1. Examination Technique
Hitler’s Germany
History
iGCSE
Examination Technique
Paper 1
Cold War

2. Assessment Overview Knowledge and skills Paper 1
50% of total iGCSE marks
90 minutes
Depth Studies Paper
Option 5:
Hitler’s Germany
Option 8:
The Cold War
Knowledge and skills
Type of question
Marks available
Recommended timings
a) Chronological Sequencing 3
3 minutes
b) Description of consequence 4
7 minutes
c) Explanation of causation 8
10 minutes
d) Using the source and own knowledge to give an explanation. 10
20 minutes

3. Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany
Specification

4. Key words The Treaty of Versailles Diktat Weimar Constitution
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany
Key words
The Treaty of Versailles
Diktat
Weimar Constitution
Spartacist and Kapp unrisings
Ruhr and Hyperinflation
Stresemann
Dawes and Young Plans
League of Nations, Locarno Treaty and the Kellogg- Briand pack
German Worker’s Party
Munich Putsch, 1923
Wall Street Crash
Goebbels and Propaganda
SA, SS and the Gestapo
Von Papen, Von Schleicher and Von Hindenburg
Reichstag Fire
Enabling Act
Night of the Long Knives
Indoctrination
Holocaust
Final Solution
Total War
Edelweiss Pirates, White Rose Group
Stauffenburg Plot
Hitler

5. Past Paper Questions (Sample Material)
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany
Past Paper Questions (Sample Material)

6. Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany
Past Paper Questions 2011

7. Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany
Past Paper Questions 2012

8. Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany
Past Paper Questions 2014

9. With revision, create a timeline of the key events in Germany 1918-45.
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Question Technique
Part (a), 3 marks
This question requires you to place a series of events in the correct chorological order.
With revision, create a timeline of the key events in Germany
The key to this question is consecutive sequence (i.e. the events are in the right order next to each other).
Leave an event out if you are unsure about its place in the sequence.

10. Mark Scheme Part (a), 3 marks
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Mark Scheme
Part (a), 3 marks

11. Dawes Plan, Young Plan, Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Example Answers
Part (a), 3 marks
Candidate A
Dawes Plan,
Nuremburg Laws,
Ghettos,
Kristallnacht,
Young Plan.
Candidate B
Ghettos,
Nuremburg Laws,
Dawes Plan,
Young Plan,
Kristallnacht
Candidate C
Ghettos,
Dawes Plan,
Young Plan,
Nuremburg Laws,
Kristallnacht
Candidate A – 0 marks, B – 1 mark C – 3 marks, D – 3 marks (leave an event out if you are unsure about its place in the sequence.
Candidate D
Dawes Plan, Young Plan, Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht

12. Choose one of the events and stick with your choice.
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Question Technique
Part (b), 4 marks
Choose one of the events and stick with your choice.
Focus on the question. ‘Effect’ means the results or the consequences of an event (i.e. what the event led to).
Give the effect and explain it. Use the word ‘because’ to help you give a developed explanation.
One short paragraph is enough!

13. One of the effects of the……… was that it enabled………….
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Writing Frame and Mark Scheme
Part (c), 4 marks
One of the effects of the……… was that it enabled………….
This is because…………..

14. Example Answers Part (b), 4 marks Candidate A
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Example Answers
Part (b), 4 marks
Candidate A
The Dawes Plan gave loans to Germany. It helped Germany with reparation payments.
Candidate B
One of the effects of the Dawes Plan was that it enabled Germany to make her Reparation payments. This was because the Plan based the payments on Germany’s capacity to pay, and gradually increased them as her economy recovered.
Candidate A – A statement, 2 marks. Candidate B – 4 marks.

15. Question Technique Part (c), 8 marks
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Question Technique
Part (c), 8 marks
The focus is on a developed explanation of causation.
Two paragraphs.
Use the wording of the question to keep a tight focus throughout the answer.
Begin each paragraph with the reason followed by a developed explanation.
Make links between reasons. Use words and phrases such as moreover, however, this led to, this meant that.
Write a conclusion confirming the link between the two reasons.

16. *The first reason that ……….. was the ……… *This was because……
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Writing frame.
Part (c), 8 marks
*The first reason that ……….. was the ……… *This was because……
*In addition to this, the second reason that ….. Was the….. This was because….
In conclusion,

17. Mark Scheme Part (c), 8 marks
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Mark Scheme
Part (c), 8 marks

18. Example Answers Part (c), 8 marks Candidate A
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany
Example Answers
Part (c), 8 marks
Candidate A
The first reason that Hitler was able to establish a dictatorship in the years was the Reichstag Fire of February This was because the fire enabled Hitler to remove possible his greatest rivals, the Communist Party. The arrest of van der Lubbe, a Communist, near the fire, gave the Nazis the excuse to blame the Communists and suggest that they were planning a takeover. Hitler persuaded Hindenburg to sign the ‘Decree for the Protection of People and State which suspended civil rights and allowed the Nazis to imprison large number of political opponents, especially communists. Communist news papers were also banned.
A second reason that Hitler was able to establish a dictatorship was the Enabling Act. This was passed in March 1933 and gave Hitler and his government the power for the next four years to pass any laws without the Reichstag – in other words the powers of a dictator. He was able to use these powers to introduce, in July 1933, the Law against the Formation of Parties, which made the Nazi Party the sole political party in Germany. All other parties were banned.
Candidate A – L3 7 marks (links required). Conclusion would enhance the links between factors.

19. Question Technique Part (d), 10 marks
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Question Technique
Part (d), 10 marks
The source will always be from a textbook.
Read the source and underline any words, phrases, events, dates of people that you can expand on. This will ensure that you use your own knowledge in the answer.
You need to directly refer to the source in your answer.
3 paragraphs needed (one factor per paragraph).
You must make links between factors, ‘this led to’, ‘as a result’, ‘this meant that’, ‘as a consequence’. Conclude needed.

20. Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Writing frame.
Part (d), 10 marks
*The first factor……….. as mentioned in the Source was the…….. This is because……..
This is linked to another factor mentioned in the source………. This is an issue (link to the question), because…..

21. Mark Scheme Part (d), 10 marks
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Mark Scheme
Part (d), 10 marks

22. Example answer Part (d), 10 marks
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Example answer
Part (d), 10 marks
Candidate A – L1, 2 marks. Candidate B – Lacking focus and developed knowledge.

23. Example answer Part (d), 10 marks Candidate C
Paper 1: Development of Dictatorship in Germany and the Cold War
Example answer
Part (d), 10 marks
Candidate C
Candidate C – Using the source and the words of the question adds focus. Linking evident in the conclusion – could develop links throughout the answer.

24. Paper 1: A world divided: Superpower relations
Specification

25. Key words Capitalism Communism Yalta and Potsdam conferences
Paper 1: A world divided: Superpower relations
Key words
Capitalism
Communism
Yalta and Potsdam conferences
Soviet Union
Iron Curtain
Churchill, Stalin, Truman
Berlin Blockade and airlift
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Korean War
Khrushchev and peaceful co-existence
Hungarian revolution
De-Stalinisation
U2 Crisis
Paris Peace Conference
Berlin Wall
Castro
Kennedy
Bag of Pigs
Weapons of Mass Destruction

26. Past Paper Questions (Sample Material)
Paper 1: The Cold War
Past Paper Questions (Sample Material)

27. Paper 1: The Cold War
Past Paper Questions 2011

28. Paper 1: The Cold War
Past Paper Questions 2012

29. Paper 1: The Cold War
Past Paper Questions 2014