How do I answer a controversy question? Lesson Aim: To be able to confidently answer a controversy question. N.B. Source record sheets/word count. TASK: Re-cap: Lets make a big timeline to remind ourselves!

Add date and a bit of info Timeline…. Add date and a bit of info Truman Roosevelt Churchill Atlee Stalin Cominform Comecon Marshall Plan Truman Doctrine Iron Curtain speech End of WWII Potsdam Conference Yalta conference VE Day VJ Day Atomic bombs dropped. Put on whiteboards and arrange on table.

Lets watch your mini lesson videos! Marshall Plan/Truman Doctrine and Cominform/Comecon.

Relations cool further….. The results of the Truman Doctrine and Russia’s response meant that the any chance of future agreement hoped in 1945 had been swept away. A mutual sense of distrust had arisen and there was now a clear sense of two competing systems. This led to more aggressive policies from both sides……. The Czechoslovakian Crisis, 1948. The Berlin Blockade, 1948-9.

The Czechoslovakian Crisis, 1948 Rigged elections in Eastern European countries by Communists – make a note and also put on your timeline, p29. P29/30 make a few notes on the crisis. Reflection: Why do you think Czechoslovakia was of psychological significance to the west?

Berlin Blockade, 1948-9 Look at the source of Germany on p30 (Berlin Wall). What were the causes? see p31 and take a few key notes.

What were the results? – Blockade and airlift Take some notes from p31/2. Watch the government produced film of the airlift. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nHdB1vJNsg

Controversy Question (40 marks) – How do I answer it? This will be on either the origins/end of Cold War. You will have about an hour to write this. It requires to use to use your own knowledge AND sources. Plan of Action! Look at the Q. Look at the structure. Analyse the sources. Plan the essay (for Monday) You can write up essay (on Monday and for homework).

Q. Using sources K,L to N, and your own knowledge, how far do you accept the view of source K, that it was American foreign policy that ‘crystallised the Cold War?’ Make a note of the Q, see p62. What does ‘crystallised’ mean? Examples of American foreign policy? Whiteboards: How do you think we could structure this answer?

Q. Using sources K,L to N, and your own knowledge, how far do you accept the view of source K, that it was American foreign policy that ‘crystallised the Cold War?’ Structure: Introduction – refer to arguments set out in the sources (like your factors). American foreign policy USSR foreign policy European foreign policy Conclusion – Was it American policy which crystallised Cold War? Draw yourself a table with these three columns – this will help you be clear and cross-reference.