What specific aspects of this era of history does the Spies & Space History elective cover?

Spies & Space blasts into 20th Century history, focusing on the leading causes and the global effects of the political, ideological and technological competition between Communist U.S.S.R. (East) and Capitalist U.S.A. (West), in their battle for global domination in politics, ideology, war, economics and technology. 

Throughout this unit, students will evaluate the significant events, developments and ideas of the post-1945 era that shaped the modern world. They will use historical sources to identify and analyse the perspectives of individuals and groups in the modern world and use these perspectives to understand the beliefs, values and attitudes of the individuals and societies studied. 

Students will also analyse varied patterns and forms of continuity and change, and analyse short- and long-term causes and intended and unintended consequences of significant Cold War events, individuals, ideas and developments that contributed to and resulted from them globally post-1945, along with their influences on Australia.