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CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT: Cold War Relations 1941-1965 The Start of the Arms Race The BIG Question:

CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT: Cold War Relations 1941-1965 The Start of the Arms Race The BIG Question: What caused the Cold War?. IV – The start of the Arms Race. Describe the conditions that made up the Nuclear Arms Race Utilise statistics as evidence for evaluation. STARTER ACTIVITY:

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CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT: Cold War Relations 1941-1965 The Start of the Arms Race The BIG Question:

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  1. CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT: • Cold War Relations 1941-1965 • The Start of the Arms Race • The BIG Question: • What caused the Cold War?

  2. IV – The start of the Arms Race • Describe the conditions that made up the Nuclear Arms Race • Utilise statistics as evidence for evaluation • STARTER ACTIVITY: • REMEMBER YOUR BELIEFS ABOUT TRUMAN AND STALIN FROM YOUR LAST LESSON • READ SOURCE L IN YOUR BOOK, AND ANSWER ONE OR MORE OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW IN YOUR BOOK. WRITE THEM IN FULL STATEMENTS SO THAT YOU DON’T NEED TO WRITE OUT THE QUESTION. • DESCRIPTION - What is an “Arms Race”? • EXPLANATION- Why might Stalin feel threatened by Truman? • EVIDENCE - What sort of language does Truman use – positive or negative? • JUDGEMENT - Who is to blame for the Arms Race? • - USA for building the bomb and threatening it? • - USSR for wanting one too? WHAT CAUSED THE COLD WAR?

  3. Describe the conditions that made up the Nuclear Arms Race • Utilise statistics as evidence for evaluation

  4. Describe the conditions that made up the Nuclear Arms Race • Utilise statistics as evidence for evaluation • - What is an “Arms Race”? • - Why might Stalin feel threatened by Truman? • - What sort of language does Truman use – positive or negative? • Who is to blame for the Arms Race? • USA for building the bomb and threatening it? • USSR for wanting one too? • WHAT’S GOOD AND BAD ABOUT MY PARAGRAPH? An Arms Race is where two nations compete to have the strongest weapons. It is possible that both sides produce these weapons to use as a deterrent (stop people threatening them) or in order to prepare for a war. Stalin felt threatened by Truman at Potsdam where he announced that they had the bomb. This would have unnerved Stalin, making him paranoid and causing him to want to build such a super weapon of his own. Truman does try to suggest that the Atomic Bomb has some positive aspects beyond the strengthening of the American arsenal where he suggests that “atomic power can become a powerful and forceful influence towards the maintenance of world peace.” He would be suggesting that it is a deterrent, of course Stalin would not view it in this way but rather that he was showing off and being provocative. The situation in itself is probably not a cause of the Cold War or the breakdown of relations between the two sides but rather the lack of understanding between the contrasting ideologies and the suspicion of motives that both sides had of each other.

  5. EXTENSION HOMEWORK HOMEWORK TASK – PUT DETAILS IN YOUR PLANNER NOW!!! WHAT CAUSED THE COLD WAR?

  6. WHO HAD THE UPPER HAND IN THE ARMS RACE? OVERVIEW 1945-2009 Is there a time when the Arms Race was even? Who else joins in? What else do you notice about nuclear weapons?

  7. WHO HAD THE UPPER HAND IN THE ARMS RACE? IN DEPTH 1945-1960 Is there a time when the Arms Race was even? Note for Teacher: HAND OUT THE EXTRACTS OF THE ARMS RACE SHEET TO BE READ OUT BY TWO SIDES OF THE ROOM IN NUMERICAL ORDER. AS EACH ONE IS READ OUT STUDENTS ARE TO NOTE WHO IS GAINING THE UPPER HAND USING FACTS TO SUPPORT THEIR ARGUMENT. THESE FACTS SHOULD BE USED WHEN PRODUCING THEIR PRACTICE PARAGRAPH.

  8. CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT PARAGRAPH PRACTICE ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVE FOCUS – CONTEXTUAL KNOWLEDGE WHAT CAUSED THE COLD WAR?

  9. PLENARY The REAL LIFE damage that these weapons could produce

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