IB History SL
PAPER 2: World History Topic 12 - The Cold War
Enquiry Question: How did tensions begin to emerge between the USA and USSR?
Learning Objectives
To explain the key features of communism and capitalism
To analyse the competing aims of the ‘Big Three’ within the ‘Grand Alliance’
To demonstrate of the challenges facing Soviet and American diplomats in the war time era
Introductory lesson examining areas of Roman life, with activity of Walk-About-Talk-About, including information sheets, worksheet and instructions on powerpoint.
Decision making activity encouraging pupils to empathise with representatives at the Paris Peace Conference, and engage in debate in order to understand how negotiations would have taken place.
Brexit SOW - new for 2016-17 - 5 lessons focusing on Brexit
Lesson 3: How does a member state leave the EU?
Learning Outcomes
To describe the provisions of Article 50
To explain the process of leaving the EU
To hypothesise about potential challenges in negotiating the UK’s withdrawal from the EU
IB History SL
PAPER 2: World History Topic 12 - The Cold War
Scheme of Work/IB Unit Plan (all resources listed in this unit plan are also available free on TES)
Overview of Cold War (SL The Cold War and HL History of the Americas - The Cold War in the Americas)
Resource List - bibliography and useful pdcasts and videos recommended for students
iGCSE Edexcel Paper 2: A2 Russia 1905-1924
Learning Objectives
To describe the attitude of the Tsar to the first four dumas
To explain the reasons for the growth of opposition groups
To assess the impact of Stolypin’s policy of repression and land reform and the Lena Goldfield strike
To evaluate the extent to which Tsarist rule had changed in the period 1905-1914
Revision articles and materials for exam comparing similarities and differences between the US and UK political systems - can be combined into a revision booklet for pupils or used individually to supplement lesson materials.
Learning Objectives
To understand the chronology of the Mayan era
To calculate key dates using the Mayan calendar
To analyze how archaeologists use artifacts to explore the Mayans
IB History SL/HL
Prescribed Subject 4: Rights and Protest (Case Study 2:Civil rights movement in the United States 1954–1965)
Enquiry Question: How significant were key individuals in the civil rights movement?
Learning Objectives
To analyse and evaluate the significance of Martin Luther King
To analyse and evaluate the significance of Malcolm X
To research a range of individuals who were significant in the Civil Rights Movement
Lesson using walk about talk about (market stall) activity to examine what life was like in the trenches for soldiers, in addition to labelling parts of a trench (diagram) and general introduction.
iGCSE Edexcel History (Specification code: 4HI1) Paper 1: Depth Studies [Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918–45]
Learning Outcomes
To analyse the successes and failures of the Weimar government
To evaluate the role of Stresemann in this recovery
Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74
Learning Objectives
To explain the reasons for and key features of the Watergate scandal
To analyse the impact of the Watergate scandal including;
Nixon
War Powers Act (1973)
Election Campaign Act (1974)
Privacy Act (1974)
Congressional Budget Control Act (1974)
To evaluate the extent to which Ford was ‘right’ to grant a presidential pardon for Nixon
IB History (SL) PAPER 2 - Authoritarian States [Mao’s China]
Learning Objectives
To analyse the steps Mao took to consolidate power in the years 1949-1953