to examine books, documents, or films and remove parts of them that are not considered acceptable

a person who publicly disagrees with and criticises their government

severe prisons used in the Soviet Union where prisoners had to perform forced labour

Tensions between the superpowers by the late-1960s

History

Early causes of tension between the USA and the USSR

The impact of the atomic bomb

Soviet influence over Eastern Europe

The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan

The Berlin Crisis, 1948-9

The origins of the Cold War, 1941-58

The growth of communism in China

The ‘loss’ of China and the Cold War

Outbreak of the Korean War

Consequences of the Korean War

The collapse of French Indochina

US involvement in the Vietnam War

Khrushchev and peaceful coexistence

The nuclear arms race

The Space Race

NATO and the Warsaw Pact

Hungary and Soviet power in Eastern Europe

The U2 Crisis

Construction of the Berlin Wall

The Cuban Revolution and its consequences

The Bay of Pigs Invasion

Initial stages of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The 13 Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis

The Prague Spring

International responses to the Prague Spring

The Brezhnev Doctrine

The reasons for Détente

Détente and SALT 1

In this unit pupils undergo a wider depth 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 international relations in this Cold War period.

Wider Depth Study - Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

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

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Write the missing word: A {{}} is a person who publicly disagrees with and criticises their government.

Which of the following weapons was first developed during the 1960s?

During the 1960s, the USA was at war in which country?

Which Soviet leader increased social and political restrictions in the USSR after 1964?

There were strong restrictions on freedom of assembly in the USSR.

There were strong restrictions on freedom of religion in the USSR.

There were strong restrictions on freedom of speech in the USSR.

What does the example of Andrei Sinyavsky best demonstrate?

Committee on Human Rights in the USSR was founded.

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order

actions which are considered hostile towards communist beliefs

a region of the world in which one state is dominant

to make someone less likely to do something

the race between the USSR and the USA to achieve nuclear superiority

Match the keywords to the correct definitions.

What policy did Leonid Brezhnev set out in his article written in Pravda in September 1968?

Helped to reinforce the idea of a Soviet sphere of influence in Western Europe.

Helped the USSR to justify the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Helped to reinforce the idea of a Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe.

Deterred any attempts at reform that threatened to weaken communism.

Helped the USSR to justify the invasion of Hungary in 1968.

Which of the following did the doctrine written by Brezhnev do?

Which country in Asia had been communist since Mao Zedong took power in 1949?

Who refused to send troops to take part in the invasion of Czechoslovakia and increasingly took an independent line from the USSR?

Which countries welcomed the doctrine written by Brezhnev?

Tensions between the superpowers by the late-1960s

Lesson outcome

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