of Stalin's death - presentation

Causes of Peaceful Co-existence - presentation

Impact of peaceful co-existence - presentation

US foreign policy under Truman, Eisenhower & Kennedy - presentation

Hungary & Berlin: test cases of Cold War - presentation

Hungary & Berlin - comparative table

Tinmeline of The Thaw - card sort

Achievementts of the Thaw - presentation

 

Arms Race & Cuban Missile Crisis

Arms Race - presentation

Arms Race - card sort

Cuba: causes of crisis - presentation

Cuba: impact of crisis - presentation

 

Sino-Soviet Relations

Sino-Soviet Relations - presentation

Treaty of Friendship: case studies - evidence table

Sino-Soviet relations - timeline, card sort

Sino-Soviet split - presentation

Reasons for Sino-Soviet split - card sort

Rapprochement - presentation

Achievements of rapprochement - presentation

 

Detente

Presidents & foreign policy - card sort

Causes of Detente - presentation

Economic difficulties facing superpowers - presentation

SALT I, II & Helsinki - presentation

SALT I, II & Helsinki - table

Growth of neo-conservatism - presentation

End of Detente - presentation

 

End of Cold War

Timeline - sequencing task

Was Reagan responsible for the end of Cold War? - presentation

Weakening of Soviet control over Eastern Europe - presentation

What was the impact of Gorbachev's 'New Political Thinking'? - presentation

Fall of Berlin Wall - presentation

Cold War summits - card sort

End of Cold War - card sort

Role of individuals - presentation

Reasons for differing interpretations - presentation