1. End of the Thaw: What happened in the crises of 1956-62?
Lesson Aim: To assess the key developments of the thaw.
N.B. Coursework.
TASK: Can we make a table spider diagram of the key developments?
Can we prioritise them?

2. End of the Thaw: What happened in the crises of 1956-62?
Make a table poster of your event…..
Hungarian Uprising, 1956
Berlin
Berlin Wall, 1961
Use whiteboard pens, playdoh etc.

3. How do we take your controversy essays to the next level?
Have a look at the sources, can you pick out the themes?
Read the essay in response to the question – this has full marks.
Different colours:
Underline where they’ve used sources.
Underline cross references.
Underline own knowledge.
Underline academic language.
Underline where they talk about interpretation.
Sources/essay from p21 of the revision book.

4. How have different groups of historians argued caused the Cold War?
Orthodox
Revisionists
Post-revisionists
Take some notes on your area including the noted historians.
You will then debate some sources in a practice paper.
Use sources from past papers to debate what different historians would say.

5. Plan a practice question……
All the past papers are on Edexcel website – library to check you can find them!