Subject Overview History GCSE Year 11 Course Summary AQA GCSE history Unit / Module Unit 1 (91451) Unit 2 Course: GCSE History Overall Summary UNIT ` Exam / Controlled % of course UMS allocation Marks available UMS / RAW mark grade boundaries from 2014 Assessment UMS RAW mark Grade Written exam 37.5% 90 60 A* (81) 46 A* International Relations; Conflict and Peace in the 20 th Century A (72) 41 A Written Exam 37.5% 90 69 B (63) 36 B (91452( Unit 3 20 th Century Depth Studies Unit 3 Controlled Assessment C (54) 31 C 25% 60 40 D (45) 25 D E (36) 19 E F (27) 14 F G (18) 9 G Y9 Unit / Module Map Time allocation Half term 1 Half term 2 Half term 3 Half term 4 Half term 5 Half term 6 WWI Causes WWI Life in the trenches Women Suffrage and the Vote Days that shook the world Pearl Harbour & Atom Bomb Holocaust / Anti-Semitism & Warsaw Ghetto WWII Home Guard / Rationing and the blitz Y10 Unit / Module Map Time allocation Half term 1 Half term 2 Half term 3 Half term 4 Half term 5 Half term 6 Origins of WWII The Treaty of Versailles The League of Nations Hitler s foreign policy The Weimar Republic Coursework British Historical Stdies
Y11 Unit / Module Map Time allocation Half term 1 Half term 2 Half term 3 Half term 4 Half term 5 Coursework British Historical Stdies Weimar Germany Hitlers Germany Vietnam Revision & Assessment UNIT 1 UMS / RAW mark grade boundaries from 2014 UMS RAW mark Grade A* (81) 46 A* A (72) 41 A B (63) 36 B C (54) 31 C D (45) 25 D E (36) 19 E F (27) 14 F G (18) 9 G UNIT 2 UMS / RAW mark grade boundaries from 2014 UMS RAW mark Grade A* (81) 55 A* A (72) 50 A B (63) 44 B C (54) 39 C D (45) 33 D E (36) 27 E F (27) 22 F G (18) 14 G
Subject Overview 5 Year Curriculum pathway Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 Scheme of work Scheme of work Scheme of work Scheme of work Scheme of work The Tudors The Stuarts The English Civil War Slavery in the Americas Jack the Ripper Independent Historical enquiry World War 1 Causes World War I Life in the trenches Women Suffrage and the vote WW II - Home Guard / Rationing / Blitz Days that shook the world. A bomb The Holocaust Anti Semitism Warsaw Origins of WWII The Treaty of Versailles The League of nations The Weimar Republic Hitler s Foreign policy Coursework British historical Study Coursework British historical Study Coursework British historical Study Weimar Germany Hitler s Germany Vietnam How learning of skills and knowledge will occur 5 year progression
Year 11 GCSE History Exam specification requirements1 Students begin the Autumn term by investigating and completing their British Historical study coursework. The second term will be spent studying Weimar Germany. This culminates in an assessment using past paper questions in preparation for their summer exam series. This unit requires the study of contrasting or complimentary governments throughout the twentieth century. It gives a national or regional focus of studies in depth, based on events, developments and issues in specified countries or regions. Autumn 1 Unit: British Historical Study The Big Questions: Study Sources E to K Britain was changed after the second World War. The reforms of the 1940s produced a society based on equality by the 1950s How far do sources E to K support this interpretation of British society in the 1940s & 50s? Explain your answer using the sources as well as your knowledge. Key Concepts and Process Students will be required to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of sources, express their own responses to key events and questions raised by the sources. using reasons and evidence, evaluate alternative points of view about these issues and questions NC areas / Exam specification covered This will be completed in the form of written coursework. Students have to prepare the work in the form of a draft programme of study, followed by a final draft of coursework. To what extent did Britain face similar problems in the aftermath of the First and Second World war. How far did the reconstruction of Britain in the 20s 30s & 50s change Britain Students should be able to discuss and explain; Economic and social problems in post war British industrial and economic decline, the housing shortage, the general strike, the depression divided Britain.- Prosperous and depressed areas, industrial dislocation and financial debt. The food and housing crisis, the continuing of rationing. Government intervention to deal with industrial unrest (1920s 1050s ) homes fit for heroes to live in, government action in the depression (1930s) Autumn 2 Unit: Weimar Germany 1919 1925 The Big Questions: Reconstruction, the welfare state, education and nationalism and their impact in the 1950s. Key Concepts and Process Students will be required to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of sources, express their own responses to key events and questions raised by the sources. using reasons and evidence, evaluate alternative points of view about these issues and questions
How far do the early problems of the Weimar republic suggest that it was doomed from the start.? How far did the Weimar republic recover under Stresemann?? Throughout the term, students will be enhancing their exam technique for the summer series. There will be an assessed piece of work in the last week of the half term in timed conditions using past paper questions from Section B ( unit 1 ) Example Explain two challenges the Weimar government faced between 1919-1923. 6 What does source C suggest about the consequences of hyperinflation? 4 Explain what Stresemann did to help Germanys economy recover 1924-1929. 6 Explain the changes in Germany s international relations under Stresemann. 6 NC areas / Exam specification covered Students should be able to discuss and explain: -.The origins of the Weimar republic, the armistice and the effects of the Treaty of Versailles. - Political problems, the constitution and its consequences for government, political instability. - Challenges to the Weimar 1919-1923, the Spartacists, attempted takeovers by the right wing, the freikorps, Kapp Putsch, Munich Putsch. - Economic problems leading to hyperinflation, the invasion of the Ruhr. - The role of Stresemann as chancellor and then as foreign minister. The recovery of the economy, new currency, the Dawes and young plans - Development in industrial relations, Locarno pact, League of Nations, Kellog Brandt Pact - The extent of recovery politically, economically and culturally Spring 1 How and why was Hitler able to become Chancellor in January 1933? How did Hitler change Germany from a democracy to a Nazi dictatorship, 1933 1934, and then reinforce this? To what extent did Germans benefit from Nazi rule? How useful is source D for studying the German reaction to the Treaty of Versailles? 10 (+ 3SPag) The impact of the Wall Street Crash and Depression in Germany; growth in support for the Nazis and other extremist parties The Weimar system of government and the failure of democracy; the elections of 1930 and 1932; invitation to lead a coalition government, 1933; reactions among German people. The Reichstag Fire; the election of March 1933; the Enabling Act The elimination of political opposition: political parties, trade unions; the Night of the Long Knives; the death of Hindenburg; Hitler becomes Führer
Spring 2 To what extent did Germans benefit from Nazi rule? The most important reason why Hitler was able to establish a dictatorship was because of the use of threats and violence. How far do you agree with this interpretation? Explain your answer. 12 Hitler was able to become Chancellor of Germany in January 1933 mainly because of the effects of the Wall Street Crash Do you agree? Explain your answer. 12 + 3 SPaG. Hitlers Consolidation of power timeline of 1933 and 1934, how opposition outside the Nazi Party and within it was destroyed. One party law and order: SS and Gestapo; concentration camps; propaganda; censorship; the media; control of education; youth movements; control of the churches. The nature of continuing opposition and resistance in the Third Reich: the White Rose Movement, the Edelweiss Pirates, the Kreisau Circle, 1939 1944, the Stauffenberg bomb plot, 1944 Economic policy: increased employment through public works programmes, rearmament and conscription; self-sufficiency Social policy: standards of living; promises to the German people; effects of Nazi policy on the lives of women; effects on culture Racial persecution: the Jews and other groups, e.g. gypsies; the Final Solution The effect of the war on the civilian population: bombing, rationing and propaganda The impact of the Second World War on the German economy Summer 1 / 2 War in Vietnam, 1954 1975 How effective were guerrilla tactics during the Vietnam War? How did the coverage of the Vietnam War in the USA lead to demands for peace? Why were the US actions to end the Vietnam War unsuccessful? 12 mark exam questions The French defeat at Dien Bien Phu and its consequences US policy and intervention following French defeat The theory of guerrilla warfare Guerrilla tactics, 1964 1968 The US response to guerrilla tactics: Operation Rolling Thunder; Hearts and Minds ; Agent Orange and napalm; Search and Destroy The My Lai Massacre, 1968. TV and media coverage of the war, from the Gulf of Tonkin to the evacuation of Saigon Protest movements in the USA, 1968 1973 The public reaction to the My Lai Massacre, the trial of Lieutenant Calley The Kent State University protest, 1970 The Fulbright hearings, 1971. The Tet Offensive and its impact on the war, 1968 Attacks on Laos and Cambodia, 1970 US bombing of the North and attacks on Laos and Cambodia, 1970 1972 The Paris Peace Conference and US withdrawal The fall of Saigon, 1975