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IGCSE History

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

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IGCSE History

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  1. IGCSE History What’s it all about?

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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Topics to be studied • Conflict, crisis and change: China, 1911 – 1989 • China 1911-1934 • 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

  6. 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)

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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. LET’S GET STARTED!!!

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