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THE COLD WAR

Recognising key change
Learning Outcome 3.5: Recognise the importance of the Cold War in international relations in the twentieth century world.

Berlin wall Memorial


INTRODUCTION
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youtube - Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech


Overview

John D. Clare Notes - Cold War Revision


​john d. ruddy - The Cold War (remastered edition)


history bombs - History of the Cold War (in One Take)


the truman doctrine and the marshall plan
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lagan college - truman doctrine and marshall plan


​bbc world service - witness - the marshall plan
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enrs - the marshall plan


Berlin

berlin blockade

bbc radio 4 - cold war: stories from the big freeze - the berlin blockade

youtube - The Berlin Blockade (10m)


berlin wall
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BBC RADIO 4 - COLD WAR: STORIES FROM THE BIG FREEZE - the berlin wall crisis


rté archives - berlin a divided city 1965


​Ted Ed - The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall


Korean War
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BBC History - The Korean War: An Overview
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BBC RADIO 4 - COLD WAR: STORIES FROM THE BIG FREEZE - the korean war

BBC WORLD SERVICE - THE HISTORY HOUR - Korea Divided: A Bitter History


Cuban Missile Crisis

history pod - 14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites


​history extra -
 Nuclear nightmare: the Cuban missile crisis

john d. ruddy - Cuban Missile Crisis in 5 Minutes


BBC RADIO 4 - COLD WAR: STORIES FROM THE BIG FREEZE - the cuban missile crisis


the vietnam war
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History.com - Vietnam war timeline

bbc bitesize - the vietnam war
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HISTORY POD - 7th August 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed by US Congress


​history channel -
the my lai massacre


​HISTORY TODAY -
 The Vietnam War: A History in Song


​CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - FORTUNATE SON


BBC RADIO 4 - COLD WAR: STORIES FROM THE BIG FREEZE -

america's vietnam war


The Fall of Saigon


how did the cold war end?

lagan history - how did the cold war end? 


enrs - Collapse of the USSR


TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
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the h-bomb

BBC RADIO 4 - COLD WAR: STORIES FROM THE BIG FREEZE - the h-bomb


more resources

retrieval challenge grid

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FOCUS TASK
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Make and annotate an illustrated timeline of eight key dates relating to the Cold War. 

REVISION
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chronicles - quizlet set: the cold war

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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
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chronicles - quizlet test: the cold war [printable]

Answer the true or false questions.

exam hub

past exam questions / sample answers

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • A POSSIBLE APPROACH
  • STRAND ONE
    • THINK LIKE A HISTORIAN
  • STRAND TWO
    • EARLY CHRISTIAN IRELAND
    • THE ENGLISH PATTERN OF SETTLEMENT IN IRELAND
    • 1798 IRISH REBELLION
    • THE GREAT FAMINE AND THE IRISH DIASPORA
    • THE PARLIAMENTARY TRADITION IN IRISH POLITICS
    • THE GAA
    • THE RISE OF NATIONALISM AND UNIONISM, 1911-23 >
      • HOME RULE CRISIS, 1912-14
      • 1916 RISING
      • RISE OF SINN FÉIN
      • IRISH WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, 1919-21
      • ANGLO-IRISH TREATY, 1921
      • IRISH CIVIL WAR, 1922-23
    • IRELAND AND THE WORLD AT WAR >
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR I
      • IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • IRELAND IN THE 1960s
    • THE TROUBLES IN NORTHERN IRELAND
    • WOMEN IN TWENTIETH CENTURY IRELAND
  • STRAND THREE
    • ANCIENT ROME
    • MEDIEVAL TIMES
    • THE RENAISSANCE
    • THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
    • THE REFORMATION
    • PRE TWENTIETH CENTURY REVOLUTION >
      • THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
      • THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
    • COMMUNISM AND FASCISM >
      • COMMUNISM IN RUSSIA
      • FASCISM IN ITALY
      • FASCISM IN GERMANY
    • WORLD WAR II
    • THE HOLOCAUST
    • THE COLD WAR
    • THE EUROPEAN UNION
    • EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLD IN THE 1960s
    • TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
    • PATTERNS OF CHANGE >
      • HEALTH AND MEDICINE [OPTION ONE]
  • ASSESSMENT
    • CBA 1: THE PAST IN MY PLACE
    • CBA 2: A LIFE IN TIME
    • ASSESSMENT TASK
    • EXAM HUB
  • ACTION VERBS FOR LEARNING OUTCOMES
  • HISTORY MATTERS 365 BLOG
  • TEACHING STRATEGIES
  • WEBLINKS
  • CHRONICLES
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