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Year 11

Cold War transformation: was the world on the brink of a nuclear war?

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  • Warfare and conflict

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In this unit, pupils analyse how growing tension in the 1960s led to the brink of nuclear war. They learn about the construction of the Berlin Wall and how events in Cuba eventually led to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

This unit uses and builds on the previous units that pupils have studied about the Cold War. It also builds on their year 7 and 8 knowledge about European colonialism in the Americas which contextualises some of the themes and developments they cover when looking at events in Cuba. This unit prepares pupils for the final unit of key stage 4, where pupils' knowledge of tensions in the early 1960's sets them up to better understand the relaxation of tensions by the 1970s.

  1. Construction of the Berlin Wall
  2. The Cuban Revolution and its consequences
  3. The Bay of Pigs Invasion
  4. Initial stages of the Cuban Missile Crisis
  5. The 13 Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis
  6. Consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis

  • Pupils know that the USA and the Soviet Union had attempted to coexist but had often misunderstood each other.
  • Pupils know that the rivalry displayed by the USA and the Soviet Union had increased tensions.
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