Topic | AS Level |
A Level |
BIBLICAL REASONING / THEMES / PRINCIPLES | SCHOOLWIDE LEARNER OUTCOMES |
Origins of the Cold War – Tensions in the wartime alliance. |
Appreciating variety and learning to handle our differences |
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End of World War 2, Teheran Conference, impact of war on Soviet Union, German and Eastern Europe | Sustained relationships and cooperative effort | |||
Peace-making at the end of World War 2; Yalta and Potsdam Conferences | Promoting peace and cooperation in crisis times | |||
Increasing tension in Europe e.g. Iron Curtain, nuclear tensions, Soviet expansionism | Human weaknesses, e.g. dissension, anger, suspicion | |||
Interpretations training; The different historical approaches e.g. traditionalist revisionist, post-revisionist | Equipping and seeking justice | |||
The Truman doctrine and Marshall Aid plan |
Friendships | |||
The Berlin Blockade and Airlift | Overcoming setbacks |
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Post-Stalin thaw. Soviet and USA policies; Beria, Malenkov, Khrushchev,Eisenhower, Dulles and Kennedy | Reconciliation and acceptance, Leadership | |||
The Cold War outside Europe after 1950; Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Middle East, Africa etc | Unresolved conflict and its effects | |||
The Arms race- towards Détente in the 1970s | The power of agreement | |||
Term 5 | ||||
Détente and its failure in the 1970s | God as a covenant-keeper | |||
THE SECOND COLD WAR: USSR invasion of Afghanistan- Causes; course; impact |
Warfare |
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Solidarity movement in Poland,and its impact | Freedom and Justice | |||
The era of Mikhail Gorbachev; - Glasnost - Perestroika - Sinatra doctrine |
Pursuing and making peace | |||
The end of the Cold war - Era of Ronald Reagan - Margaret Thatcher |
Reconciliation | |||
Events in other parts of Eastern Europe; - Czechoslovakia - Romania - Fall of Berlin Wall |
Salvation and deliverance | |||
MAO & CHINESE REVOLUTION: - Reasons for Victory, China’s problems. 1949, Mao’s reforms |
Persevering and Victory | |||
THE HUNDRED FLOWER COMPAIGN | Times of adversity | |||
THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD: Reasons, Aims, Programme, Successes & Failures | Wisdom versus Folly | |||
THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION Definitions, Reasons, Aims, Evaluation |
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TERM SIX | ||||
CHINA AFTER MAO: power struggles, economic, political & social problems | Sowing and Reaping principles | |||
ERA OF DENG XIAOPING: Social and economic reforms in China | Leadership styles; Conflict resolution | |||
ERA OF DENG XIAOPING: Social and economic reforms in China | Leadership styles; Conflict resolution | |||
COMMUNISM IN CRISIS: 1987 divisions in CCP | The cost of disunity | |||
CHINA’S FOREIGN RELATIONS | Responsible living; Priorities; Relationships |