End of the Cold War and fall of the Soviet Union
The Berlin Wall came down in 1989 and the Soviet Union ended in 1991. The Cold War was over. How did 45 years of distrust and suspicion come to an end so suddenly?
Your Task is to make a movie about the end of the Cold War. In your group you should choose one of the following topics:
Here is the task sheet to guide you through the process:
Movie assignment task sheet
Resources:
The End of the Cold War
Afghanistan War
The End of the Cold War in Eastern Europe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir2/endofthecoldwarrev1.shtml
Spying caused the end of the Cold War:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8184338.stm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/spies_cold_war.htm
http://cloudworth.com/coldwar/spy.php
These 2 are useful for life in the USSR in the 1980s:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/soviet_end_01.shtml
http://www.slideshare.net/shivrajsinghnegi/soviet-economy-before-and-after-gorbachev
Here are some examples of movies made by last year's Grade 10 class:
Your Task is to make a movie about the end of the Cold War. In your group you should choose one of the following topics:
- Solidarity in Poland
- Mikhail Gorbachev: Glasnost and Perestroika
- Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe (including fall of the Berlin wall)
- Reagan and Star Wars
- Nuclear disarmament (CND)
- Afghanistan war 1979 - 1985
- Life in Eastern Europe and the USSR in the 1980s
- Espionage in the 1980s
Here is the task sheet to guide you through the process:
Movie assignment task sheet
Resources:
The End of the Cold War
Afghanistan War
The End of the Cold War in Eastern Europe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir2/endofthecoldwarrev1.shtml
Spying caused the end of the Cold War:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8184338.stm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/spies_cold_war.htm
http://cloudworth.com/coldwar/spy.php
These 2 are useful for life in the USSR in the 1980s:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/soviet_end_01.shtml
http://www.slideshare.net/shivrajsinghnegi/soviet-economy-before-and-after-gorbachev
Here are some examples of movies made by last year's Grade 10 class:
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