IGCSE History What’s it all about?

If you could be anyone in History who would you be and why?

Topics to be studied Development of dictatorship: Germany 1918 – 1945 The establishment of the Weimar Republic and its early problems The recovery of Germany The rise of Hitler and the Nazis Life in Nazi Germany Germany during the second world war

Topics to be studied cont. A divided union: Civil rights in the USA 1945 – 1974 McCarthyism and the Red Scare Civil rights in the 1950s The impact of Martin Luther King and of Black Power Protest movements: students, women, anti-Vietnam Nixon and Watergate

Topics to be studied Conflict, crisis and change: China, 1911 – 1989 The triumph of Mao and the CCP, 1934-1949 Change under Mao, 1949-1963 The impact of the Cultural Revolution China after Mao, 1969-1989

Topics to be studied Russia in Revolution 1914 – 1924 The impact of the First World War The February Revolution The Bolshevik seizure of power Civil War War Communism New Economic Party (NEP) Will notes print

When? Year 10 – Germany & China Year 11 – Russia & USA

What skills will I develop and use? Chronology Timelines Causation, Consequences and Change Source analysis & interpretation Explain and make judgments Knowledge & understanding Comprehension, interpretation and cross-reference Glossary Organisation & communication

What about the exam? Two papers – each 1 ½ hours long Three sections in total Depth Studies Historical Investigation Breath study in Change Paper 1 – Depth studies Paper 2 – Historical investigation / Breath study in Change

A. Depth Studies (Paper 1) Development of dictatorship: Germany 1918 – 1945 & A divided union: Civil rights in the USA 1945 – 1974 You will be answering Q’s on BOTH topics – each topic worth 25 marks – tested on Chronological sequencing Description of consequence Explanation of causation Using source and own knowledge to give an explanation

B. Historical Investigation (Paper 2) Russia in Revolution 1914 – 1924 Focus on analysis of sources Advised to spend 45mins. Tested on: Source inference Source cross-referencing Using sources and own knowledge to evaluate a representation

C. Breath study in Change (Paper 2) Conflict, crisis and change: China, 1911 – 1989 Focuses on change over time. Advised to spend 45mins. Tested on: Source comprehension Description of key features Change over time

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