{"id":3694,"date":"2016-01-30T11:55:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T08:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2016-01-05T11:56:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T08:56:53","slug":"cold-war-historical-context-1917-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/cold-war-historical-context-1917-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold War &#8211; Historical Context, 1917-39"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/gcse\/cold_war\/2_Historical_Differences.pdf\">Historical Context, 1917-39<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3690\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nStudents are presented with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/runner\/yr11_cold_war_origins\/frameset.htm\">detailed, interactive timeline of events<\/a> and two key questions for consideration:<br \/>\n1: Was the Nazi-Soviet Pact proof that the West were right to distrust Stalin all along, or was it the direct and unfortunate result of that distrust?<br \/>\n2: Based on Question 1, who was therefore more to blame for the failure to contain Hitler in the 1930s?<br \/>\nThe class is then divided into two groups. <strong>Group 1 (USSR)<\/strong> should produce a press statement entitled &#8220;Why the USSR has been forced to sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact&#8221;. This should consist of two paragraphs: Paragraph [1] should begin &#8220;The USSR has made many attempts to extend the hand of friendship to the West&#8230;&#8221; and Paragraph [2] should begin &#8220;Unfortunately the West has not acted with the same degree of honour&#8230;&#8221;. <strong>Group 2 (Britain)<\/strong> should produce a press statement entitled &#8220;Why the USSR treacherously chose to sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact&#8221;. This should consist of two paragraphs: Paragraph [1] should begin &#8220;The West has made many attempts to extend the hand of friendship to the USSR&#8230;&#8221; and Paragraph [2] should begin &#8220;Unfortunately the USSR has not acted with the same degree of honour&#8230;&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/IB\/cold_war\/\">Part of the new ActiveHistory scheme of work on The Roots of the Cold War to 1949<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historical Context, 1917-39 Students are presented with a detailed, interactive timeline of events and two key questions for consideration: 1: Was the Nazi-Soviet Pact proof that the West were right to distrust Stalin all along, or was it the direct and unfortunate result of that distrust? 2: Based on Question 1, who was therefore more&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/cold-war-historical-context-1917-39\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[429,414,428,427,396],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pAq0G-XA","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3695,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3694\/revisions\/3695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}