Year 2: WORLD History Topic 12, The Cold War: Superpower tensions and rivalries (20th century)
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The Historical Investigation
2 The Cold War: Superpower
tensions and rivalries
Rivalry, mistrust and accord
(1943-1949)
Revision
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Leaders and Nations:
Two leaders each chosen from a
different region, TBD
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Cold War Crises 2 crises TBD
The breakdown of the
grand alliance and the
emergence of
superpower rivalry in
Europe and Asia
Role of ideology
Fear and aggression
The US, USSR, and Chinasuperpower relations
(1947-1079)
Containment, peaceful
co-existence
Sino-Soviet and Sino-US
relations
Detente
Confrontation and
reconciliation
Reasons for the end off
the Cold War (1980-1991)
Ideological challenges
and dissent
Economic problems
Arms race
International response,
including US initiatives
and increasing tensions
between tha US and
Japan
Impact of leader 1 on the
course and development
of the Cold War
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Impact of Leader 2 on the
course and development
of the Cold War
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Crisis 1
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25 Revision
26 Tuning P2
27 Tuning Paper 1 revision
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Crisis 2
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30 4 weeks are left for formative and summative assessment to be determined according to the school
calendar
31 Assessment
32 Assessment
33 Assessment