Transcript What`s going on in the picture? How might this link to this unit?

What’s going on in the picture?
How might this link to this unit?
Lack of trust
between two
sides
Differences between the two sides
(woman/man – capitalist/communist)
Tension
between the
two sides for
nearly 5
decades
Suspicion about
what each other
may be keeping
secret/hiding e.g.
Nuclear weapons
Occasional
agreement/compromise
What can you infer from
this poster?
• American propaganda
• Depicts the
communists/USSR as
killers/destroyers of
America and capitalism
• A lot of tension and
mistrust between the
East and West
• Poster meant to be a
warning against
communism and
communist spies in
America
The Origins of the Cold War in Europe
Objectives
• All of you will begin to understand how the Cold War
came to be and why there was tension
• Most of you should be able to describe some of the
key events or figures at the start of the Cold War
News
Books you might want…
You have each been given a job
• You will now be handed your wages (Haribo)
Ideological Differences:
Capitalism vs. Communism
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/
mwh/ir2/ideologicaldifferences_video.shtml
Read the extract from John Lewis Gaddis
• Highlight key points or
areas you don’t
understand
• What does this extract
tell you about the
origins of the Cold War?
A good book if you fancy being proactive and doing some extra reading…
• Go to the Ossett History website:
http://history.ossettacademy.com/
• Familiarise yourself with the section
on the Cold War
• Read through some of the
information on the Causes of the CW
• I will ask you all to tell me something
you found out at the end
• The person who gives the most
interesting/useful bit of information
gets the rest of the Haribo
Plenary
• Tell me something interesting!