1.  starter activity
Can you remember the 3 key schools of historiography on Cold War? Study the following cartoons and decide which school of thought they represent.

2. British cartoon, March 1946

3. British cartoon from 1948 describing Stalin’s attempts to prevent the airlift

4. British cartoon from 1950 showing Truman rushing hand-in-hand with the UN towards Korea’s aid

5. What caused the Cold War?
 Aims
To compare different historiographical schools of thought on causes of Cold War
To develop skills in testing the views of leading historians of Cold War

6.  Your task
Complete a table similar to the one below on the different schools of thought (historiography) on p of Philips.

7.  Your task
Study the sources on p.61-2 and complete a table similar to the one below

8.  Role play
Divide into 4 groups. One of you is to take on the persona of the author of either source K, L, M or N and explain your point of view. Choose a partner to support your view with evidence from their own knowledge. The audience will interrogate you and try to put forward counter views.

9.  Plenary Summarise the views of the three main schools of thought.
Which schools do these authors belong to:
William A Williams
George Kennan
John Lewis Gaddis
D.Volkogonov

10.  Homework
Using Sources K-N and your own knowledge, how far do you accept the view of Source K that it was American foreign policy that ‘crystallized the Cold War’?