YeAR 11 Homeworks
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Homeworks for 2019-20:
Homework for Thursday, March 12th:
1. Do the Poland questions or make notes on the Poland chapter
Homework for Monday, March 9th:
1. Read the Eastern Europe booklet and do the questions in the chaper on Czechoslovakia and the Prague Spring in 1968.
2. Look at the mock feedback sheets on the Moodle (in the IGCSE Revision course) and fill in the feedback survey (click on this link)
Homework for Thursday, Feb 6th:
1. Finish the worksheet on the Spanish Civil War.
2, Read the articles about the Spanish Civil War that are on the Moodle.
Homework for Thursday, Jan 23th:
1. Do questions 1 & 2 on the Origins of the Vietnam War worksheet.
Homework for Monday, Jan 20th:
1. You should have finished the questions on the worksheet.
2. Read the History Today article on the Moodle.
3. Watch the Cuban Missile Crisis documentary on the Moodle and fill in the worksheet.
4. There will be an abc question on Cuba on Monday.
Homework for Thursday, Jan 16th:
1. Do up to and including question 5 of the Cuban Missile worksheet.
Homework for Monday, Jan 13th:
1. Finish the Background to the Cuban Missile Crisis worksheet.
Homework for Thursday, Jan 9th:
1. Using the section on the Moodle called the U2 Crisis and the Berlin Wall, do the U2 and Berlin Wall worksheet. You will need to use the Walsh textbook and the materials on the Moodle (for question 2 use Source A on the sheet entitled "Berlin Wall Sheet")
2. Use the Christmas break to start your revision. Use the IGCSE History Revision Moodle. I would advise revising the Paris Peace Treaties, League of Nations, Causes of WW2 and the Germany Depth Study.
Homework for Thursday, Dec 19th:
1. Finish the Korean War worksheet
2. Read the sheets on the Arms race and page 106 of Walsh and make brief bullet point notes on the Methods of Containment used by the USA.
Homework for Monday, Dec 16th:
1. Finish up to and including question 3 on the Korean War worksheet using Walsh p102-104 and the sheets on the Moodle.
2. Fill in the casualty figures and the sequence of events in the war using p102-104 Walsh.
Homework for Thursday, Dec 12th:
1. Finish the last three questions on the Cold War Source Paper
Homework for Thursday, Dec 5th:
1. Remember that you should have done your cartoon annotation and explanation by Thursday.
2. Also do note style answers on the final three questions on the Cold War source paper (which is attached and on the Moodle). Don't do the questions on Italian Unification though!
3. Then compare what you have written with the exam markscheme (again on the Moodle), but do not look at the markscheme before you do your answers.
Art students: you will need to do the first three questions on the exam too.
Homework for Monday, Dec 2nd:
1. Finish the Cold War summary sheet using Walsh p83-99.
You should also look at the Cold War Mind Map on the Moodle.
Artists - annotate your cartoon
Homework for Monday, Nov 25th:
1. Finish the worksheet on the US Motives in the Cold War (just question 1)
2. Do the fill in sheet on the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan using the presentation on the Moodle and pages 92-94
Homework for Monday, Nov 18th:
1. Make sure you have finished the fill-in sheet on Yalta and Potsdam using pages 86-89 from Walsh and the presentation on the Moodle.
2. Do all the source questions on sections A, B and C
Homework for Monday, Nov 11th:
1. Make sure you can access the new Moodle course on the causes of the Cold War.
2. Copy out the key points of the syllabus
3. Make notes on the presentation on the Introduction to the Cold War.
4. Make sure all your Germany notes are up to date.
Homework for Thursday, Nov 7th:
1. Make sure you have finished the Nazi and the Army sheet.
2. Read the presentation "Germany in the War" which is on the Moodle in the section "The Impact of the Second World War" - make notes on it.
Homework for Monday, November 4th:
1. Finish all the questions in the Nazi Persecution booklet.
2. Fill in the opposition sheet using pages 276-277, 288 & 290 in Walsh and the sheet on Opposition to Nazism which is on the Moodle (first file in the section entitled: How Popular was the Nazi Regime?)
3. Fill in the sheet on "Why was there so little opposition to the Nazis?" using your own knowledge and the resources on the Moodle.
Homework for Thursday, Oct 25th:
1. Finish the section on Nazi Ideas from the Nazi Persecution booklet.
2. Complete up to and including question 2 on the Nazi Policies 1933-39 section
Homework for Monday, Oct 21st:
1. Make sure you have finished the research and booklet or presentation on Nazi Economic policy.
2. Do the Nazi Economic Plans worksheet (information is on the Moodle)
Homework for Monday, Oct 14th:
1. Finish the questions in the booklet on the Nazis and Religion.
2. Fill in the summary sheet you have been given
Homework for Monday, Sept 30th:
1. Make sure you finish off the Education and Youth task and the table about opposition.
2. Revise for an a) b) c) question on the period after Hitler became Chancellor: ie Road to Dictatorship, The Reichstag Fire and Enabling Act, the Night of the Long Knives, Hitler becoming Fúher (death of Hindeburg and Army Oath), the Nazi Police State and Censorship and Propaganda.
3. If you haven't done the quizzes, make sure they are finished.
Homework for Monday, Sept 23rd:
1. Finish the activities in the booklet on censorship and propaganda.
2. Do the Rise of the Nazi Quiz which is at the bottom of the Moodle page
Homework for Monday, Sept 15th:
1. Finish the questions we were doing in class.
2. Read the section in the booklet on the Nazi Police State. Do questions 1 & 3 on the Nazi Police State using the booklet and the article on the Moodle called the Role of the SS.
Homework for Thursday, Sept 12th:
1. Make sure you have finished the summer work you were set, in other words you have completed all 9 questions in the Check Your Understanding section in the Rise of Hitler booklet.
2. Read pages 39-47 of the new textbook.
3. In pairs try to write five tweets (less than 20 words for each one) to explain how each of the following events helped Hitler
consolidate his power:
• The Reichstag Fire
• The Enabling Act
• The Night of the Long Knives
• The Army Oath of Loyalty
• The Death of Hindenburg
Homeworks for 2017-18:
Homework for Monday, March 18th:
1. Finish the questions on the Collapse of the USSR.
2. You must watch the following videos on the collapse:
Glasnost and Perestroika
Gorbachev in Power
The Berlin Wall and the Fall of East German Communism
Gorbachev's policies
Homework for Monday, February 4th:
1. Finish the questions on the Hungarian Revolution from the Eastern European booklet.
Homework for Wednesday, Jan 30th:
1. Finish all the activities on the Vietnam War.
2. Watch the Vietnam War films on the Moodle and YouTube channel
Homework for Monday, Jan 28th:
1. Make sure you have finished questions 3-6 on the second Vietnam War sheet and that you know the meaning of the key phrases at the bottom of the worksheet.
2. Do the worksheet entitled 03 The End of Vietnam War up to and including question 4.
Homework for Wednesday, Jan 23rd:
Finish the chart on the differences between the US Army and the Viet Cong
Homework for Monday, Jan 21st:
1. Finish the Cuba Paper 2 (without looking at the markscheme).
2. Finish the Vietnam worksheet.
Homework for Wednesday, Jan 16th:
1. Make sure you have finished the 3 questions you were set for the last homework on the Cuba source paper. This needs to be handed in on Tuesday morning or you will have to do it on Wednesday after school.
2. For Wednesday's lesson make sure you have completed questions 1, 2 & 3 and the first two questions on American involvement (up to and including the one on the Domino Theory).
Homework for Monday, Jan 13th:
1. Make sure all questions on the Cuban Missile Crisis worksheet are completed.
2. Read the article on Cuba that I gave you in class.
2. Do the first three questions on the Cuban Missile Crisis Paper 2 (a version attached above for those who were away - it is the second topic on the 2006 paper). To be handed in on Monday.
Homework for Wednesday, Jan 9th:
1. Make sure you have finished all the questions on the Korea source paper.
2. Complete the second Cuban Missile Crisis worksheet up to and including question 8.
Homework for Monday,Dec 19th:
1. Finish questions 5 & 6 from the source paper on Korea (you should now have done them all)
2. Do questions 1-4 on the 02 Cuban Missile worksheet on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, Dec 17th:
Background to the Cuban Missile Crisis:
Use the background sheet, the presentation and Walsh p102 to answer the following questions on Cuba:
Make sure you have answered questions 1-4 on the Korean source past paper.
Homework for Wednesday, Dec 12th:
1. Read pages 100-101 of Walsh and fill in the bubble sheet.
2. Do questions 1 & 2 on the Paper 2 on Korea
Homework for Monday, Dec 10th:
Using the Moodle and the textbook p96-99 do the Korean War worksheet up to the analysis section.
Homework for Monday, Dec 3rd:
1. Make sure you have finished the Berlin Blockade fill-in sheet using the presentation and pages 88-91 of Walsh.
2. Complete the Early Cold War revision sheet.
Homework for Wednesday, Nov 28th:
1. Finish the Truman Doctrne and the Marshall Plan.
2. Read the article on the Moodle on the Marshall Plan.
3. Do the Iron Curtain worksheet.
Homework for Monday, Nov 26th:
1. Make sure you have finished the map and the boxes about Eastern Europe.
2. Read page 84 of Walsh. What was Cominform and what did it do?
3.What happened to Romania and Bulgaria after the war?
4. Using the sheet "02 US motives at the start of the Cold War" which is on the Moodle do the worksheet 02 of the same name.
Homework for Wednesday, Nov 21st:
1. Make sure you have finished the worksheet on the Potsdam Conference and the timeline.
2. Do question 1 of the Soviet Expansion into Eastern Europe and copy the information on the sheet.
Homework for Monday, Nov 19th:
1. In the Introduction section on the Cold War Moodle, read the information 02 Uneasy Allies and do the worksheet 02 Uneasy Allies worksheet (you have been given a copy).
2. In the Wartime Conferences section, read "02 Breakdown of the Wartime Alliance: Yalta Information" and do the "02 Breakdown of the Wartime Alliance: Yalta worksheet".
Homework for Monday, Nov 12th:
1. Make sure all your Germany notes are complete and organised properly.
2. Go to the section on Germany and the Second World War on the Moodle and make notes on the presentation and the articles.
Homework for Wednesday, Nov 7th:
Use the information on the sheets, the Moodle, Walsh p267 and Cloake p89-91 to fill in the sheet on Resistance and Opposition.
Homework for Monday, Nov 5th:
1. Read the booklet on Nazi persecution very carefully and answer all the questions in the "Check your understanding section".
2. Revise and review the Germany Depth Study topic.
Homework for Wednesday, Oct 24th:
1. Finish the worksheet on the Economic plans using the material on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday,Oct 22nd:
1. Do the economic research task using the materials in the two textbooks and on the Moodle.
You will have just 30 mins on Monday to put the material together - make a really good job of this.
Homework for Monday, Oct 15th:
1. Make sure you have finished the religion sheets we did in class.
2. Revise for the a)b)c) question: topics. The Police State. Propaganda and censorship, Youth and education, the role of women. Use your notes, the Moodle and the two textbooks
Homework for Wednesday. Oct 10th:
1. Read all the materials on Women from the two textbooks (Walsh p260-261), Cloake p81-84 and the Moodle.
2. Do the worksheet on Women which is on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, Oct 1st:
Finish the research and writing up on Youth and Education using the guidance and resources on the Moodle.
Homework for Wednesday, Sept 26th:
Read all the material on Youth and Education and from the booklet on Nazi Germany (all of which are on the Moodle) before Wednesday's lesson.
Homework for Monday, Sept 24th:
1. Finish the charts on censorship and propaganda and then complete all the tasks in the "check your understanding" section.
Homework for Wednesday, Sept 19th:
1. Finish the questions in the Check Your Understanding Section on the Nazi Police State using the material on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, Sept 17th:
1. You must make sure you have finished all the tasks on the Reichstag Fire, the Enabling Act and the Night of the Long Knives.
2. Re-read the first three pages of the Nazi Germany booklet
Do activities 1 & 2 and explain what a Gauleiter was. Also make sure you understand the meaning of the words: Gleichschaltung and Volksgemeinschaft.
Do activities 6-9 from the Rise to Hitler booklet.
Almudena, Alexandra, Jeronimo, Daniel make sure you hand in your essays on Wednesday: How significant were Hitler's political skills in his rise to power?
Homeworks for 2017-18:
Homework for Tuesday, Jan 30th:
1. Finish the worksheet on the way the Vietnam War was fought.
Homework for Wednesday, Jan 17th:
Watch and fill in the worksheet on the Cuban Missile Crisis documentary.
Homework for Tuesday, Jan 16th:
Finish the worksheet on the Cuban Missile Crisis
Homework for Tuesday, Jan 9th:
1. Finish the bubble sheet on the Berlin Wall
2. Fill in the sheet on the causes of tension
3. Finish the background questions on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Homework for Tuesday, Dec 12th:
1. Finish the fill-in sheet on the Berlin airlift
2. Read Walsh p88-91
3. Do the worksheet on the Iron Curtain
Homework for Tuesday, Dec 5th:
1. Finish the work on the American attitudes after WW2 (use the sheet we read in class and the Hodder sheet on the early Cold War section).
2. Fill in the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan using the information on the Moodle (presentation and articles)
Homework for Tuesday, Nov 28th:
Finish the worksheets on Yalta and Potsdam using the presentation, the textbook and the information sheet on the Moodle.
Homework for Tuesday, Nov 14th:
1. Make sure you have finished the chart on opposition to Hitler.
2. Fill in the sheet "Why was there so little opposition to the Nazis?" using Walsh p356.
3. Using everything you know and the sheets on the Moodle: write an extended answer to the following question:
How popular were the Nazis? (think about which groups might have favoured or done well under the Nazis and which did not)
Homework for Tuesday, Nov 7th:
1.Fill in the worksheet using the material on the Moodle.
2. Read the articles on the Holocaust on the Moodle.
Homework for Tuesday, Oct 24th:
1. Make sure you have finished your economics research and then put it together as a group.
2. Then do the conclusion activity in your book.
3. Do the worksheet on the Economic plans.
Homework for Tuesday, Oct 17th:
1. Read all the material on women and the church from the Moodle.
2. Do the Women and Church worksheets.
Homework for Tuesday, Oct 3rd:
1. Make sure you finish the youth and education tasks.
2. Revise for the Paper 4 essay next Tuesday:
You can use the booklets on the Moodle and pages 246-252 of Walsh and Cloake p39-56.
Homework for Tuesday, Sept 26th:
1. Finish all the activities on censorship and propaganda from the booklet
2. Read the article on Horst Wessel on the Moodle.
Homework for Wednesday, Sept 12th:
Homework for Wednesday, Sept 6th:
Make sure you have finished the holiday homework and essay to be handed in.
Homework for Tuesday, Sept 12th:
Finish all the activities on page 25 of the booklet and watch the videos.
Homework for Tuesday,Sept 19th:
Finish all the activities and read all the articles and listen to the podcast on the Police State on the Moodle.
Homework for Friday, April 21st:
Please do the following a) b) c) for Friday:
(a) Describe the crisis over Austria in 1934. [4]
(b) Why was Hitler able to re-militarise the Rhineland in 1936? [6]
(c) "Appeasement was a sensible response to Hitlers 'aggression." How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]
Homework for Monday, March 27th:
1. Mark the part c) question you have been given using the marking template.
2. Revise the Weimar Germany topic and use the resources on the Moodle to help you (see the IGCSE Revision course and the section on the German Depth Study: use the presentation as a starter and make sure you can answer all the questions).
Homework for Friday, March 24th:
1. Re-read the Eastern European booklet and pages 138-145 of Walsh on the USSR.
2. Use the resources on the revision Moodle to revise the League of Nations topic (1920s and 1930s). Also use Walsh pages 23-49. Look at the list of past questions on the Moodle and ensure you know how to answer them all.
Homework for Monday, March 13th:
1. Read the chapter entitled Gorbachev and the Fall of the Soviet Empire in the booklet on Eastern Europe (copy on the Moodle) and also read pages 138-143 in Walsh.
2. Do the "Check Your Understanding" activities at the end of the chapter.
Homework for Friday, Feb 3rd:
1. Make sure you have read Walsh p124-127
2. Do bullet-point answers to the questions at the end of the first section in the Eastern Europe booklet.
Homework for Monday, Jan 30th:
1. Make sure you finish the worksheet on the end of the Vietnam War and the revision section.
2. Watch the Vietnam documentary on the You Tube Channel (click on the link to watch it)
Homework for Friday, Jan 27th:
1. Make sure you all read the History Today article on Cuba; you can download it and annotate it and glue it into your books.
2. Finish the Vietnam War worksheet (What kind of war was the Vietnam war?), including the key words.
Homework for Monday, Jan 23rd:
1. Make sure you have finished all the questions on the first worksheet on the start of the Vietnam War.
2. Now go to the worksheet on the Moodle entitled: "What kind of war was the Vietnam War?" and use Walsh pages 113-115 to complete the chart and question 2.
Homework for Monday, Jan 16th:
1. Do the first three questions on the worksheet on the start of the Vietnam War (on the Moodle under the Containment and Vietnam War sections).
2. Revise the Cuban Missile Crisis topic ready for an a) b) c) question on Friday.
Homework for Friday, Jan 13th:
Finish the worksheet on Cuba and look over the whole topic so that you know it thoroughly.
Homework for Monday, Jan 9th:
1. You should all do questions 1-7 on the Cuban Missile Crisis worksheet on the Moodle.
If you missed Monday's lesson you should also watch the videos on the Cuban Missile Crisis that are on the Moodle.
2. You have all been enrolled in a Revision course on the Moodle. You should use the section on Christmas Revision to make a start on your preparations for the mock exams next term.
Homework for Monday, Dec 19th:
1. Read the background sheets you were given on Cuba, page 102-103 from Walsh and examine the presentation (Cuban Missile Crisis Presentation Part 01) on the Moodle.
2. Do the five questions on the Cuban Missile Crisis sheet.
Homework for Friday, December 16th:
1. Read the sheet on the Moodle that are under the section entitled "Methods of Containtment". Also read Walsh pages 133-135.
2. Do the worksheet on the U2 Crisis and the Berlin Wall.
Homework for Friday, December 12th:
1. You should all have finished the Korean War worksheet. Anyone who was absent should ensure they have done this too. Everyone should also have completed the Cold War summary chart.
2. You should all read the Korean War articles you have been given (copies are on the Moodle in a folder).
3. Read Walsh p100-101 and the sheets on the Moodle entitled "Arms Race" and "From A-Bomb to H-Bomb" and use this information to fill in the bubble sheet (again a copy is on the Moodle).
Homework for Friday, December 9th:
By Friday you should have completed question 7 on the Korean War worksheet. For those who were doing the Art exam you should pick up the Storyboard sheets from me and read the Korean Chapter on the Moodle before starting the questions.
If you are not here on Friday you need to finish the Korean War worksheet by Monday.
Homework for Monday, December 5th:
1. Fill in the chart on the Early Cold War using your own notes and the Walsh chapter on the Origins of the Cold War.
2. Download and glue in the Origins of the Cold War mind map from the Moodle
3. Read the McAleavy Cold War summary on the Moodle and glue it in.
Homework for Monday, November 28th:
1. Make sure you have finished the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan bubble sheet.
2. Read Walsh p77-93
3. Make sure ALL work is up to date as I will be collecting books on Monday.
Homework for Monday, November 21st:
Do the questions on the Potsdam Conference (Potsdam and Beyond worksheet) on the Moodle up to and including the timeline, using the information on the presentation, the Breakdown of the Wartime Alliance information sheet on the Moodle and Walsh.
Homework for Friday, November 18th:
1. Read the presentation on the wartime conferences on the Moodle up to and including the slides on the Yalta Conference, then read the sheet entitled "Uneasy Allies" and the one on the Moodle called "Breakdown of wartime alliance".
2. Use all of the above and Walsh p80-81 to do the questions on the worksheet "Breakdown of the wartime alliance."
Homework for Monday, November 14th:
1. Look at the Moodle course: Origins of the Cold War and go to the Introduction. Read the introduction to the Cold War presentation and then do the Origins of the Cold War worksheet using Walsh, the Roots of the Cold War sheet which is on the Moodle and the sheet you have been given called "Origins of the Cold War"
Homework for Monday, November 7th:
1. Make sure you have finished the sheets on opposition.
2. Read, download and glue in the presentation on the Impact of WW2 and read Walsh p265-269.
3. Revise the Nazi Depth Study from the time that Hitler became dictator after the Night of the Long Knives to the end of WW2.
Revision: Walsh p248-269, Cloake, Revision booklets
Essay - Paper 4 style - exam on Friday after halfterm:
1. Finish the living graph on the army.
2. Read the articles on the July Bomb Plot which are on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, Oct 24th:
1. Read the articles and the textbook pages from Nazi persecution on the Moodle.
2. Read chapter 14 in Cloake (the black textbook).
Use the material on page 70 to explain why Hitler persecuted the Jews and why he was able to do this.
Homework for Friday, Oct 21st:
1. Use the sheet entitled "The Ideal German" to fill in the bubble sheet you have been given.
2. Complete the worksheet entitled "Nazi persecution" using the sheets and Walsh p179-181.
Homework for Monday, Oct 17th:
1.Make sure you have put together all your research on the Economy and have finished the final question about whether people were better off.
2. Homework is to finish the sheet on Nazi Economic Plans which is on the Moodle.
Homework for Friday, Oct 14th:
1. Make sure you have finished the bubble sheet on Religion.
2. Download and print the presentation on the Nazis and the Economy (copy available on the Moodle).
3. Do your piece of research on the Economy and put the different pieces together ready for Friday's lesson.
Homework for Monday, Oct 10th:
1. Finish the worksheet on Women, but not the final question.
2. Do the worksheet on the Nazis and Religion, but not the bubble sheet.
Homework for Friday, Sept 23rd:
You need to do the historical report on Nazi policies towards Youth and Education. Use both text books and the material and guidance on the Moodle. You have until the end of Friday's lesson to complete the report.
Homework for Monday, Sept 19th;
1. Finish the censorship and propaganda sheet using the information on the Moodle.
2. Read the sheet you have been given on the Berlin Olympics and then do your own research to show how the Nazis made use of the Berlin Olympics for propaganda purposes.
Nazi Olympics
History Learning Site
Nazi Olympics video
Homework for Friday, Sept 16th:
Make sure you have finished the notes on the SS.
Guidelines are on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, Sept 12th:
1. Make sure you have finished the activities on the "Consolidation of Power", including the tweets.
2. Copy out or print the sheet on the Moodle entitled: Methods of Control.
3. Then do the activities on the Moodle in the section entitled "The Nazi Police State" (information is on the Moodle)
4. Read the Nazi Police State timeline.
Homework for Friday, Sept 9th:
Finish the questions on the Night of the Long Knives.
Homework for Monday, Sept 5th:
1.Hitler: Consolidation of power. Do questions 1, 2 and 3 on the Reichstag Fire using the sheet you were given and Walsh p246.
2015-2016:
Homework for Monday, April 25th:
Make sure you have revised Nazi Germany thoroughly. Anyone who has not sent me their revision sheet needs to do this urgently.
We will revise the Origins of the Cold War and Containment on Monday, then the Gulf and Sources on Friday.
Homework for Friday, April 22nd:
Produce a revision sheet for the rest of the class on the topic you have been given. Include the following and send me a copy by Thursday evening so that I can put it on Google Drive for everyone to access.
Homework for Monday, April 18th:
Do the following a) b) c) question on paper for Monday:
(a) What political problems existed in Germany in the period 1918-1920?
(b) Why was 1923 a year of crisis for the Weimar Republic?
(c) How successful was the Weimar Republic in dealing with Germany’s problems by 1928? Explain your answer.
Homework for Monday, April 11th:
1. Finish the a) b) c) questions on the Paris Peace Treaties and Eastern Europe if you have not already done them.
2. Revise the League of Nations and the Road to War topic using the resources on the Moodle.
Homework for Friday, April 8th:
Everyone should have finished the a) b) c) on Eastern Europe and the c) on Paris Peace Treaties:
‘The peacemakers of 1919–23 coped successfully with the problems they faced.’ How far do you
agree with this statement on the treaties made with the defeated powers?
Also make sure you listen to the podcasts by Mr Allsop on the Treaty of Versailles.
Homework for the Easter holiday:
1. You should have finished all the questions in the USSR and Eastern Europe booklet.
2. You should be revising from the Revision Moodle using past questions and the revision notes. You should also use the weblinks to revision pages such as JD Clare and Mr Allsop's History.
3. Do the following a) b) c) on Eastern Europe in 40 minutes:
(a) What changes did Nagy want to make to Communist rule in Hungary?
(b) Why did the Prague Spring fail?
(c) How important were events in Poland after 1980 in influencing the collapse of Soviet control in Eastern Europe? Explain your answer.
Homework for Friday, March 18th:
1. You should already have finished the "Check Your Understanding" sections on Hungary, the Berlin Wall and Czechoslovakia.
2. Read the next chapter on Poland and complete that by Friday.
Homework for Friday, March 11th:
Please read the first two chapters of the booklet on Eastern Europe and please read over your mock exams and write notes on your targets for improvement.
Homework for Monday, Feb 8th:
Finish the worksheet on the First Gulf War, including the summary.
Homework for Friday, Feb 5th:
1. Finish up to question 8 on the First Gulf War.
Homework for Monday, Feb 1st:
1. Finish the boxes on why Saddam attacked Iran.
2. Complete the remaining questions on the Iran-Iraq War using the textbook pages 158-161.
Homework for Friday, Jan 29th:
1. Make sure you have finished the Iranian Revolution hexagon essay plan and written the conclusion.
2. Do the questions on the establishment of the Islamic State.
Homework for Monday, Jan 25th:
1. Finish the questions on Why there was an Iranian Revolution and the Opposition to the Shah and do question 1 on the Islamic Revolution 1979.
2. Bring your Containment books to class to be marked.
Homework for Friday, Jan 22nd:
1. Finish the worksheet on Saddam Hussein, including the source questions.
2. Do questions 1-5 on the Iran worksheet.
Homework for Monday, Jan 18th:
1. Finish the questions on Why Saddam Hussein was able to come to power.
2. Do the factfile on Saddam Hussein and the bullet point notes on the factors that helped him come to power. The worksheet is on the Moodle and if you click here.
Homework for Friday, Jan 15th:
We are starting a new topic on the Gulf. Do a quick title page and then:
Please copy out the title and the key questions and then do activities 1 & 2 which are on the worksheet on the Gulf which is on the Moodle (you can click on the link too to find it).
Homework for Monday, Jan 11th:
1. Complete the worksheet on how the Vietnam War came to an end.
2. Watch some of the videos on Containment on the Moodle or the You Tube Channel.
3. Make sure you begin your IGCSE revision over the holiday. There will be two a) b) c) questions on Cuba and Vietnam on the first Monday back. There is a list of past exam questions on the Moodle.
Here is a link to the past Paper 1 questions on the core and here is a link to the Paper 1 questions on Germany.
Homework for Monday, Dec 14th:
Finish the chart on the way in which the war was fought in Vietnam and ensure you have included all the points from pages 114-115 from Walsh and the presentation on the Moodle. Here is the link to the worksheet.
Homework for Friday, Dec 11th:
1. Finish the worksheet on the Origins of the Vietnam War.
Homework for Friday, Dec 4th:
1. Make sure you have finished all the Cuban Missile Crisis questions on the worksheet.
2. Watch the video entitled "The Cuban Missile Crisis documentary" and fill in the worksheet you have been given. This will help you revise the topic.
Homework for Monday, Nov 30th:
Finish up to and including questions 1-6 on the Cuban Missile worksheet.
Homework for Friday, Nov 20th:
You should have completed the bubbles on increasing tension between the superpowers and you should have all work up to date on Korea and the Cold War. Please glue in all sheets too.
Homework for Monday, Nov 16th:
1. Do the sheet on Methods of Containment using pages 100-101 of Walsh.
Homework for Friday, Nov 13th:
1. You should read the material on the Korean War on the Moodle.
2. Do a quick title page with the word: Containment.
3. Copy or print out the extract from the syllabus so you know what we will be studying.
4. Use the sheets you have been given and the Walsh textbook pages 96-99 to complete all the activities on the worksheet (copy on the Moodle).
Homework for Friday, Nov 6th:
1. Complete the chart on the Cold War - key events.
2. Revise for an a), b), c) question test on Friday. You should revise everything from the Causes of the Cold War unit from the Wartime Conferences onwards. Use the material on the Moodle and the Revision links on the website to help you revise.
Homework for Monday, Nov 2nd:
1. Make sure you have finished both the worksheets on the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan and the one on the Berlin Blockade. Materials and instructions are on the Moodle.
2. You should use the half term to revise the work we have done on the Origins of the Cold War using the material on the Moodle and in the textbook. Also look at the revision links on the website.
Homework for Monday, Oct 19th:
Make sure you complete the worksheet on the early Cold War and the Soviet expansion into Eastern Europe which can be found on these links and on the Moodle.
Homework for Friday, Oct 16th:
1. Make sure you have finished last week's homework - the worksheet on the Origins of the Cold War
2. Do the worksheet on the Yalta Conference which is here and on the Moodle. You will need the presentation on Wartime Conferences and the text book and the sheet "Uneasy Allies".
Homework for Monday, Oct 5th:
Do the worksheet on the Origins of the Cold War.
Homework for Friday, Oct 2nd:
Revise the Germany Depth Study from 1934 onwards.
Use the revision booklet on the Moodle and pages 248-269 in Walsh, pages 39-95 of Cloake.
There will be a one-hour essay to be done in class in test conditions.
Homework for Monday, Sept 28th:
1. Make sure all Germany work is completed:
2. Do the following a) b) c) question on paper to be handed:
(a) Describe how Hitler gave Germany the appearance of a great country. [4]
(b) Explain why the Nazis persecuted minorities in Germany in the 1930s. [6]
(c) How successful had Hitler’s domestic policies been by 1939? Explain your answer. [10]
Homework for Monday, Sept 21st:
1. Ensure all work is up to date.
2. Complete the sheet on Why there was so little opposition to the Nazis (use p256 of Walsh to help complete it)
3. Download the presentation on Germany and the Second World War (bottom of the page on IGCSE History) and glue it into your books. Read it carefully ready for Monday.
Homework for Friday, Sept 18th:
Complete the sheet on Opposition to the Nazi regime.
Homework for Monday, Sept 14th:
1. Complete the worksheet on Nazi Persecution using the textbook and the sheets you have been given.
2. Make sure all work is up to date.
3. Log on to the Moodle and change your password. Also download the Moodle Mobile App.
Homework - this should have been done over the holiday, but everything should be completed by Monday, Sept 7th:
1. Make sure you have finished all the work on Women and Religion. If you missed the class Gonzalo has the sheets.
Then read Chapter 13 of the German text book (the black one) and answer the following:
3. Produce a report on the Nazis Economy using these guidelines and the information sheets.
Homework for Wednesday, April 29th:
1. Revise the Germany Depth Topic. Remember there are some videos on the Germany playlist on the YouTube Channel.
2. Do the following questions (on lined paper in 40 minutes) - to be handed in on Wednesday:
(a) Describe the development of the Nazi Party from 1924 to 1928.
(b) Why did support for the Nazi Party increase after 1929?
(c) ‘The Reichstag Fire was more important than the Night of the Long Knives in allowing Hitler to consolidate power.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer.
Homework for Wednesday, April 22nd:
1. Revise the League of Nations - see notes on the website
2. Do the following question on the paper you have been given (in timed conditions - 40 mins):
(a) What were the successes of the League of Nations in the 1920s? (4)
(b) Why did the USA’s failure to become a member create problems for the League? (6)
(c) ‘Italy was more responsible than Britain and France for the failure of the League of Nations.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. (10)
Homework for Easter holidays:
1. Revise the key material on all the topics of the IGCSE on the revision checklist.
2. Do a detailed essay plan on the following question:
How far was Gorbachev personally responsible for the collapse of Soviet control in Eastern Europe?
This document might be of help.
Homework for Wednesday, March 25th.
1. Finish the worksheet on The Collapse of Soviet Power in Eastern Europe.
2. If you were not here, watch and make notes on the videos on Gorbachev on the You Tube Channel (videos 21-25).
3. There will be a Paper 4 question (the one-hour essay) during Wednesday's lesson on an aspect of Nazi rule in Germany (1933-45).
Homework for Wednesday, March 18th:
Using the information on the sheets and presentations you have been given and on page 418 of Walsh and pages 160-165 of McAleavy book and the following information sheet, answer the following questions:
1. What did Gorbachev do to try and improve the state of the Soviet economy?
2. How did Gorbachev try to ensure that there was more awareness of the problems in the USSR?
3. How did Gorbachev try to ensure the Soviet Union could reduce its spending on the arms race?
4. How did Gorbachev deal with the problem of the war in Afghanistan?
5. How did Gorbachev try to reduce the cost of propping up communist regimes in Eastern Europe? (mention the end of the Brezhnev Doctrine and how this might affect Eastern Europe)?
Homework for Wednesday, March 11th:
1. Finish the worksheet on Poland.
Homework for Wedneday, March 4th:
Do the Czechoslovakia worksheet up to and including question 9.
Follow the links to the extra information sheets: Czech 01, Czech 02, Czech 03
Homework for Wednesday, Feb 25th:
1. Ensure you have finished all the work on Vietnam.
2. Do the worksheet on Hungary, 1956. You should use your text book and the following sheet to help you answer the questions.
3. We will have a Paper 4 practice on Germany soon after half term.
Homework for Tuesday, Feb 3rd:
Revision for the mocks.
Homework for Wednesday, 28th Jan:
Revision for the mocks.
Homework for Wednesday, 21st Jan:
1. Finish the worksheet on the Start of the Vietnam War.
2. Do questions 1 & 2 on the worksheet entitled: "What kind of war was the Vietnam War?"
I have put the presentation on the IGCSE resources page.
Homework for Wednesday, 14th Jan:
1. Complete the sheet about the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Use page 352 of Walsh to help.
2. Write a detailed answer to the following questions:
a) Who won the crisis, Kennedy or Khrushchev? Examine the arguments on both sides before reaching a conclusion.
b) How close did the USA and the USSR come to nuclear war? Again explain the arguments on both sides before reaching a conclusion?
Homework for the Christmas holidays:
1. Finish the Cuban Missile worksheet.
2. Copy or print out and read carefully the presentation on the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
3. Revise the Causes of the Cold War and Containment topics as well as the Germany Depth Study and the Causes of the Second World War (use your notes, the text book, the usual revision websites).
For Wednesday, Dec 10th:
Complete the worksheet on Korea and glue the map sheet into your exercise book.
For Thursday, Dec 4th:
1. Finish the Cold War Revision sheet.
2. Revise the Causes of the Cold War from your notes and pages 318-335 of Walsh. There will be an a) b) c) style question test next Thursday.
For Wednesday, Nov 26th:
1. Finish the Stalin takes control of Eastern Europe.
2. Do the activity on the sheets entitled "American motives at the start of the Cold War" which involves writing a detailed answer explaining why the US government was keen to confront the Soviet Union after 1945.
3. Read the sheet on the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan and pages 328-329 of Walsh and the presentation and use the information to fill in the bubble sheet you have been given.
For Wednesday, Nov 19th:
1. Make sure you have finished the work on the Yalta Conference.
2. The Potsdam Conference. Use the presentation and Walsh p 322-323.
Complete the following information and do the tasks:
* Venue:
* Date:
* Leaders:
* Situation in Europe and the War, the atmosphere at the time (see p 322)
* Agreements (Reparations, Poland, Germany, Japan)
* Disagreements (Germany, Reparations, Eastern Europe, Poland)
3. Use Source J on the sheet you were given to explain how the Soviet Union might justify their approach to Poland.
4. What is Churchill trying to say in his "Iron Curtain" speech of 1946 (Source M). What does it tell us about the attitude of Britain and the USA towards the USSR at this time?
For Tuesday, Nov 11th:
Use the sheets you have been given to complete a chart comparing communism and capitalism (page 326 of Walsh will also help). Divide the chart into the following categories:
1. Ensure you have finished the living graph exercise on Hitler's relations with the army.
2. Fill in the chart on Resistance and Opposition to the Nazis using the sheets you have been given.
3. Write an essay using everything you have studied in this topic and the sheets you have been given:
"How popular was the Nazi regime, 1933-45?"
For Wednesday Oct 22nd:
Finish the work you have been given on the Nazis and their persecution of different groups and on Anti-Semitism.
There will be an a) b) c) style question test on the Nazi regime on Thursday (revise from the time Hitler became chancellor).
For Thursday, Oct 16th:
Do the investigation into the Nazi economy using the information sheets you have been given.
For Thursday,October 9th:
Do Activities 2-5 on Women and Nazi Germany, then read the sheet "The Role of Women in Nazi Germany" and highlight any new information.
For Wednesday, October 8th:
1. Ensure you have finished the questions you were given in class on Nazi Education.
2. Do the worksheet on Youth and Education in Nazi Germany.
For Thursday, Sept 25th:
Do a flow diagram showing the three main aims of Hitler and the Nazis and for each one explain how they wanted to achieve the aim (use the sheet you have been given).
For Wednesday, Sept 24th:
1. Finish the diagram on the Nazi Police State.
2. Highlight the key points on the sheet on the Nazi Police State.
3. Use the sheets on Censorship and Propaganda and pages 164-166 of Walsh to complete the charts on the key points.
For Wednesday, Sept 17th:
1. Write an essay answering the following question:
How far were Hitler's skills as a leader responsible for him becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933?
A top candidate would do the following in a quality essay:
• Select and deploy a range of relevant and accurate contextual knowledge to effectively support
their answers.
• Select, organise and deploy effectively and relevantly a wide range of information to support their
conclusions.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the key features, reasons, results and changes of
societies, events, people and situations relevant to the question. They demonstrate an awareness of the importance of the broad context and of interrelationships of the issues of the question.
• Produce well-developed, well-reasoned and well-supported conclusions.
• Write with precision and succinctness, showing structure, balance and focus.
For Thursday, Sept 11th:
1. Make sure you have made notes on the Weimar Culture presentations from the web.
2. Do the graph to show the growth of the Nazi Party from 1928-1930.
For Sunday, Sept 7th:
1. You all still need to send me the Weimar Culture presentations which were due in at the end of last year. Can you please ensure you have sent me the presentation by Sunday at the latest so I can upload them to the site. You will then need to make notes on each one by Wednesday, Sept 10th.
2. Make sure you have finished the worksheet on the Impact of the Great Depression on Germany (click the hyperlink for a copy). Use the sheets you were given and Walsh (your text book) pages 152-155. You may also want to refer to the presentations on the Year 10 IGCSE page on this website.
Homework for Thursday, March 12th:
1. Do the Poland questions or make notes on the Poland chapter
Homework for Monday, March 9th:
1. Read the Eastern Europe booklet and do the questions in the chaper on Czechoslovakia and the Prague Spring in 1968.
2. Look at the mock feedback sheets on the Moodle (in the IGCSE Revision course) and fill in the feedback survey (click on this link)
Homework for Thursday, Feb 6th:
1. Finish the worksheet on the Spanish Civil War.
2, Read the articles about the Spanish Civil War that are on the Moodle.
Homework for Thursday, Jan 23th:
1. Do questions 1 & 2 on the Origins of the Vietnam War worksheet.
Homework for Monday, Jan 20th:
1. You should have finished the questions on the worksheet.
2. Read the History Today article on the Moodle.
3. Watch the Cuban Missile Crisis documentary on the Moodle and fill in the worksheet.
4. There will be an abc question on Cuba on Monday.
Homework for Thursday, Jan 16th:
1. Do up to and including question 5 of the Cuban Missile worksheet.
Homework for Monday, Jan 13th:
1. Finish the Background to the Cuban Missile Crisis worksheet.
Homework for Thursday, Jan 9th:
1. Using the section on the Moodle called the U2 Crisis and the Berlin Wall, do the U2 and Berlin Wall worksheet. You will need to use the Walsh textbook and the materials on the Moodle (for question 2 use Source A on the sheet entitled "Berlin Wall Sheet")
2. Use the Christmas break to start your revision. Use the IGCSE History Revision Moodle. I would advise revising the Paris Peace Treaties, League of Nations, Causes of WW2 and the Germany Depth Study.
Homework for Thursday, Dec 19th:
1. Finish the Korean War worksheet
2. Read the sheets on the Arms race and page 106 of Walsh and make brief bullet point notes on the Methods of Containment used by the USA.
Homework for Monday, Dec 16th:
1. Finish up to and including question 3 on the Korean War worksheet using Walsh p102-104 and the sheets on the Moodle.
2. Fill in the casualty figures and the sequence of events in the war using p102-104 Walsh.
Homework for Thursday, Dec 12th:
1. Finish the last three questions on the Cold War Source Paper
Homework for Thursday, Dec 5th:
1. Remember that you should have done your cartoon annotation and explanation by Thursday.
2. Also do note style answers on the final three questions on the Cold War source paper (which is attached and on the Moodle). Don't do the questions on Italian Unification though!
3. Then compare what you have written with the exam markscheme (again on the Moodle), but do not look at the markscheme before you do your answers.
Art students: you will need to do the first three questions on the exam too.
Homework for Monday, Dec 2nd:
1. Finish the Cold War summary sheet using Walsh p83-99.
You should also look at the Cold War Mind Map on the Moodle.
Artists - annotate your cartoon
Homework for Monday, Nov 25th:
1. Finish the worksheet on the US Motives in the Cold War (just question 1)
2. Do the fill in sheet on the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan using the presentation on the Moodle and pages 92-94
Homework for Monday, Nov 18th:
1. Make sure you have finished the fill-in sheet on Yalta and Potsdam using pages 86-89 from Walsh and the presentation on the Moodle.
2. Do all the source questions on sections A, B and C
Homework for Monday, Nov 11th:
1. Make sure you can access the new Moodle course on the causes of the Cold War.
2. Copy out the key points of the syllabus
3. Make notes on the presentation on the Introduction to the Cold War.
4. Make sure all your Germany notes are up to date.
Homework for Thursday, Nov 7th:
1. Make sure you have finished the Nazi and the Army sheet.
2. Read the presentation "Germany in the War" which is on the Moodle in the section "The Impact of the Second World War" - make notes on it.
Homework for Monday, November 4th:
1. Finish all the questions in the Nazi Persecution booklet.
2. Fill in the opposition sheet using pages 276-277, 288 & 290 in Walsh and the sheet on Opposition to Nazism which is on the Moodle (first file in the section entitled: How Popular was the Nazi Regime?)
3. Fill in the sheet on "Why was there so little opposition to the Nazis?" using your own knowledge and the resources on the Moodle.
Homework for Thursday, Oct 25th:
1. Finish the section on Nazi Ideas from the Nazi Persecution booklet.
2. Complete up to and including question 2 on the Nazi Policies 1933-39 section
Homework for Monday, Oct 21st:
1. Make sure you have finished the research and booklet or presentation on Nazi Economic policy.
2. Do the Nazi Economic Plans worksheet (information is on the Moodle)
Homework for Monday, Oct 14th:
1. Finish the questions in the booklet on the Nazis and Religion.
2. Fill in the summary sheet you have been given
Homework for Monday, Sept 30th:
1. Make sure you finish off the Education and Youth task and the table about opposition.
2. Revise for an a) b) c) question on the period after Hitler became Chancellor: ie Road to Dictatorship, The Reichstag Fire and Enabling Act, the Night of the Long Knives, Hitler becoming Fúher (death of Hindeburg and Army Oath), the Nazi Police State and Censorship and Propaganda.
3. If you haven't done the quizzes, make sure they are finished.
Homework for Monday, Sept 23rd:
1. Finish the activities in the booklet on censorship and propaganda.
2. Do the Rise of the Nazi Quiz which is at the bottom of the Moodle page
Homework for Monday, Sept 15th:
1. Finish the questions we were doing in class.
2. Read the section in the booklet on the Nazi Police State. Do questions 1 & 3 on the Nazi Police State using the booklet and the article on the Moodle called the Role of the SS.
Homework for Thursday, Sept 12th:
1. Make sure you have finished the summer work you were set, in other words you have completed all 9 questions in the Check Your Understanding section in the Rise of Hitler booklet.
2. Read pages 39-47 of the new textbook.
3. In pairs try to write five tweets (less than 20 words for each one) to explain how each of the following events helped Hitler
consolidate his power:
• The Reichstag Fire
• The Enabling Act
• The Night of the Long Knives
• The Army Oath of Loyalty
• The Death of Hindenburg
Homeworks for 2017-18:
Homework for Monday, March 18th:
1. Finish the questions on the Collapse of the USSR.
2. You must watch the following videos on the collapse:
Glasnost and Perestroika
Gorbachev in Power
The Berlin Wall and the Fall of East German Communism
Gorbachev's policies
Homework for Monday, February 4th:
1. Finish the questions on the Hungarian Revolution from the Eastern European booklet.
Homework for Wednesday, Jan 30th:
1. Finish all the activities on the Vietnam War.
2. Watch the Vietnam War films on the Moodle and YouTube channel
Homework for Monday, Jan 28th:
1. Make sure you have finished questions 3-6 on the second Vietnam War sheet and that you know the meaning of the key phrases at the bottom of the worksheet.
2. Do the worksheet entitled 03 The End of Vietnam War up to and including question 4.
Homework for Wednesday, Jan 23rd:
Finish the chart on the differences between the US Army and the Viet Cong
Homework for Monday, Jan 21st:
1. Finish the Cuba Paper 2 (without looking at the markscheme).
2. Finish the Vietnam worksheet.
Homework for Wednesday, Jan 16th:
1. Make sure you have finished the 3 questions you were set for the last homework on the Cuba source paper. This needs to be handed in on Tuesday morning or you will have to do it on Wednesday after school.
2. For Wednesday's lesson make sure you have completed questions 1, 2 & 3 and the first two questions on American involvement (up to and including the one on the Domino Theory).
Homework for Monday, Jan 13th:
1. Make sure all questions on the Cuban Missile Crisis worksheet are completed.
2. Read the article on Cuba that I gave you in class.
2. Do the first three questions on the Cuban Missile Crisis Paper 2 (a version attached above for those who were away - it is the second topic on the 2006 paper). To be handed in on Monday.
Homework for Wednesday, Jan 9th:
1. Make sure you have finished all the questions on the Korea source paper.
2. Complete the second Cuban Missile Crisis worksheet up to and including question 8.
Homework for Monday,Dec 19th:
1. Finish questions 5 & 6 from the source paper on Korea (you should now have done them all)
2. Do questions 1-4 on the 02 Cuban Missile worksheet on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, Dec 17th:
Background to the Cuban Missile Crisis:
Use the background sheet, the presentation and Walsh p102 to answer the following questions on Cuba:
- In what ways did America have influence in Cuba before 1959?
- Make a list of the problems that Cuba faced before 1959.
- What type of leader was Batista?
- Using the sheet and the information on page 102-103 of Walsh, explain how US relations with Cuba developed from 1959 to April 1961.
- Explain what the Bay of Pigs invasion plan was and what effects it had (see text and factfile on p 102 Walsh)
Make sure you have answered questions 1-4 on the Korean source past paper.
Homework for Wednesday, Dec 12th:
1. Read pages 100-101 of Walsh and fill in the bubble sheet.
2. Do questions 1 & 2 on the Paper 2 on Korea
Homework for Monday, Dec 10th:
Using the Moodle and the textbook p96-99 do the Korean War worksheet up to the analysis section.
Homework for Monday, Dec 3rd:
1. Make sure you have finished the Berlin Blockade fill-in sheet using the presentation and pages 88-91 of Walsh.
2. Complete the Early Cold War revision sheet.
Homework for Wednesday, Nov 28th:
1. Finish the Truman Doctrne and the Marshall Plan.
2. Read the article on the Moodle on the Marshall Plan.
3. Do the Iron Curtain worksheet.
Homework for Monday, Nov 26th:
1. Make sure you have finished the map and the boxes about Eastern Europe.
2. Read page 84 of Walsh. What was Cominform and what did it do?
3.What happened to Romania and Bulgaria after the war?
4. Using the sheet "02 US motives at the start of the Cold War" which is on the Moodle do the worksheet 02 of the same name.
Homework for Wednesday, Nov 21st:
1. Make sure you have finished the worksheet on the Potsdam Conference and the timeline.
2. Do question 1 of the Soviet Expansion into Eastern Europe and copy the information on the sheet.
Homework for Monday, Nov 19th:
1. In the Introduction section on the Cold War Moodle, read the information 02 Uneasy Allies and do the worksheet 02 Uneasy Allies worksheet (you have been given a copy).
2. In the Wartime Conferences section, read "02 Breakdown of the Wartime Alliance: Yalta Information" and do the "02 Breakdown of the Wartime Alliance: Yalta worksheet".
Homework for Monday, Nov 12th:
1. Make sure all your Germany notes are complete and organised properly.
2. Go to the section on Germany and the Second World War on the Moodle and make notes on the presentation and the articles.
Homework for Wednesday, Nov 7th:
Use the information on the sheets, the Moodle, Walsh p267 and Cloake p89-91 to fill in the sheet on Resistance and Opposition.
Homework for Monday, Nov 5th:
1. Read the booklet on Nazi persecution very carefully and answer all the questions in the "Check your understanding section".
2. Revise and review the Germany Depth Study topic.
Homework for Wednesday, Oct 24th:
1. Finish the worksheet on the Economic plans using the material on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday,Oct 22nd:
1. Do the economic research task using the materials in the two textbooks and on the Moodle.
You will have just 30 mins on Monday to put the material together - make a really good job of this.
Homework for Monday, Oct 15th:
1. Make sure you have finished the religion sheets we did in class.
2. Revise for the a)b)c) question: topics. The Police State. Propaganda and censorship, Youth and education, the role of women. Use your notes, the Moodle and the two textbooks
Homework for Wednesday. Oct 10th:
1. Read all the materials on Women from the two textbooks (Walsh p260-261), Cloake p81-84 and the Moodle.
2. Do the worksheet on Women which is on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, Oct 1st:
Finish the research and writing up on Youth and Education using the guidance and resources on the Moodle.
Homework for Wednesday, Sept 26th:
Read all the material on Youth and Education and from the booklet on Nazi Germany (all of which are on the Moodle) before Wednesday's lesson.
Homework for Monday, Sept 24th:
1. Finish the charts on censorship and propaganda and then complete all the tasks in the "check your understanding" section.
Homework for Wednesday, Sept 19th:
1. Finish the questions in the Check Your Understanding Section on the Nazi Police State using the material on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, Sept 17th:
1. You must make sure you have finished all the tasks on the Reichstag Fire, the Enabling Act and the Night of the Long Knives.
2. Re-read the first three pages of the Nazi Germany booklet
Do activities 1 & 2 and explain what a Gauleiter was. Also make sure you understand the meaning of the words: Gleichschaltung and Volksgemeinschaft.
Do activities 6-9 from the Rise to Hitler booklet.
Almudena, Alexandra, Jeronimo, Daniel make sure you hand in your essays on Wednesday: How significant were Hitler's political skills in his rise to power?
Homeworks for 2017-18:
Homework for Tuesday, Jan 30th:
1. Finish the worksheet on the way the Vietnam War was fought.
Homework for Wednesday, Jan 17th:
Watch and fill in the worksheet on the Cuban Missile Crisis documentary.
Homework for Tuesday, Jan 16th:
Finish the worksheet on the Cuban Missile Crisis
Homework for Tuesday, Jan 9th:
1. Finish the bubble sheet on the Berlin Wall
2. Fill in the sheet on the causes of tension
3. Finish the background questions on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Homework for Tuesday, Dec 12th:
1. Finish the fill-in sheet on the Berlin airlift
2. Read Walsh p88-91
3. Do the worksheet on the Iron Curtain
Homework for Tuesday, Dec 5th:
1. Finish the work on the American attitudes after WW2 (use the sheet we read in class and the Hodder sheet on the early Cold War section).
2. Fill in the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan using the information on the Moodle (presentation and articles)
Homework for Tuesday, Nov 28th:
Finish the worksheets on Yalta and Potsdam using the presentation, the textbook and the information sheet on the Moodle.
Homework for Tuesday, Nov 14th:
1. Make sure you have finished the chart on opposition to Hitler.
2. Fill in the sheet "Why was there so little opposition to the Nazis?" using Walsh p356.
3. Using everything you know and the sheets on the Moodle: write an extended answer to the following question:
How popular were the Nazis? (think about which groups might have favoured or done well under the Nazis and which did not)
Homework for Tuesday, Nov 7th:
1.Fill in the worksheet using the material on the Moodle.
2. Read the articles on the Holocaust on the Moodle.
Homework for Tuesday, Oct 24th:
1. Make sure you have finished your economics research and then put it together as a group.
2. Then do the conclusion activity in your book.
3. Do the worksheet on the Economic plans.
Homework for Tuesday, Oct 17th:
1. Read all the material on women and the church from the Moodle.
2. Do the Women and Church worksheets.
Homework for Tuesday, Oct 3rd:
1. Make sure you finish the youth and education tasks.
2. Revise for the Paper 4 essay next Tuesday:
You can use the booklets on the Moodle and pages 246-252 of Walsh and Cloake p39-56.
Homework for Tuesday, Sept 26th:
1. Finish all the activities on censorship and propaganda from the booklet
2. Read the article on Horst Wessel on the Moodle.
Homework for Wednesday, Sept 12th:
- Finish the two questions on What kind of Germany did the Nazis want to create?
- Read the sheet on the SA and SS and then copy out and fill in the chart.
Homework for Wednesday, Sept 6th:
Make sure you have finished the holiday homework and essay to be handed in.
Homework for Tuesday, Sept 12th:
Finish all the activities on page 25 of the booklet and watch the videos.
Homework for Tuesday,Sept 19th:
Finish all the activities and read all the articles and listen to the podcast on the Police State on the Moodle.
Homework for Friday, April 21st:
Please do the following a) b) c) for Friday:
(a) Describe the crisis over Austria in 1934. [4]
(b) Why was Hitler able to re-militarise the Rhineland in 1936? [6]
(c) "Appeasement was a sensible response to Hitlers 'aggression." How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]
Homework for Monday, March 27th:
1. Mark the part c) question you have been given using the marking template.
2. Revise the Weimar Germany topic and use the resources on the Moodle to help you (see the IGCSE Revision course and the section on the German Depth Study: use the presentation as a starter and make sure you can answer all the questions).
Homework for Friday, March 24th:
1. Re-read the Eastern European booklet and pages 138-145 of Walsh on the USSR.
2. Use the resources on the revision Moodle to revise the League of Nations topic (1920s and 1930s). Also use Walsh pages 23-49. Look at the list of past questions on the Moodle and ensure you know how to answer them all.
Homework for Monday, March 13th:
1. Read the chapter entitled Gorbachev and the Fall of the Soviet Empire in the booklet on Eastern Europe (copy on the Moodle) and also read pages 138-143 in Walsh.
2. Do the "Check Your Understanding" activities at the end of the chapter.
Homework for Friday, Feb 3rd:
1. Make sure you have read Walsh p124-127
2. Do bullet-point answers to the questions at the end of the first section in the Eastern Europe booklet.
Homework for Monday, Jan 30th:
1. Make sure you finish the worksheet on the end of the Vietnam War and the revision section.
2. Watch the Vietnam documentary on the You Tube Channel (click on the link to watch it)
Homework for Friday, Jan 27th:
1. Make sure you all read the History Today article on Cuba; you can download it and annotate it and glue it into your books.
2. Finish the Vietnam War worksheet (What kind of war was the Vietnam war?), including the key words.
Homework for Monday, Jan 23rd:
1. Make sure you have finished all the questions on the first worksheet on the start of the Vietnam War.
2. Now go to the worksheet on the Moodle entitled: "What kind of war was the Vietnam War?" and use Walsh pages 113-115 to complete the chart and question 2.
Homework for Monday, Jan 16th:
1. Do the first three questions on the worksheet on the start of the Vietnam War (on the Moodle under the Containment and Vietnam War sections).
2. Revise the Cuban Missile Crisis topic ready for an a) b) c) question on Friday.
Homework for Friday, Jan 13th:
Finish the worksheet on Cuba and look over the whole topic so that you know it thoroughly.
Homework for Monday, Jan 9th:
1. You should all do questions 1-7 on the Cuban Missile Crisis worksheet on the Moodle.
If you missed Monday's lesson you should also watch the videos on the Cuban Missile Crisis that are on the Moodle.
2. You have all been enrolled in a Revision course on the Moodle. You should use the section on Christmas Revision to make a start on your preparations for the mock exams next term.
Homework for Monday, Dec 19th:
1. Read the background sheets you were given on Cuba, page 102-103 from Walsh and examine the presentation (Cuban Missile Crisis Presentation Part 01) on the Moodle.
2. Do the five questions on the Cuban Missile Crisis sheet.
Homework for Friday, December 16th:
1. Read the sheet on the Moodle that are under the section entitled "Methods of Containtment". Also read Walsh pages 133-135.
2. Do the worksheet on the U2 Crisis and the Berlin Wall.
Homework for Friday, December 12th:
1. You should all have finished the Korean War worksheet. Anyone who was absent should ensure they have done this too. Everyone should also have completed the Cold War summary chart.
2. You should all read the Korean War articles you have been given (copies are on the Moodle in a folder).
3. Read Walsh p100-101 and the sheets on the Moodle entitled "Arms Race" and "From A-Bomb to H-Bomb" and use this information to fill in the bubble sheet (again a copy is on the Moodle).
Homework for Friday, December 9th:
By Friday you should have completed question 7 on the Korean War worksheet. For those who were doing the Art exam you should pick up the Storyboard sheets from me and read the Korean Chapter on the Moodle before starting the questions.
If you are not here on Friday you need to finish the Korean War worksheet by Monday.
Homework for Monday, December 5th:
1. Fill in the chart on the Early Cold War using your own notes and the Walsh chapter on the Origins of the Cold War.
2. Download and glue in the Origins of the Cold War mind map from the Moodle
3. Read the McAleavy Cold War summary on the Moodle and glue it in.
Homework for Monday, November 28th:
1. Make sure you have finished the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan bubble sheet.
2. Read Walsh p77-93
3. Make sure ALL work is up to date as I will be collecting books on Monday.
Homework for Monday, November 21st:
Do the questions on the Potsdam Conference (Potsdam and Beyond worksheet) on the Moodle up to and including the timeline, using the information on the presentation, the Breakdown of the Wartime Alliance information sheet on the Moodle and Walsh.
Homework for Friday, November 18th:
1. Read the presentation on the wartime conferences on the Moodle up to and including the slides on the Yalta Conference, then read the sheet entitled "Uneasy Allies" and the one on the Moodle called "Breakdown of wartime alliance".
2. Use all of the above and Walsh p80-81 to do the questions on the worksheet "Breakdown of the wartime alliance."
Homework for Monday, November 14th:
1. Look at the Moodle course: Origins of the Cold War and go to the Introduction. Read the introduction to the Cold War presentation and then do the Origins of the Cold War worksheet using Walsh, the Roots of the Cold War sheet which is on the Moodle and the sheet you have been given called "Origins of the Cold War"
Homework for Monday, November 7th:
1. Make sure you have finished the sheets on opposition.
2. Read, download and glue in the presentation on the Impact of WW2 and read Walsh p265-269.
3. Revise the Nazi Depth Study from the time that Hitler became dictator after the Night of the Long Knives to the end of WW2.
Revision: Walsh p248-269, Cloake, Revision booklets
Essay - Paper 4 style - exam on Friday after halfterm:
- The Police State
- Propaganda and censorship
- Youth and Education
- Women
- Church
- Economy, workers and work
- Persecution and racism
- Army
- Opposition
- Impact of WW2
1. Finish the living graph on the army.
2. Read the articles on the July Bomb Plot which are on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, Oct 24th:
1. Read the articles and the textbook pages from Nazi persecution on the Moodle.
2. Read chapter 14 in Cloake (the black textbook).
Use the material on page 70 to explain why Hitler persecuted the Jews and why he was able to do this.
Homework for Friday, Oct 21st:
1. Use the sheet entitled "The Ideal German" to fill in the bubble sheet you have been given.
2. Complete the worksheet entitled "Nazi persecution" using the sheets and Walsh p179-181.
Homework for Monday, Oct 17th:
1.Make sure you have put together all your research on the Economy and have finished the final question about whether people were better off.
2. Homework is to finish the sheet on Nazi Economic Plans which is on the Moodle.
Homework for Friday, Oct 14th:
1. Make sure you have finished the bubble sheet on Religion.
2. Download and print the presentation on the Nazis and the Economy (copy available on the Moodle).
3. Do your piece of research on the Economy and put the different pieces together ready for Friday's lesson.
Homework for Monday, Oct 10th:
1. Finish the worksheet on Women, but not the final question.
2. Do the worksheet on the Nazis and Religion, but not the bubble sheet.
Homework for Friday, Sept 23rd:
You need to do the historical report on Nazi policies towards Youth and Education. Use both text books and the material and guidance on the Moodle. You have until the end of Friday's lesson to complete the report.
Homework for Monday, Sept 19th;
1. Finish the censorship and propaganda sheet using the information on the Moodle.
2. Read the sheet you have been given on the Berlin Olympics and then do your own research to show how the Nazis made use of the Berlin Olympics for propaganda purposes.
Nazi Olympics
History Learning Site
Nazi Olympics video
Homework for Friday, Sept 16th:
Make sure you have finished the notes on the SS.
Guidelines are on the Moodle.
Homework for Monday, Sept 12th:
1. Make sure you have finished the activities on the "Consolidation of Power", including the tweets.
2. Copy out or print the sheet on the Moodle entitled: Methods of Control.
3. Then do the activities on the Moodle in the section entitled "The Nazi Police State" (information is on the Moodle)
4. Read the Nazi Police State timeline.
Homework for Friday, Sept 9th:
Finish the questions on the Night of the Long Knives.
Homework for Monday, Sept 5th:
1.Hitler: Consolidation of power. Do questions 1, 2 and 3 on the Reichstag Fire using the sheet you were given and Walsh p246.
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Homework for Monday, April 25th:
Make sure you have revised Nazi Germany thoroughly. Anyone who has not sent me their revision sheet needs to do this urgently.
We will revise the Origins of the Cold War and Containment on Monday, then the Gulf and Sources on Friday.
Homework for Friday, April 22nd:
Produce a revision sheet for the rest of the class on the topic you have been given. Include the following and send me a copy by Thursday evening so that I can put it on Google Drive for everyone to access.
- Key ideas of the Nazis about this issue
- Key events and chronology
- Key people
- Main policies
- How important to Nazi rule?
- Conclusions - did they achieve their objectives.
Homework for Monday, April 18th:
Do the following a) b) c) question on paper for Monday:
(a) What political problems existed in Germany in the period 1918-1920?
(b) Why was 1923 a year of crisis for the Weimar Republic?
(c) How successful was the Weimar Republic in dealing with Germany’s problems by 1928? Explain your answer.
Homework for Monday, April 11th:
1. Finish the a) b) c) questions on the Paris Peace Treaties and Eastern Europe if you have not already done them.
2. Revise the League of Nations and the Road to War topic using the resources on the Moodle.
Homework for Friday, April 8th:
Everyone should have finished the a) b) c) on Eastern Europe and the c) on Paris Peace Treaties:
‘The peacemakers of 1919–23 coped successfully with the problems they faced.’ How far do you
agree with this statement on the treaties made with the defeated powers?
Also make sure you listen to the podcasts by Mr Allsop on the Treaty of Versailles.
Homework for the Easter holiday:
1. You should have finished all the questions in the USSR and Eastern Europe booklet.
2. You should be revising from the Revision Moodle using past questions and the revision notes. You should also use the weblinks to revision pages such as JD Clare and Mr Allsop's History.
3. Do the following a) b) c) on Eastern Europe in 40 minutes:
(a) What changes did Nagy want to make to Communist rule in Hungary?
(b) Why did the Prague Spring fail?
(c) How important were events in Poland after 1980 in influencing the collapse of Soviet control in Eastern Europe? Explain your answer.
Homework for Friday, March 18th:
1. You should already have finished the "Check Your Understanding" sections on Hungary, the Berlin Wall and Czechoslovakia.
2. Read the next chapter on Poland and complete that by Friday.
Homework for Friday, March 11th:
Please read the first two chapters of the booklet on Eastern Europe and please read over your mock exams and write notes on your targets for improvement.
Homework for Monday, Feb 8th:
Finish the worksheet on the First Gulf War, including the summary.
Homework for Friday, Feb 5th:
1. Finish up to question 8 on the First Gulf War.
Homework for Monday, Feb 1st:
1. Finish the boxes on why Saddam attacked Iran.
2. Complete the remaining questions on the Iran-Iraq War using the textbook pages 158-161.
Homework for Friday, Jan 29th:
1. Make sure you have finished the Iranian Revolution hexagon essay plan and written the conclusion.
2. Do the questions on the establishment of the Islamic State.
Homework for Monday, Jan 25th:
1. Finish the questions on Why there was an Iranian Revolution and the Opposition to the Shah and do question 1 on the Islamic Revolution 1979.
2. Bring your Containment books to class to be marked.
Homework for Friday, Jan 22nd:
1. Finish the worksheet on Saddam Hussein, including the source questions.
2. Do questions 1-5 on the Iran worksheet.
Homework for Monday, Jan 18th:
1. Finish the questions on Why Saddam Hussein was able to come to power.
2. Do the factfile on Saddam Hussein and the bullet point notes on the factors that helped him come to power. The worksheet is on the Moodle and if you click here.
Homework for Friday, Jan 15th:
We are starting a new topic on the Gulf. Do a quick title page and then:
Please copy out the title and the key questions and then do activities 1 & 2 which are on the worksheet on the Gulf which is on the Moodle (you can click on the link too to find it).
Homework for Monday, Jan 11th:
1. Complete the worksheet on how the Vietnam War came to an end.
2. Watch some of the videos on Containment on the Moodle or the You Tube Channel.
3. Make sure you begin your IGCSE revision over the holiday. There will be two a) b) c) questions on Cuba and Vietnam on the first Monday back. There is a list of past exam questions on the Moodle.
Here is a link to the past Paper 1 questions on the core and here is a link to the Paper 1 questions on Germany.
Homework for Monday, Dec 14th:
Finish the chart on the way in which the war was fought in Vietnam and ensure you have included all the points from pages 114-115 from Walsh and the presentation on the Moodle. Here is the link to the worksheet.
Homework for Friday, Dec 11th:
1. Finish the worksheet on the Origins of the Vietnam War.
Homework for Friday, Dec 4th:
1. Make sure you have finished all the Cuban Missile Crisis questions on the worksheet.
2. Watch the video entitled "The Cuban Missile Crisis documentary" and fill in the worksheet you have been given. This will help you revise the topic.
Homework for Monday, Nov 30th:
Finish up to and including questions 1-6 on the Cuban Missile worksheet.
Homework for Friday, Nov 20th:
You should have completed the bubbles on increasing tension between the superpowers and you should have all work up to date on Korea and the Cold War. Please glue in all sheets too.
Homework for Monday, Nov 16th:
1. Do the sheet on Methods of Containment using pages 100-101 of Walsh.
Homework for Friday, Nov 13th:
1. You should read the material on the Korean War on the Moodle.
2. Do a quick title page with the word: Containment.
3. Copy or print out the extract from the syllabus so you know what we will be studying.
4. Use the sheets you have been given and the Walsh textbook pages 96-99 to complete all the activities on the worksheet (copy on the Moodle).
Homework for Friday, Nov 6th:
1. Complete the chart on the Cold War - key events.
2. Revise for an a), b), c) question test on Friday. You should revise everything from the Causes of the Cold War unit from the Wartime Conferences onwards. Use the material on the Moodle and the Revision links on the website to help you revise.
Homework for Monday, Nov 2nd:
1. Make sure you have finished both the worksheets on the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan and the one on the Berlin Blockade. Materials and instructions are on the Moodle.
2. You should use the half term to revise the work we have done on the Origins of the Cold War using the material on the Moodle and in the textbook. Also look at the revision links on the website.
Homework for Monday, Oct 19th:
Make sure you complete the worksheet on the early Cold War and the Soviet expansion into Eastern Europe which can be found on these links and on the Moodle.
Homework for Friday, Oct 16th:
1. Make sure you have finished last week's homework - the worksheet on the Origins of the Cold War
2. Do the worksheet on the Yalta Conference which is here and on the Moodle. You will need the presentation on Wartime Conferences and the text book and the sheet "Uneasy Allies".
Homework for Monday, Oct 5th:
Do the worksheet on the Origins of the Cold War.
Homework for Friday, Oct 2nd:
Revise the Germany Depth Study from 1934 onwards.
Use the revision booklet on the Moodle and pages 248-269 in Walsh, pages 39-95 of Cloake.
There will be a one-hour essay to be done in class in test conditions.
Homework for Monday, Sept 28th:
1. Make sure all Germany work is completed:
2. Do the following a) b) c) question on paper to be handed:
(a) Describe how Hitler gave Germany the appearance of a great country. [4]
(b) Explain why the Nazis persecuted minorities in Germany in the 1930s. [6]
(c) How successful had Hitler’s domestic policies been by 1939? Explain your answer. [10]
Homework for Monday, Sept 21st:
1. Ensure all work is up to date.
2. Complete the sheet on Why there was so little opposition to the Nazis (use p256 of Walsh to help complete it)
3. Download the presentation on Germany and the Second World War (bottom of the page on IGCSE History) and glue it into your books. Read it carefully ready for Monday.
Homework for Friday, Sept 18th:
Complete the sheet on Opposition to the Nazi regime.
Homework for Monday, Sept 14th:
1. Complete the worksheet on Nazi Persecution using the textbook and the sheets you have been given.
2. Make sure all work is up to date.
3. Log on to the Moodle and change your password. Also download the Moodle Mobile App.
Homework - this should have been done over the holiday, but everything should be completed by Monday, Sept 7th:
1. Make sure you have finished all the work on Women and Religion. If you missed the class Gonzalo has the sheets.
Then read Chapter 13 of the German text book (the black one) and answer the following:
- How successful was the Nazi policy towards religion? (see page 62)
- What was the German Faith Movement and why was it established? (see p63 and Source B)
- Why did the Churches not resist the Nazis more robustly? (see p64).
3. Produce a report on the Nazis Economy using these guidelines and the information sheets.
Homework for Wednesday, April 29th:
1. Revise the Germany Depth Topic. Remember there are some videos on the Germany playlist on the YouTube Channel.
2. Do the following questions (on lined paper in 40 minutes) - to be handed in on Wednesday:
(a) Describe the development of the Nazi Party from 1924 to 1928.
(b) Why did support for the Nazi Party increase after 1929?
(c) ‘The Reichstag Fire was more important than the Night of the Long Knives in allowing Hitler to consolidate power.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer.
Homework for Wednesday, April 22nd:
1. Revise the League of Nations - see notes on the website
2. Do the following question on the paper you have been given (in timed conditions - 40 mins):
(a) What were the successes of the League of Nations in the 1920s? (4)
(b) Why did the USA’s failure to become a member create problems for the League? (6)
(c) ‘Italy was more responsible than Britain and France for the failure of the League of Nations.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. (10)
Homework for Easter holidays:
1. Revise the key material on all the topics of the IGCSE on the revision checklist.
2. Do a detailed essay plan on the following question:
How far was Gorbachev personally responsible for the collapse of Soviet control in Eastern Europe?
This document might be of help.
Homework for Wednesday, March 25th.
1. Finish the worksheet on The Collapse of Soviet Power in Eastern Europe.
2. If you were not here, watch and make notes on the videos on Gorbachev on the You Tube Channel (videos 21-25).
3. There will be a Paper 4 question (the one-hour essay) during Wednesday's lesson on an aspect of Nazi rule in Germany (1933-45).
Homework for Wednesday, March 18th:
Using the information on the sheets and presentations you have been given and on page 418 of Walsh and pages 160-165 of McAleavy book and the following information sheet, answer the following questions:
1. What did Gorbachev do to try and improve the state of the Soviet economy?
2. How did Gorbachev try to ensure that there was more awareness of the problems in the USSR?
3. How did Gorbachev try to ensure the Soviet Union could reduce its spending on the arms race?
4. How did Gorbachev deal with the problem of the war in Afghanistan?
5. How did Gorbachev try to reduce the cost of propping up communist regimes in Eastern Europe? (mention the end of the Brezhnev Doctrine and how this might affect Eastern Europe)?
Homework for Wednesday, March 11th:
1. Finish the worksheet on Poland.
Homework for Wedneday, March 4th:
Do the Czechoslovakia worksheet up to and including question 9.
Follow the links to the extra information sheets: Czech 01, Czech 02, Czech 03
Homework for Wednesday, Feb 25th:
1. Ensure you have finished all the work on Vietnam.
2. Do the worksheet on Hungary, 1956. You should use your text book and the following sheet to help you answer the questions.
3. We will have a Paper 4 practice on Germany soon after half term.
Homework for Tuesday, Feb 3rd:
Revision for the mocks.
Homework for Wednesday, 28th Jan:
Revision for the mocks.
Homework for Wednesday, 21st Jan:
1. Finish the worksheet on the Start of the Vietnam War.
2. Do questions 1 & 2 on the worksheet entitled: "What kind of war was the Vietnam War?"
I have put the presentation on the IGCSE resources page.
Homework for Wednesday, 14th Jan:
1. Complete the sheet about the outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Use page 352 of Walsh to help.
2. Write a detailed answer to the following questions:
a) Who won the crisis, Kennedy or Khrushchev? Examine the arguments on both sides before reaching a conclusion.
b) How close did the USA and the USSR come to nuclear war? Again explain the arguments on both sides before reaching a conclusion?
Homework for the Christmas holidays:
1. Finish the Cuban Missile worksheet.
2. Copy or print out and read carefully the presentation on the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
3. Revise the Causes of the Cold War and Containment topics as well as the Germany Depth Study and the Causes of the Second World War (use your notes, the text book, the usual revision websites).
For Wednesday, Dec 10th:
Complete the worksheet on Korea and glue the map sheet into your exercise book.
For Thursday, Dec 4th:
1. Finish the Cold War Revision sheet.
2. Revise the Causes of the Cold War from your notes and pages 318-335 of Walsh. There will be an a) b) c) style question test next Thursday.
For Wednesday, Nov 26th:
1. Finish the Stalin takes control of Eastern Europe.
2. Do the activity on the sheets entitled "American motives at the start of the Cold War" which involves writing a detailed answer explaining why the US government was keen to confront the Soviet Union after 1945.
3. Read the sheet on the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan and pages 328-329 of Walsh and the presentation and use the information to fill in the bubble sheet you have been given.
For Wednesday, Nov 19th:
1. Make sure you have finished the work on the Yalta Conference.
2. The Potsdam Conference. Use the presentation and Walsh p 322-323.
Complete the following information and do the tasks:
* Venue:
* Date:
* Leaders:
* Situation in Europe and the War, the atmosphere at the time (see p 322)
* Agreements (Reparations, Poland, Germany, Japan)
* Disagreements (Germany, Reparations, Eastern Europe, Poland)
3. Use Source J on the sheet you were given to explain how the Soviet Union might justify their approach to Poland.
4. What is Churchill trying to say in his "Iron Curtain" speech of 1946 (Source M). What does it tell us about the attitude of Britain and the USA towards the USSR at this time?
For Tuesday, Nov 11th:
Use the sheets you have been given to complete a chart comparing communism and capitalism (page 326 of Walsh will also help). Divide the chart into the following categories:
- Politics
- Economy
- Individual Rights
- Foreign Policy/International Relations
1. Ensure you have finished the living graph exercise on Hitler's relations with the army.
2. Fill in the chart on Resistance and Opposition to the Nazis using the sheets you have been given.
3. Write an essay using everything you have studied in this topic and the sheets you have been given:
"How popular was the Nazi regime, 1933-45?"
For Wednesday Oct 22nd:
Finish the work you have been given on the Nazis and their persecution of different groups and on Anti-Semitism.
There will be an a) b) c) style question test on the Nazi regime on Thursday (revise from the time Hitler became chancellor).
For Thursday, Oct 16th:
Do the investigation into the Nazi economy using the information sheets you have been given.
For Thursday,October 9th:
Do Activities 2-5 on Women and Nazi Germany, then read the sheet "The Role of Women in Nazi Germany" and highlight any new information.
For Wednesday, October 8th:
1. Ensure you have finished the questions you were given in class on Nazi Education.
2. Do the worksheet on Youth and Education in Nazi Germany.
For Thursday, Sept 25th:
Do a flow diagram showing the three main aims of Hitler and the Nazis and for each one explain how they wanted to achieve the aim (use the sheet you have been given).
For Wednesday, Sept 24th:
1. Finish the diagram on the Nazi Police State.
2. Highlight the key points on the sheet on the Nazi Police State.
3. Use the sheets on Censorship and Propaganda and pages 164-166 of Walsh to complete the charts on the key points.
For Wednesday, Sept 17th:
1. Write an essay answering the following question:
How far were Hitler's skills as a leader responsible for him becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933?
A top candidate would do the following in a quality essay:
• Select and deploy a range of relevant and accurate contextual knowledge to effectively support
their answers.
• Select, organise and deploy effectively and relevantly a wide range of information to support their
conclusions.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the key features, reasons, results and changes of
societies, events, people and situations relevant to the question. They demonstrate an awareness of the importance of the broad context and of interrelationships of the issues of the question.
• Produce well-developed, well-reasoned and well-supported conclusions.
• Write with precision and succinctness, showing structure, balance and focus.
For Thursday, Sept 11th:
1. Make sure you have made notes on the Weimar Culture presentations from the web.
2. Do the graph to show the growth of the Nazi Party from 1928-1930.
For Sunday, Sept 7th:
1. You all still need to send me the Weimar Culture presentations which were due in at the end of last year. Can you please ensure you have sent me the presentation by Sunday at the latest so I can upload them to the site. You will then need to make notes on each one by Wednesday, Sept 10th.
2. Make sure you have finished the worksheet on the Impact of the Great Depression on Germany (click the hyperlink for a copy). Use the sheets you were given and Walsh (your text book) pages 152-155. You may also want to refer to the presentations on the Year 10 IGCSE page on this website.
