a meeting between leaders to discuss significant issues or make important decisions

someone who has been forced to leave their home country because of war, persecution, natural disaster, or violence, and seeks safety in another country

someone who makes sure that rules are followed when people and goods cross from one country to another; someone who protects the borders of a country

relating to a system of government where all property is owned by the community and resources are shared equally

something that is used to represent something else

Berlin, 1961-63: the Berlin Wall

History

Causes of tension between the USA and USSR by 1945

The impact of the atomic bomb on US-Soviet relations

Soviet influence over Eastern Europe by 1948

The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan

The Berlin Crisis (1948)

The Cold War arms race

The Hungarian Uprising (1956)

The origins of the Cold War (1941-58)

Berlin, 1958-61: increased tensions

The Cuban Revolution and the Bay of Pigs Invasion

The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

The Prague Spring (1968)

The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia (1968)

Cold War crises, 1958-70

Détente and SALT I

The Helsinki Accords and SALT II

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Reagan and the 'Second Cold War'

Gorbachev's 'new thinking'

The fall of the Berlin Wall

The collapse of the Soviet Union

The end of the Cold War, 1970-91

In this unit pupils undergo a period study which tells a story about a period that shaped the world we live in today: the Cold War. They look at the key events, developments, people and stories that defined the relationship between the USA and the USSR in this period.

Period study: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Complete the sentence: Escalating tensions after the {{}} led to an increase in people attempting to leave East Germany.

Which keyword describes someone who makes sure that rules are followed when people and goods cross from one country to another or someone who protects the borders of a country?

Complete the quote using a keyword: Khrushchev claimed that the Berlin Wall was “guarding the gates of {{}} paradise”.

How much did Kennedy increase US military spending by following the Vienna Summit?

They all attempted to escape East Berlin before the Berlin Wall was built

They all attempted to escape East Berlin as the Berlin Wall was being built

They all attempted to escape East Berlin once the Berlin Wall had been built

What do Conrad Schumann, Waltraud and Erika Kopp and Hans-Peter Dünnhaupt all have in common?

Khrushchev was forced to accept that West Berlin was under Western control

East Germans were still able to move freely between East and West Berlin

West Berlin became a symbol of freedom and defiance against communism 

Meant that the superpowers were more likely to go to war over Berlin

Meant that the superpowers were less likely to go to war over Berlin

Which of the following were consequences of the Berlin Wall?

Complete the sentence: By 1958, over three million people had left {{}} Germany via Berlin to live in West Germany.

Which keyword describes someone who has been forced to leave their home country because of war, persecution, natural disaster, or violence, and seeks safety in another country?

Put the following events in chronological order. 

Complete the sentence with the same keyword: By the late 1950s, West Germany was a {{}} country with a high standard of living in comparison to East Germany which was far less {{}}.

Khrushchev demanded that the Western powers leave West Berlin completely

Khrushchev demanded that the Western powers remove their troops from West Berlin

Khrushchev demanded that the Western powers recognise East Germany

Which statement correctly describes Khrushchev's demand in the Berlin Ultimatum (1958)?

Starter Quiz

Complete the sentence: By 1958, over three million people had left Germany via Berlin to live in West Germany.