1. What caused the collapse of the USSR and end of the Cold War?
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Lesson Objectives
To identify and evaluate the long and short-term causes of the collapse of the USSR Lesson Tasks 1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint. 2. Complete Activities 1-7 from your textbooks. 3. Complete Activities 9-10 from your textbooks. 4. Why did the Cold War end? Rank the causes on slide 32 of the PowerPoint in order of importance, most important at the top. Justify your decisions! 5. How are the causes linked? Link at least 3 causes. 6. What triggered the events of 1989? Challenge Yourself! 1. Summarised revision notes on the collapse of the USSR. 2. Very detailed booklet on the long-term causes of collapse. 3. Simplified overview from the BBC about the collapse. 4. Detailed article on the significance of the Afghanistan War. 5. Excellent website on the events of 1989 in Eastern Europe. 6. Short lecture on the reasons for the events of 1989. 7. Q+A interview with historians on the fall of the Berlin Wall. 8. Article outlining Gorbachev's role in the fall of the Berlin Wall. 9. Three authors on why the Berlin Wall fell. 10. Interactive BBC website on the collapse of the USSR. 11. Gorbachev's 1991 speech dissolving the USSR. |
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2. Analysing the reasons for the end of the Cold War
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Lesson Objectives
To analyse and evaluate the reasons why the Cold War ended how and when it did Lesson Tasks 1. Download, read and make notes from the Lesson PowerPoint. 2. Download this vocabulary list to help you with today's tasks. 3. Complete this table analysing the reasons for the end of the Cold War. Please refer to your notes and the textbook for information about each cause. 4. Complete this table analysing the links between each cause. Use the vocabulary list to help you explain the connections. 5. Now write an answer to this question: 'Why did the Cold War end?' Please put your answers on this Google Doc. 500 words maximum. Instructions can be found on the Google Doc. |
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