History IGCSE Course Introduction
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IGCSE HistoryWhat’s it all about?
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If you could be anyone in History who would you be and why?
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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When?
Year 10 – Germany & China
Year 11 – Russia & USA
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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
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What about the exam?
• Two papers – each 1 ½ hours long• Three sections in total
A. Depth Studies
B. Historical Investigation
C. Breath study in Change
• Paper 1 – Depth studies• Paper 2 – Historical investigation /
Breath study in Change
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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
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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
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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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LET’S GET STARTED!!!