Subject: History GCSE Year 11
Description of activities:
This course will develop a student’s understanding of the following areas:
- Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941-91
- Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939
Learning will be assessed by:
- Written paper 1: Thematic Study and historic environment: Crime & Punishment c 1000 to the present and Whitechapel, c1870-1900: crime, policing and the inner city
1 hour 15 mins. 52 marks (30%)
- Written paper 2: Period study and British depth study: Early Elizabethan England 1558-88 and Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941-91
1 hour 45 mins. 64 marks (40%)
- Written paper 3: Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939. 1 hour 20 mins. 52 marks (30%)
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Half Term
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Area
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Autumn 1
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Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941-91
- Early tension between East and West
- The development of the Cold War
- The Cold War intensifies
- Increased tension between East and West
- Cold War crises
- Reaction to crises
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Autumn 2
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Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941-91
- Attempts to reduce tension between East and West
- Flashpoints
- The collapse of Soviet control of Eastern Europe
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Spring 1
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Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939
- The origins of the Republic 1918-1919
- The early challenges to the Weimar Republic, 1919-23
- The recovery of the Republic 1924-29
- Changes in society 1924-29
- Early development of the Nazi Party, 1920-22
- The Munich Putsch and the lean years 1923-29
- The growth and support for the Nazis 1929-32
- How Hitler became Chancellor 1932-33
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Spring 2
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Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939
- The creation of a dictatorship 1933-34
- The police state
- Controlling and influencing attitudes
- Opposition, resistance and conformity
- Nazi policies towards women
- Nazi policies towards the young
- Employment and livening standards
- The persecution of minorities
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Summer 1
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Revision
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Websites to support learning
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Edexcel
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/history-2016.html
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Planned Support:
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Please contact Mrs Haley for any further questions shaley@tas-tkat.org
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