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The Development of the Cold War

  

Going Deeper

The following links will help you widen your knowledge:

  Cold War - basic overview 1945-75 

 

Schools' Revision notes: from Redruth School (aimed at the old AQA GCSE) and Cranbourne School (pdf)

   

The revisely resources include helpful videos on Tension in Asia, Arms Race, Space Race, Hungarian Uprising and the U2 incident

 

Podcasts

- Giles Hill on the Cold War

- BBC debate-podcast on Khrushchev's effect on the Cold War

 

CNN: Cold War Declassified (interviews with 'key players' about the Cold War - see Episodes 5, 7 & 8)

   

Click the yellow arrow for advice on:

  •  How to STUDY this topic:
    • 1.   Start by reading some easy sources – for instance the ‘Basics ’ sheet in the ‘Going Deeper’ panel on this page.  Get a grasp of the basic story.

      Make a list of key dates - leave space to add other dates you may discover during your studies. 

      It might be an idea to do this before you study this unit in class.

    • 2.   Work through the study sections 1-5 above.  You can do this over time as you study the topics in lessons.

              Take advantage of some of the links to explore, more deeply, aspects of the topics which attract your interest.  Try to become ‘an expert’ on some issues.

    • 3.   Study the historiography, to learn how historians have interpreted the causes, and to consider what YOU think about the debates.
    • 4.   Plunder the Cascade webpage to help you write any essays you are given.
  •  How to REVISE this topic:
    • 1.   Skim-read the study pages 1-4 in this unit to refresh your memory of what you have learned in the lessons.
    • 2.   Go through the topics on the Cascade webpage; for each, use the yellow arrows to think FIRST how you would answer, before checking against my suggestions.
    • 3.   Again using the yellow arrows to check your answers, do and re-do the Self-test until you can get every question ‘right enough’.
    • 4.   Choose the revision factsheet which suits you best from the ‘Going Deeper’ panel, and learn it off by heart; get someone to test you on it.
    • 5.   IF you have time, suss out the Smartass list of specialist terms with which to wow the examiner!  Invite a friend to revise with you and do the Revision Activies together, using them as an opportunity to share all you know.
    • 6.   NB This is just the factual stuff - don’t forget to rehearse how to do the exam-style questions for this unit.

Revision Materials

Revision pages

•  Cascade pdf

•  Self-test

  

Revision sheets:

•  Development of the Cold War

•  Redruth School (aimed at the old AQA GCSE)

•  Cranbourne School (pdf)

  

Smartass: list of specialist terms

  

Audio-Revise: Crises 1955-70 List Three from Hodder - pausing the audio, give your answer before you listen to that of the contestant

  

Revision Activities:

•  Two Sides (pdf)

•  Simply Facts (pdf)

•  Cause and Consequence (pdf)