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Where does one era end and the other begin? Teaching the Cold War through a Second World War context

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Citation

Douthwaite J (2022) Where does one era end and the other begin? Teaching the Cold War through a Second World War context. SATH, pp. 42-47.

Abstract
Drawing inspiration from a recent book by Paul Betts this essay encourages pupils to think differently about the origins of the Cold War. It offers three sources that teachers can use in the classroom to explore how the Second World War coloured and outlined early Cold War attitudes and competition. It suggests that these sources can help pupils to better understand the worldview of those in the post-war West and consequently more fully grasp the context in which suspicion between East and West developed.

Notes
http://www.sath.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Douthwaite-Cold-War.pdf

StatusPublished
FundersAHRC Arts and Humanities Research Council
Publication date03/10/2022
Publication date online03/10/2022
PublisherSATH

People (1)

Dr Jessica Douthwaite

Dr Jessica Douthwaite

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, History

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Materialising the Cold War
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