4.1 A divided Europe

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Chapter 4

4.1 A divided Europe

Welcome!

Halfuur rooster

At the end of this lesson...

• You can explain the causes of the Cold War and the consequences it had for Europe.

Today...

• What do you know already? (+- 10 min) 
• Video with questions (+- 20 min)

The Cold War

Video

You're going to watch a video about the Cold War. Answer the questions during the video. 

Chapter 4

4.1 A divided Europe

Welcome!

Halfuur rooster

At the end of this lesson...

• You can explain the causes of the Cold War and the consequences it had for Europe.'
• You can explain what the Marshallplan is. 

Today...

• What do you know already? (+- 10 min) 
• Explanation (+- 20 min)
• Homework (+- 15 min)

The Cold War

Yalta and Potsdam

February and July-August 1945

Agreements

• Germany would provisionally be partitioned into four occupied zones.

• Free and fair elections would be held in the other countries.

• The Allied countries would cooperate closely.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

President of the United States

Jozef Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union

Winston Churchill

Prime minister of Great Britain

Potsdam Conference

(July-August 1945)

Clement Attlee

Prime minister of Great Britain

Harry Truman

President of the United States

Jozef Stalin

Leader of the Soviet Union

Division of Germany

• Germany will  no longer be independent (temporarily)

Four zones of occupation led by: France, England, the Soviet Union and the United States

• Berlin is also divided into 4 zones

• Traveling between occupation zones is no problem

• Remember this: Berlin is in the occupation zone of the Soviet Union

The Cold War

Conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union between 1945-1991.

Homework!

4.1 paragraph exercise 4 to 7

Chapter 4

4.1 A divided Europe

Welcome!

The Berlin Wall

At the end of this lesson...

• You can describe how Germany developed in political and economic terms between 1945 and 1970.
  
• You can explain how NATO and the Warsaw Pact arose.

Today...

• What do you know already? (+- 10 min) 
• Explanation (+- 25 min)
• Summarise! (+-10 min)

Berlin Wall

United States

• Democracy

• Capitalism

• Freedom

• Major differences (poor/rich)

Soviet-Union

• Dictatorship

• Communism

• Oppression

• Equality, sometimes...

                 United States

• Capitalism
• Free market economy
• Several parties
• Freedom

                    Soviet Union

• Communism
• Planned economy
• One-party state
• Totalitarian state

The Berlin Blockade

May 1948 - June 1949

What's happening?

• Arguments about Berlin are running high

• Stalin wants to add West Berlin to the Soviet zone

• Western occupation zones are increasingly becoming one area

• Direct reason: introduction of the German Mark in western occupation zones

What's happening?

• Stalin blocks all supply routes to West Berlin to force the city to surrender: Berlin Blockade

• The West will supply West Berlin by air: the Berlin Airlift
  

• A plane lands in West Berlin every 3 minutes for a year

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Establishment of West Germany (BRD)

And 

East Germany (DDR)

May (BRD) and October (DDR) 1949

NATO

- West

- Started in 1949

- countries promised to support each other if any one of them was attacked

Warschaupact

- East

- Started in 1955

- countries promised to support each other if any one of them was attacked

- Will intervene if a country threatens to become capitalist

Summarise!

Make a summary about the Berlin blockade, the Berlin Wall and NATO and the Warschaupact. Use 4.1 to do so.