KNES History Course Outline. Year 10

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1 KNES History Course Outline Year 10 There are many different reasons to study history, as it is a fantastic combination of all the other school subjects. History helps students to develop critical thinking skills to look beyond the basic facts, to ask questions properly, and to express their opinions appropriately. History trains your mind and teaches you how to think and process information. History students are rounded individuals who develop an understanding of both past and present by understating that events and actions have causes and consequences. History helps you understand the world we live in by engaging with the past. It deepens our understanding of political and social problems. A lack of historical knowledge prevents people from truly understanding the world they live in. History makes you appreciate that people in the past were not just 'good' or 'bad', but motivated in complex and inconsistent ways, just like us today. History students learn to use all forms of evidence to examine, interpret, revisit, and reinterpret the past. These include not just written documents, but also oral communication and objects such as buildings, artefact s, photographs, and paintings. The use of numerical data, science and ICT all assist our understanding of the past. History students are trained to evaluating evidence and data from a wide variety of sources before drawing a conclusion. For these reasons History is regarded as one of the best subjects to have a qualification in, especially for a future career in Law, Business, Politics and Diplomacy. In Term 1, This term Year 9 will study life global events such as World War 1, World War 2 and the Cold War. They will examine the major events that occurred during this period. The focus of study this term will be on life in the early 1900s, the build up to war and World War 1.. In Term 2, This term Year 9 will study the events leading to World War 2 the war itself. They will look at key events such as the Evacuation of Dunkirk, The London Blitz and D-Day. They will also examine why Germany and its allies lost the war and why Britain, the USA and their allies won. In Term 3, This term Year 9 will study life global events with a focus on the Cold War and the civil right movement in the USA.. They will examine the major events that occurred during this period such as the start of the nuclear age, the setting up of the United Nations, the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift and Space Race.

2 Assessment: Behaviour in class and participation in the lessons: 25 Classwork & homework: 25 End of Term written exam: 50 Total: 100 Rules / Teacher s expectations / Discipline policy: As well as the school discipline policy all learners are expected to follow the following rules as agreed by last year s students. Our class rules... 1) We never use put downs. 2) Prepare to begin work and activities promptly. 3) Work hard. 4) We listen to each other. 5) We avoid distractions. (Lateness and unauthorized absence will be punished following the discipline policy.) Expectations All students are expected to arrive on time for all lessons. The correct procedure must be carried out for those absent, this includes taking responsibility to complete any set homework that may be missed. Students must bring all equipment and books with them to every lesson. This includes a pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, sharpener, glue stick and scissors.

3 Course Outline Term 1 Week Task / Topic / Area Learning Outcome: We are learning 1 Introduction to Yr 9 History. gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such : An Age of Hope as empire, realms, parliament and Alliances. 3 The Build Up to War - Old Grudges, New Allies - Long Term Causes & Short term causes understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make 4 5 What were the main problems facing the soldiers of WW1? What weapons were used? What equipment did they have The Russian Revolution. connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses The Treaty of Versailles and the other peace treaties. Aftermath The immediate consequences of the treaties. A harsh treaty? The league of Nations. understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed 10 Reparations: The Dawes & Young Plans 11 The Great Depression & International Politics. 12 Democracies or Dictatorships? The rise & fall of dictatorships. Revision & Exams Term 1 revision and exams.

4 Term 2 Week Task / Topic / Area Learning Outcome. We are learning: Failure of the Disarmament Conference & the Manchuria crisis. Italian invasion of Abyssinia; the Stresa Front. The Rome- Berlin Axis Hitler s challenges to the peace settlement The Anti-Comintern Pact; Failed Anschluss 1934; Austria March 1938 The Sudetenland Crisis and the Munich Conference. German advance. German occupation of Czechoslovakia (March 1939); Nazi-Soviet Pact (August 1939); Anglo-French support for Poland; Reasons for appeasement; Weaknesses of appeasement End of unit test. 10 Long term rivalry between the Soviet Union and the West; Differences during the Second World War; Key features of the conference at Yalta Long term rivalry between the 11 Soviet Union and the West; Key features of the conference at Potsdam; the attitude of Truman; Churchill and the iron curtain Exam Paper Skills. 12 To gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as Fascists, Nazis, Communism and Alliances. To understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses To understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed

5 13 End of term Exam (20 marks) End of term 2 exams. Term 3 Week Task / Topic / Area Learning Outcome. We are learning: Post WW2 - Superpower Relations The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe; The attitude of Truman; the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan To gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as Communism, Capitalism, Democracy and Alliances. To understand the causes and consequences of events during the cold war Differences over Germany; Bizonia; Causes, events and results of the Berlin Crisis Setting up of NATO; the Warsaw Pact Setting up of NATO; the Warsaw Pact Korean War. Khrushchev and peaceful co-existence; De- Stalinisation The impact of Soviet rule on Hungary, Reasons for the construction of the Berlin Wall 1961 and its effects on relations between East and West and on Germany The U2 incident 1960 and its effects on the Paris Summit Conference. Cuban Missile Crisis To understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses To understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed 9 Exam paper skills. 10 End of term Exam (20 marks) End of term 3 exams.

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