Review from last lesson: Economic & Political Problems in West Germany in the 1960s Use pages Create a timeline of problems in West Germany in the 1960s.

Extra aid for revision (forgot to give out last lesson) Federal Republic of Germany (FDR) German Democratic Republic (GDR)

Homework to complete for this lesson: What were the following organisations and why did Germany join them? OEEC Council of Europe ECSC EEC (Common Market) Use Page 209 of the Orange books to take notes on What (were they) When (were they created) Why (did Germany join them)

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Photographs of the building of the Berlin Wall, August 1961: Barbed-wire fencing

A photograph of East German soldier, Hans Conrad Schuhmann, leaping across the barbed wire fence to West Berlin and freedom, 14 August 1961, two days after East Germany closed the border and began erecting the Berlin Wall.

Photographs of the building of the Berlin Wall, August 1961

Photograph of East German soldiers carrying the body of Peter Fechter, 18 back into East Berlin. Fechter was the first person killed trying to escape over the Berlin Wall, He was shot and left to bleed to death.

The Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall (view from West Berlin): In the last phase of the wall’s development, the “death strip” between fence and concrete wall gave guards a clear shot at hundreds of would- be escapees from the East.

The Death Strip of the Berlin Wall (The Final Wall)

On August 13, 1961, Berlin was cut in two by a concrete wall. The purpose of the wall: to hinder the people of socialist East Germany from fleeing into the normal world. The wall was constantly perfected and strengthened, transformed from a normal wall into a system of impassable technical hindrances of traps, elaborate signals, concrete shooting cells, watchtowers, anti-tank tetrahedrons, “hedgehogs” and self-firing guns, which killed the fugitives without the intervention of the border guards. But the more work, ingenuity, money and steel the communists allocated to the further development of the wall, the clearer it became: human beings can be kept in a communist society only by impenetrable obstructions, barbed wire, dogs and by shooting in the back. The wall meant that the system which the communists had built attracted no-one. It repelled. Viktor SuvorovViktor Suvorov, ' The Shadow of the Victory’,

5YQ 5YQ The Cold War: The Berlin Wall ( ) | 9 of 24 (46:25) Instructions: As you watch the video, answer the following questions: #1: Why was the Berlin Wall built? #2: How was the Berlin Wall built? #3: What impact did the Berlin Wall have on ordinary citizens? What about the impact on foreign affairs? Timings for video: Start – 0:40 (Introduction) 8:24 – 11:30 (economic problems facing East Germany) 18:15 – 28:30 (the Wall goes up) 31:00 – 37:00 (escape attempts from East to West) 37:00 – 41:40 (Checkpoint Charlie confrontation) 41:40 – 43:25 (upgrading the Wall / Peter Fechter death) 43:25 – 45:45 (symbol of the Berlin Wall / JFK speech in Berlin)

Homework due next lesson Supplement your notes from the video using the following pages page political & economic aspects why the Wall was built page impact of the wall on ordinary citizens Page The Berlin Wall and its role in international affairs Handout – East and West: The Berlin Wall In addition make sure you understand the following items: Erich Honecker (page 208) Walter Ulbricht (page 206) August 13, 1961 (page 218) Peter Fechter (page 218) Soviet and U.S. tanks (page 228)

Under Mr. Walker’s USA Folder and Mr. Walker’s Russia Folder, there are subfolders of USA Revision / Russia Revision USA Revision Assessment of Unit1,2,3 History GCSE Overview of the Style of Questions on exam Russia and USA Content Revision Sheets (new) Russia and USA Exam Question Style Sheet USA Index Cards USA Revision Games USA Revision Sheet “WJEC Revision Guide – Practice Tips WJEC Unit 1 – Year 10 USA Exam Format Russia Revision Assessment of Unit1,2,3 History GCSE Overview of the Style of Questions on exam Possible Russia Questions Russia and USA Content Revision Sheets (new) Russia and USA Exam Question Style Sheet Russia Index Cards “WJEC Revision Guide – Practice Tips WJEC Unit 2 – Year 10 Russia Exam Format

Under Mr. Walker’s Germany Folder, there is now: Germany Revision Assessment of Unit1,2,3 History GCSE “WJEC Revision Guide – Practice Tips WJEC Unit 1 – Year 11 Germany Exam Format ________________________________________ This also includes revision tables below which are also posted on the VLE that last years students produced to help them prepare with the Section B question worth 15 marks which we will spend the next two lessons discussing: Political and economic development Lives of the German people Germany and world affairs

Germany Past Paper example GCSE The Development of Germany, (Route A) – Unit 3: Outline Study 1 hour, 15 minute exam = 55 marks Section A = 40 marks Section B = 12 marks + 3 SPAG Section A = you answer two questions from this section! Question 1 = about the political developments in Germany since 1919 Question 2 = about the economic developments in Germany since 1919 Question 3 = about Germany in world affairs since 1919 a) Describe question (5 marks) b) Explain question (7 marks) c) Why something happened (8 marks) – Example – “Why did life become more difficult for the Germany people on the Home Front during the Second World War?” Section B = you answer one question from this section! There are 3 possible questions each revolving around one of three themes in Germany Sample question – What have been the main features in Germany’s political and economic development between ? You will have a word/phrase bank to aid you with this question.