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    • FICTION FOR THE MYP
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    • IB History >
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        • Paper 1
        • Paper 2 >
          • The Cold War Home
        • Paper 3
      • History IA
      • Paper 1 >
        • 1. Rwanda Causes
        • 2. Rwanda Course
        • 3. Rwanda Impact
        • 1.1. Causes of Kosovo Conflict
        • 2.2. Course of Kosovo Conflict
        • 3.3 Consequences of the Kosovo Conflict
      • Paper 2 >
        • P2 COLD WAR >
          • 1. Rivalry, Mistrust Accord >
            • Korea
            • The Thaw
            • End of the Cold War
          • 2. Cold War Leaders and Nations
          • 3. Cold War Crises
      • Paper 3 >
        • 9. East Asia 1860 - 1912 >
          • 1. Tongzhi restoration
          • 2. Self Strengthening movement
          • 3. Sino Japanese war
          • 4. Boxer rebellion
        • S.E Asia Colonialism HL >
          • HL Unit 5: Philippines
          • HL Unit 5: INDO-CHINA
          • Nationalism
          • HL Siam
        • China 1949 - 2005 >
          • Consolidation of the Communist State
          • Transition to socialism
          • Social Devleopments
          • Cultural Revolution
          • Foreign Policy
          • Post Mao
          • China under Deng
          • Developments in China 1989 - 2005
      • Cold War Conflicts in Asia >
        • Cambodia
        • Malaya >
          • VIdeo resource
          • Causes and course of the Conflict
          • Results and comparison with other CW Crises
        • Afghanistan
      • History Extended Essay
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      • The First World War >
        • World War One in film and documentaries
        • World War One books and additional reading
        • 1. Causes: The Alliance system
        • 2. Growth Tension, IGCSE
        • 3. Struggle Balkans, IGCSE
        • 4. Schlieffen Plan and Deadlock
        • 5. The War at Sea and Gallipoli
        • 6. The Defeat of Germany
      • Stalin's Russia >
        • Stalin at the library
        • Stalin at the movies
        • Background to Stalin
        • Leadership struggle
        • Collectivisation and 5YP
        • Purges
        • Life in the SU
        • Second World War and after
      • China IGCSE unit >
        • China Videos
        • China in Literature section
        • 1. China 1900 - 34
        • 2. China 1934 - 49
        • 3. China Under Mao 1949 - 63
        • 4. China 1965 - 76 Cultural Revolution
        • 5. China, 1976 - 89
      • USA: Divided Union 1945-74 >
        • Red Scare
        • Civil Rights in the 1950s
        • The impact of civil rights protests 1960-74
        • Protest Movements
        • Nixon & Watergate
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    • MYP History >
      • Year 7 - Native Americans >
        • 1. Introduction to discoveries
        • 2. Who were the first Americans?
        • 3. Discovery and wonder
        • 4. Sioux investigation
        • 5. Sources and assessment
        • 6. The loss of Native American land
        • 7. Why go west?
        • 8. The Oregon Trail simulation
        • 9. Encounters
        • 10. Assessment 2 - Board game
      • Year 8 Systems of government Inquiry >
        • Unpacking the statement
        • Introduction to China
        • The research phase
        • PEAL
        • How do systems compare
        • Assessment
        • Reflection
      • Year 9 MYP History >
        • Vietnam homepage >
          • 1. Vietnam immersion
          • 2. Vietnam 1945 - 54
          • 3. The US invasion of Vietnam
          • 4. What was fighting like in Vietnam?
          • 5. The US soldier's experience
          • 6. Protests and legacy
          • Assessment
        • Year 9 Genocide and dehumanisation >
          • 1. History Heroes
          • 2. The Modest Hero
          • 3. Genocide overview
          • 4. Causes of the Holocaust
          • 5. How could this happen? >
            • Assessment mini essay
          • 6. What happened at Auschwitz?
          • 7. Assessment
          • 8. Genocide in History
  • IB Global Politics
    • Politics movies and documentaries
    • Politics Reading and articles
    • Introduction to Global Politics
    • The News
    • Unit 1: Power, Sovereignty & IR >
      • POWER REVISION SECTION
      • 1.1 Defining Power
      • 1.2 Theories of Power
      • 1.3 Types of Power
      • 1.4 Defining legitimacy
      • 2.1 Emergence of Nation States
      • 2.2 Applying Sovereignty
      • 2.3 Social Contract
      • 2.4 Nation States and Political Systems
      • 2.4b Political Systems and states
      • 3.1 Inter-governmental Organisations
      • 3.2 Role and Existence of NGOs
      • 3.3 Violent Protest Movements
      • 3.4 Social Movements
      • 3.5 Political Parties
      • 3.6 Informal Forums
      • 4.1 Global Governance
      • 4.2 Treaties and Collective Security
      • 4.3 Economic Cooperation
      • 4.5 Interstate and Intrastate War
      • 4.6 Terrorism
      • Theory reading
    • Unit 2: Human Rights >
      • Human Rights websites
      • 1. Defining Human Rights
      • 2. UN Declaration on Human Rights >
        • Developments in Human Rights
      • 3. Human Rights as a Western Construction
      • 4. Multi-lateralism and bi-lateralism
      • 5. Non-governmental
      • 5a Other Rights Conventions
      • 6a) Codification of HR Law
      • 6. The ICC >
        • ICC Sudan Genocide case
      • 7. Claims on Human Rights
      • 8. Violations of Human Rights
      • 9. Violations of Human Rights
      • 9a) Write for Rights
      • 10. Cultural Relativism
      • 11. Politicisation of Human Rights
    • Unit 3: Development >
      • 1.1 Defining Development
      • 1.2 Measuring Development
      • 2. Factors Affecting Development
      • Political Factors Affecting Development
      • 3.1 Models of development
      • 3.2 The Capability approach
      • 3.3 Approaches for Developing Economy
      • 3.4 Approaches for Developing Society
      • 4.1 Globalisation and development
      • 4.2 Sustainable Development
      • Interesting video resources
    • Unit 4: Peace & Conflict >
      • 1. Contested meanings conflict >
        • Defining Peace
        • Conflict and Violence
        • Types of conflict
        • Balance of Power Theory
        • Justifications of violence
      • 2. Causes / Parties to conflict >
        • Causes of conflict
        • 2. Greed and grievance
        • 3. Parties to conflict
      • 3. Evolution of conflict >
        • Conflict dynamics and manifestations
        • Third party intervention
      • 4. Conflict resolution >
        • Peacekeeping and peacebuilding
      • Territorial Disputes
    • IA: Engagement Activity
    • HL: Case Study Presentations >
      • GloPol HL Research
      • HL Writing Presentation
      • HL Presenting
    • Global Politics Revision
    • External Assessment >
      • Essay Planning and Writing GP
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3. Cold War Crises

A. CRISIS 1: THE BERLIN BLOCKADE 1948/9

A) GETTING AN OVERVIEW:
 Listen to the podcast below up to ad break around 15 mins . 
Here is the youtube link if necessary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk_Ybh4mWCQ. It is also saved in s-drive.
) Use the Cornell note taking frame to record: focus is 'what were the key features of the Berlin Blockade?'
ii) Focus notes on Long Term Causes (Cold War generally), German reasons (not just East), Soviet Reasons, Key Features of what happened
ii) While I like this podcast series generally, this is a controversial episode from our point of view. Go through your notes and identify areas of very orthodox interpretation - i.e. the West is not responsible, especially in the early part.
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B: GOING DEEPER:


​For this activity, you will be given one of the two sets of resources below. You will use them to complete the summary frame to the right (step 1 will be to condense your Cornell frame notes into it).
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Resources 1:

Video Clip
Textbook Extract
Resources 2:

Video Clip
Textbook Extract
berlin blockade
CNN Cold War: Berlin.

How did the post war settlement affect the Berlin Crisis?

Who was responsible for the tension?

Why did Stalin take the choice he did?

What does the US response highlight?

How would this be interpreted by Orthodox / Revisionist / Post Revisionist historians?

B. CRISIS 2: THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

eAs you study the Cuban Missile Crisis, remember to recap everything we have done on the 1950s - containment, New Look, Peaceful Co-existence, U2, Peace Summits, Berlin Wall. Remember , this unit seeks to get you to identify comparisons between crises - are there similarities in themes? (e.g. are they caused by the wider events of the Cold War or local events?)
1. Open the 'Cuban Missile Starter doc' opposite - there are videos linked to through activehistory - you may therefore need the login: wishistory and the password: history89
2. Open the 'Cuba Missile Crisis Research Frame doc' opposite. Follow the instructions carefully and listen to the lecture.
Link to lecture
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3. Additional Reading Articles
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CNN Cold War Series; Cuba:

- How does the video suggest the crisis emerged?

- What importance is placed on the role of Robert Kennedy?

- Why is the blockade seen as critical in buying time?

- How far do you agree with the conclusions drawn about who 'won' the crisis
CNN and reading Quiz

C. The Vietnam War

The Vietnam war differs from the other crises due to its length which brings in complexities. However there are many thematic similarities which make it a good case study for this section, particularly focusing on the American policy of containment, use of puppet leaders and wars using proxy forces.

It is important to get an overview on the causes of the American involvement between 1945 and 1954, the growing involvement of the Americans in South Vietnam between 1954 and 1964 and then the fighting involving US troops between 1964 and 1973, finally the war continued after the Americans left in 1973, ending eventually with the defeat of the South Vietnamese in 1975 and unification of Vietnam under a socialist government.
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Look at a photo essay of the Vietnam War to get an understanding of the war and its effects: https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/03/the-vietnam-war-part-i-early-years-and-escalation/389054/.
​Some of the pictures are graphic so use as directed by your teacher.


If the link does not work, type "photo essay vietnam war" into Google and find your own example

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​Use the handout below, "Vietnam Terms", to keep track of the terminology involved in the Vietnam Cold War crisis
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A good introduction to the conflict. Watch the first section of the video to build up an idea of who the actors were, what the background to Indochina was and why the problem the Vietminh faced. (Ask your teacher for a copy of the video if need be. It's in the HL folder in S drive)

Use the worksheet above to record your ideas. The sections you should watch are mentioned in the video.

Once you have watched the video, answer these 4 questions:
1. How did the first Indo-China War become an international war?
2. Why did both sides feel confident at DBP?
3. How did Vietnam fit into the Cold War context?
4. What did the Geneva Conference achieve?


The background to the conflict

Find out more about the background to the conflict by reading the timeline here. Rewrite the timeline deciding on only 12 main points to include.
Timeline from 1946 to 1954
Click on the link to the Viet Minh in the timeline. Write a summary of who they were including their beliefs, aims and main successes and failures.

In a pair, click on the links to Charles de Gaulle and Ho Chi Minh. Read their stories, focussing on the time of the First Indochina War. Choose one person each. Write a 200 dialogue based on the idea: "WE are entitled to Vietnam". Perform it.

Use the reading pdf. to help guide you  - present back on one of the 4 sections of the war. Make sure that in your presentation you answer the key questions for that section.
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Musical interlude;
What do the two songs (Khe Sanh and I was only 19) infer were problems faced by troops fighting in Vietnam and what message do they have on the long term effects of the conflict?

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What part did the Vietnam War play in the Development of the Cold War?
Use the Rogers and Mamaux texts (Mamaux is above and just called Vietnam pages), and the OSC pages below to do this diagram.
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Choose a quiz, word search or any other fun activity from this site to test your knowledge about Vietnam:
​https://alphahistory.com/vietnamwar/vietnam-war-timeline-1946-1954/

HL Students: More on the Viet Minh and the Geneva Accords:
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To learn more about the Viet Minh, read the section of the John Wood textbook pp 16 to 30 but specifically pp16 to 22.
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You may like to go to Alpha History Vietnam, to the Documents section and read the following  6 documents (you should be able to see links when you hover over the document titles):

-Viet Minh call to arms against the Japanese (March 1945)
-Ho Chi Minh’s declaration of independence for Vietnam (September 1945)
-Final declaration of the Geneva Conference on Indochina (July 1954)
-Pham Van Dong (North Vietnam) on Geneva and Vietnamese independence (July 1954)
-The White House’s response to the Geneva declaration (July 1954)Eisenhower’s letter of support to Ngo Dinh Diem (October 1954)Ngo ----Dinh Diem explains why he rejects national elections (July 1955)

Then, roleplay being at the Geneva Accords. The roles are the French, the Americans, the North Vietnamese under Ho, the South Vietnamese under Bao Dai. Consider motivations and ideological agendas.
To set the Vietnam War into the Cold War context, read the following document and examine the attitudes of other countries to involvement in Vietnam at different times.
You should be able to confidently comment on the attitudes of France, the USA, the USSR and China:
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D. PLAN AN ESSAY

Plan an essay using the dead fish planning doc below. The title is:

Assess the impact of two Cold War Crises, each chosen from a different region, on the development of the Cold War.
OR
Compare and Contrast the causes of two crises in the Cold War.
                                                Cause of the crisis                                                   Events                                                                   Consequences

Berlin Blockade (1949)
     
     
     

Korean War (1950-53)
     
     
     

Cuba (1959)
     
     
     
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