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Year 11

Cold War development: how did the Cold War develop in Asia?

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  • Warfare and conflict

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In this unit, pupils learn about how the Cold War developed in Asia. They study the 'loss' of China to communism, the outbreak and consequences of the Korean War and the reasons the USA became involved in Vietnam.

This unit uses and builds on the previous unit where pupils studied the breakdown of the 'Grand Alliance'. It also links to the units pupils studied earlier on in key stage 4 about the USA in the 1950s and 60s, which provide context for America's foreign policy in Asia during this period. This unit prepares pupils for the next, where pupils' understanding of Asian developments contextualise the superpower relationship between the USA and the USSR in the same period.

  1. The growth of communism in China
  2. The ‘loss’ of China and the Cold War
  3. Outbreak of the Korean War
  4. Consequences of the Korean War
  5. The collapse of French Indochina
  6. US involvement in the Vietnam War

  • Pupils know that the Allies were mutually distrustful which led to the collapse of the Grand Alliance.
  • Pupils know that Asia is a large continent consisting of many different peoples with very diverse histories.
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