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Historical Context, 1917-39<\/a>\"Cold_War_TV_Series_CNN\"<\/a>
\nStudents are presented with a detailed, interactive timeline of events<\/a> and two key questions for consideration:
\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?
\n2: Based on Question 1, who was therefore more to blame for the failure to contain Hitler in the 1930s?
\nThe class is then divided into two groups. Group 1 (USSR)<\/strong> should produce a press statement entitled “Why the USSR has been forced to sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact”. This should consist of two paragraphs: Paragraph [1] should begin “The USSR has made many attempts to extend the hand of friendship to the West…” and Paragraph [2] should begin “Unfortunately the West has not acted with the same degree of honour…”. Group 2 (Britain)<\/strong> should produce a press statement entitled “Why the USSR treacherously chose to sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact”. This should consist of two paragraphs: Paragraph [1] should begin “The West has made many attempts to extend the hand of friendship to the USSR…” and Paragraph [2] should begin “Unfortunately the USSR has not acted with the same degree of honour…”.<\/p>\n

Part of the new ActiveHistory scheme of work on The Roots of the Cold War to 1949<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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… <\/p>\n

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