Edexcel IGCSE History (4H10)

This course aims to give you the opportunity to:1. Acquire knowledge and understanding of selected periods of history, exploring the significance of historical events, people and issues, through which you will gain a better understanding of the world today. 2. Use historical sources critically, in context, recording significant information and reaching logical conclusions. 3. Organise and communicate your knowledge and understanding of history both in the written and spoken form. 4. Reach conclusions and historical judgements independently.

During the next two years you will study 4 units: Two depth studies Development of dictatorship: Germany, 1918-45 A divided union. Civil rights in the USA, 1945-74 One Historical Investigation The origins and course of the First World War, 1905-1918 One breadth study in change Conflict, crisis and change: China c1911-c1989 25% 25% 25% 25%

There are TWO exam papers. Paper I One and a half hours. 50% of the total marks. Students answer 2 questions, one on each of the depth studies they have studied. Development of dictatorship: Germany, 1918-45 A divided union. Civil rights in the USA, 1945-74 Paper II - One and a half hours. 50% of the total marks. Students answer 2 questions, one on the historical investigation, the origins and course of the First World War, 1914-1918 and one on the breadth study in change, Conflict, crisis and change: China c1911-c1989

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A2 The origins and course of the First World War, 1905-18

The alliance system and international rivalry, 1905-14 The struggle for control in the Balkans, 1905-14 The growth of tension in Europe, 1905-14 The Schlieffen Plan and deadlock on the Western Front The War at Sea and Gallipoli The defeat of Germany

The alliance system before 1914 including the Triple Alliance and the formation of the Triple Entente. Economic, imperial and military causes of international rivalry. The key issues in the Balkans including the weaknesses of the Ottoman Empire, Balkan nationalism, Austro-Serbian rivalry. The Bosnian Crisis and the Balkan Wars. Anglo German rivalry, including the naval race and the Moroccan Crises of 1905-6 and 1911. The assassination at Sarajevo and the events leading to the outbreak of war. The Schlieffen Plan and why it failed. The trench system, life in the trenches, new weapons and methods. Reasons for deadlock. Key features of Somme and Passchendaele. Successes and failures. Responsibility of Haig. German threat to Britain in North Sea. German raids, Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland. The U-Boat threat, the Lusitania and anti U boat measures. Reasons for and key features of the Gallipoli campaign. Evacuation and effects of Campaign US entry into war. Key features of the Ludendorff spring offensives (1918). The Allied drive to victory (July-November 1918), revolution in Germany and reasons for German defeat.

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5 Development of dictatorship: Germany 1918-45
The establishment of the Weimar Republic and its early problems. The recovery of Germany, 1924-29. The rise of Hitler and the Nazis. Life in Nazi Germany. The impact of the Second World War on Germany. The German Revolution of 1918. The strengths and weaknesses of the new constitution. Reactions to the the Treaty of Versailles. The Spartacist and Kapp uprisings. French occupation of the Ruhr. Causes and effects of hyperinflation. The work of Stresemann. Rentenmark, Dawes and Young Plan US loans and the recovery of the German economy. Successes abroad- League of Nations, Locarno Treaties and Kellogg-Briand Pact. Hitler and the German Workers Party. Changes to the party, 1920-22. Causes, events and results of Munich Putsch 1923. Re-organisation of the Party, 1924-28. Impact of Wall Street Crash. Nazi methods to win support. Goebbels and propaganda and the work of the SA. Events of 1932 to January 1933 including the work of von Schleicher and von Hindenburg. Setting up the Nazi dictatorship through the Reichstag Fire, Enabling Act, Night of the Long Knives, the police state, censorship and propaganda. Nazi policy towards women, the young, the Churches and the Jews. Policies to reduce unemployment. The Labour Service, the Labour Front and Strength through Joy. Nazi policies towards the Jews including ghettos, death squads and the Final Solution. The changing role of women, total war, rationing and the effects of allied bombing. The growth of opposition to Hitler including the Edelweiss Pirates, the White Rose Group and the Stauffenberg Plot. Defeat and Hitlers death.

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B5 Conflict, crisis and change: China c1911-c1989
China 1911-34 The triumph of Mao and the CCP, 1934-49 Change under Mao, 1949-63 The impact of the Cultural Revolution China after Mao, 1969-89 The causes, events and results of the 1911 Revolution. China under the Warlords. The May the Fourth Movement. Sun Yat-Sen, Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang. Mao Zedong and the emergence of the Chinese Communist Party. The Northern March and the Shanghai Massacres. The events and importance of the Long March 1934-5. War with Japan 1937-45 the role of the CCP, especially the Red Army, and the limitations of Kuomintang. Key features of the Civil War 1945-49. The Battle of Huai-Hai. Reasons for the success of Mao and the CCP in the Civil War. Changes in agriculture and industry including the first Five-Year-Plan, attack on landlords, the Agrarian Reform Law, cooperatives and collectives. Changes in the role of women. Political changes including Thought Reform, the Three and Five Antis Campaigns. The Hundred Flowers Campaign. The reasons for, key features and effects of the Great Leap Forward. Maos motives for the Cultural Revolution. Key features of the Cultural Revolution. The Red Guards, education and the cult of Mao. Impact of the Cultural Revolution on China and Maos position. Changes under Deng in education, birth control, agriculture and industry. Emergence of privatisation and westernisation. The rise and fall of the Gang of Four. Dengs opposition to political reform. Origins of Democracy Movement 1979. The Democracy Wall movement and Wei Jingsheng. Support of university students from 1986. Features and aims. Reaction of Deng. Tiananmen Square 1989.

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9 A divided union: Civil rights in the USA, 1945-74
McCarthyism and the Red Scare Civil Rights in the 1950s The impact of Martin Luther king and of Black Power Protest movements: students, women, and anti-Vietnam Nixon and Watergate Reasons for the Red Scare including the Cold War 1945-50, Hiss and Rosenberg cases, the FBI, the HUAC and the Hollywood Ten. Methods used by McCarthy and the growth of opposition. Reasons for the downfall. Overall impact of McCarthyism on the USA. Segregation and discrimination. The work of the Supreme Court. Key events and importance of Brown versus Topeka (1954), Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955) and Little Rock 1957. Freedom riders, Anniston fire bombing, sit-ins and voting rights and the Meredith Case. The methods and activities of Martin Luther King. The Birmingham and Washington Peace Marches and the dream speech. Civil rights legislation of the 1960s. Selma and Voting Rights. Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam. Reasons for the growth of Black Power, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. Race riots especially in the Watts District. The Black Panther movement. General reasons for the growth of protest movements. The student movement, Berkeley Free Speech movement, and links to war in Vietnam, Students for a Democratic Society and hippies. Betty Friedan, Eleanor Roosevelt, NOW womens liberation movement and abortion. Phyllis Schafly and opposition to the womens movement. Reasons for and key features of the Watergate scandal. Impact on Nixon and US politics. New laws including the Election Campaign Act (1974), the War Powers Act (1973), the Privacy Act (1974) and the Congressional Budget Control Act (1974).

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Knowledge and Skills in IGCSE History Exam
Paper I Depth Studies

Description
Answer on Germany and the USA only 1 Hours

Knowledge and skills

25 marks for Germany and 25 marks for USA. Chronology-(3 marks) Description of consequences (4marks) Explanation of causation (8marks) Using sources and own knowledge to give an explanation (10 marks) 25 marks Source inference (3 marks) Source cross-referencing (7marks) Using sources and own knowledge to evaluate a representation (15 marks)

Paper II Historical Investigation

Answer on World War I Sources analysis 45 minutes

Breadth Study in Change

Answer on China only Study in change 45 minutes

25 marks Source comprehension (3marks) Description of key features (7 marks) Change over time (15 marks)

There are a number of things you can do to learn effectively and raise your level of attainment:-

1. Get to know the generic mark scheme well. All of your marks in the exam are based on levels 1-4. To achieve an F you need to perform consistently at Level 1. If you achieve consistently and at a high Level 2, then you may achieve a C. Consistent high performance in Level 3 will put you on course for an A. High Level 3s and 4s will get you an A*. 2. Keep a good set of notes. Once you have completed a topic, store your notes safely for revision for Year 10 exams and the mock exams in Year 11. 3. Set yourself targets that will improve your grade. 4. Always ask your teacher if you are unsure of anything.

Assessment Objective 1: Students version Level 1:

This means that you can write some sentences to answer the question, but you are not able to develop any of them into a paragraph. If you do write paragraphs, you do not really add anything to what you said in the first sentence. You may make generalisations, for example you suggest that everyone was treated the same, without explaining how or why. You may also write something that could be true of other periods of history. To reach Level 2, you need to include some detailed information to back up or explain your answer.

Level 2:
This means that you can back up your answer with knowledge and understanding, in paragraph form. You show that you know and understand more about the topic than at Level 1. However, your paragraph must be relevant to the topic. You cannot write just anything. For example, you could back up your answer by giving more details about an event, person or date. Level 2 answers will usually look like a series of paragraphs which are not linked together. They are often quite long answers because you write everything you know about the topic, rather than choosing the most important information. To reach Level 3, you will need to take time to plan your answer and put your paragraphs in the correct order.

Level 3:
This means that you write a sequence of paragraphs with detailed knowledge and understanding and also organise the paragraphs in a way that makes sense. For example, you can do this by making links between events and explaining why something happened. The most important feature of a Level 3 answer, is that it reads much more fluently and it is obvious that you have planned and thought about your answer before starting to write. To achieve Level 4, you will need to organise your answer so that it has an introduction, an argument and a conclusion.

Level 4:
This means that you have read the question very carefully and can organise your answer properly. Your answer should have an introduction, which directly links to the focus of the question and tells the examiner the line you will take. You should then write a series of linked paragraphs which support your argument. Finally, you should write a conclusion summarising the main points.

Assessment Objectives 2 and 3: Students version Level 1:

This means that you take information from the sources without thinking about the context of the sources or who produced it. You simply rewrite the information that the source gives you, without trying to work out anything from the information. If you use your own knowledge it will be in simple statements or sentences. To improve to Level 2, you will need to make inferences or try to supply some background knowledge.

Level 2:
This means that you are able to make inferences from sources, for example you can work out what is going on in the background. You can also explain dates, events and names that are mentioned in the sources, by use of your own knowledge. You can cross-reference between sources and work out if they are saying the same thing or sharing the same opinion, but you do not go on to use the source to answer the questions. You may go through the sources in turn, rather than looking for real similarities and grouping the sources together. If you use your own knowledge, you will write paragraphs which are not connected. You may write one paragraph about the sources and another about your own knowledge. To improve to Level 3, you will need to think more about the extent of support between sources and use the sources to stimulate your own knowledge.

Level 3:
This means that you are able to make inferences from the sources, cross reference sources and make judgements on the extent of support between them. You can evaluate a view or interpretation of the past using the sources and your own knowledge. You use the sources and your own knowledge in the same paragraphs to explain why something happened. To improve to Level 4, you will need to organise your answer into an essay with an introduction, an argument and a conclusion, using both the sources and your own knowledge.

Level 4:
This means that you have read the sources carefully and rather than go through the sources in the order they are on the examination paper, you use them, as appropriate, in your work. You may refer to the sources in chronological order to help you explain your answer. You write a balanced essay answer in which the sources and your own knowledge are used to support your argument. You fully focus on the question, often integrating the sources and your own knowledge.