This bundle of lessons provides all the lessons and resources you will need to teach a unit about the final stages of the Cold War and the 'collapse' of Communism in Eastern Europe.

The lessons in this bundle are:

Lesson 14: The period of Détente - SALT 1, the Helsinki Accords and SALT 2

Lesson 15: The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 1979

Lesson 16: President Reagan's Second Cold War and the Star Wars Programme

Lesson 17: Mikhail Gorbachev's 'New Thinking' in the Soviet Union

Lesson 18: The Fall of the Berlin Wall

Each lesson includes a variety of features and resources such as starter tasks, recap activities, printable activity/question sheets, practice exam questions, exam skills, discussion points, challenge questions as well as fun and highly engaging animated background information to help students understand the focus of the lesson. The lesson is designed to last approximately 90minutes – 2 hours (often longer if you decide to use all the activities and questions).