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Year 11 Bridging Work for History a Level the Crisis of Communism Complete Read Listen Soviet Union, 1922-1953 Nuclear Fallout The Berlin Blockade Complete a detailed and In 1945, the USSR was an ally In 1948 Stalin blockaded Berlin, a informative timeline of the of the west in the fight against city divided into East (under Soviet Soviet Union from 1922-1953. Nazi Germany. But a mere 17 control) and West (under Information you could include: profiles of the years later the two sides stood poised to British/American/French control). Would Britain leaders of the USSR, political, economic and obliterate each other in a nuclear apocalypse. and America do anything to help the Berliners, or industrial developments (e.g. the Great Purge, David Reynolds describes how a relationship would they give up West Berlin to the Soviets? Year 11 Bridging Work for the Holodomor), key dates (political turned ugly. Bridget Kendall hears from three Berliners about History A Level appointments, deaths etc.). Extension- extend Link: History Extra life under the blockade. The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the your timeline to 1991. You may wish to start Time: 15 minutes Link: BBC History Soviet Empire 1953-2000 with Wikipedia. Time: 15 minutes Link: Wikipedia Week 3 and 4 Time: 3 hours Listen Read Watch Complete Chernobyl with Julie McDowall The Cuban Missile Crisis The Khrushchev Thaw The Eastern Bloc The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear The Cuban Missile Crisis, a tense In the second half of the Create a map of the Eastern Bloc – accident near the town of Pripyat, 13-day standoff between the US 1950s, an attempt was made in the USSR and the seven Soviet Ukraine in 1986. Dan Snow talks to Julie and the Soviet Union over the the former Soviet Union to partially reform satellite states in Eastern and McDowall, an expert in all things nuclear, about the placement of nuclear missiles in Cuba, took the Stalinist totalitarian system. The Central Europe. Include key information about disaster. They cover the initial blast, the impact it had place in October 1962. Arguably the most processes that were aimed at the each country (e.g. years it was part of the Eastern on the first responders and the fate of Ukraine and dangerous confrontation the world has faced, liberalization of social and political life, which Bloc, population when they joined, key political neighbouring countries, whilst also discussing how the the crisis occurred at the height of Cold War went down in history as the Khrushchev events during that time (Hungarian Uprising, legacy of Chernobyl damaged people’s faith in the tensions. More than 50 years on, Mark White Thaw, began. Prague Spring etc.) You may wish to start with Soviet Union and contributed to its fall. re-examines the conduct of the president John Link: YouTube Wikipedia. Link: Dan Snow F Kennedy and his brother Robert, attorney Time: 15 minutes Link: Wikipedia Time: 27 minutes general of the United States. Time: 2 hours Link: History Extra Time: 15 minutes Read Complete Watch A History of the Cold War Communism in the Soviet Union Chernobyl Any questions/ concerns please email A brief history of the Cold War, from its Create an information sheet A Sky original drama about the Mrs Stibbe- early stages as the US attempted to about communism in the Soviet Chernobyl disaster. Incorporating contain the spread of communism, Union. Include definitions of the the causes and the consequences of the Rita.stibbe@thejohnroanschool. through the atomic age and the space race, to the fall following key terms: communism, Marxism- disaster and highlighting the contrasting org.uk of the Berlin Wall and the end of the USSR. Leninism, USSR, proletarian, Stalinism, Gulag, political and scientific responses, this show Link: History Channel NKVD/KGB, satellite state. Include images if you won 10 Emmys and is considered a modern Time: 20 minutes wish and be as clear in your definitions as classic. Only available on NOW TV, which does possible. You may wish to start with Wikipedia. require a subscription (seven-day free trail Link: Wikipedia available). Time: 2 hours Link: NOW TV Time: 6 hours .
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