Download British Depth Study 1890-1918

British Depth Study 1890-1918
Topic
Module
Code
BRI01 How was British
society changed,
1890-1918?
BRI02 How was British
society changed,
1890-1918?
BRI03 How was British
society changed,
1890-1918?
BRI04 How was British
society changed,
1890-1918?
BRI05 How was British
society changed,
1890-1918?
BRI06 How was British
society changed,
1890-1918?
BRI07 How was British
society changed,
1890-1918?
BRI08 How was British
society changed,
1890-1918?
Key Question
How and why did the
Liberals help the poor?
How and why did the
Liberals help the poor?
How and why did the
Liberals help the poor?
Focus Question
Objective 1
What were working and living
conditions like in Britain in the
1890s?
Who were the social reformers
and what did they do?
To be able to explain what
hardships faced the people of
Britain in the 19th century
To be able to explain who
Rowntree was and why he
commissioned a report on living
conditions in York
How and why did the
Liberals help the poor?
Why did the Liberals decide to To be able to explain what the
help the poor?
'old' Liberals thought about
poverty
What measures did the
To be able to explain what the
Liberals introduce?
Liberals did to help children
How and why did the
Liberals help the poor?
How effective were the
reforms?
How and why did the
Liberals help the poor?
How did the British people
react to the reforms?
How and why did women What rights did women have
try to win the vote?
by 1900?
Objective 2
To be able to explain why
very little was done to help
the poor in the 19th century
To be able to explain who
Booth was and why he
carried out a report on living
conditions in the east end of
London
To be able to explain what
the 'new' Liberals thought
To be able to explain what
the Liberals did to help the
elderly
To be able to explain how
To be able to explain how
effective the Children’s Act was effective the Old Age
Pensions Act was
To be able to explain how the
To be able to expain how the
working class reacted to the
middle and upper-class
reforms
reacted to the reforms
To be able to explain what rights To be able to explain what
women had in Britain in 1890
rights women did not have
How and why did women What were the arguments for To be able to explain why the
try to win the vote?
and against women having the government did not believe that
vote?
women should be allowed to
vote
BRI09 How was British How and why did women How were the suffragists and To be able to explain who the
society changed, try to win the vote?
suffragette campaigns
suffragists were
1890-1918?
different?
To be able to explain why
opinion was starting to
change on female suffrage
To be able to explain who the
suffragettes were
BRI10 How was British
society changed,
1890-1918?
BRI11 How was British
society changed,
1890-1918?
How and why did women How effective were the
try to win the vote?
suffragette and suffragist
campaigns up to 1914?
How were civilians
How effectively did Britain
affected by the war 1914- recruit soldiers for the war?
1918?
To be able to explain how the
government viewed the
suffragists
To be able to recall and explain
the methods used by the
government to encourage
volunteers
BRI12 How was British How were civilians
How was DORA used to help To be able to recall and explain
society changed, affected by the war 1914- the war effort?
aspects of the Defence of the
1890-1918?
1918?
Realms Acts
To be able to explain how the
government viewed the
suffragettes
To be able to explain why
conscription was introduced
To be able to recall and
explain why aspects of the
Defence of the Realms Act
GERMANY 1919 – 1945
Germany 1919 – 45
Enquiry A: PROBLEMS OF THE WEIMAR GOVERNMENT 1919 – 29
Key Issue: How successful was the Weimar Government in dealing with its problems in the period 1919 – 29?
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Focus Question
How did Germany emerge from WW1?
Politically, socially, physically, psychologically and
economically
Specified Content
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The revolution of 1918
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The establishment of a republic
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Political and economic chaos,
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That many opponents to the republic stayed on the inside
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Sparticist revolt
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demobilised soldiers etc
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Disbelief at losing
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The circumstances of Eberts premiership
• The terms of the Treaty
• German Reactions
• The Stab in the back myth
2
What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on
the Republic?
3
Which groups were opposed to the Weimar
Republic?
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Threats from the left and right
5
What were the main features of the Weimar
Constitution?
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The Spartacist uprising and the government solution (Freikorps)
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Kapp Putsch
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Political assassinations
You may wish to mention the Munich Putsch here as well as later
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Constitution = how a country is governed
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Proportional Representation
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Article 48
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Weakness of the chancellors role
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A strong president
The political spectrum in Germany 1919
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Why did the republic face collapse by 1923?
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How did the republic recover after 1924 - 1929?
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What were the cultural achievements of the Weimar
period?
9
The not so golden twenties: To what extent was
this recovery?
10
What was the impact of the Wall Street Crash in
1929?
Overview question and summary
Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the
start?
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State rights
• Economic Stress
• The Ruhr Occupation
• Inflation and Hyper inflation
• Golden twenties idea
• Dawes Plan and economic recovery
• Work of Stresseman
• International relations
• Political stability
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Painting
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Cinema
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Cabaret and night life
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Theatre
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Reliance on the USA
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Gap between skilled and unskilled workers
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Many disapproved of relations with countries who had previously punished Germany
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Conservative attitudes toward cultural changes
• The Wall street Crash
• Impact on the lives and attitudes of Germans
Summary of all work done so far
Enquiry B: THE RISE OF THE NAZIS AND THEIR CONSOLIDATION OF POWER By 1934
Key Issue: Why was Hitler appointed Chancellor and how did the Nazis consolidate their power in the period 1933
– 34?
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Focus Question
What were the origins and main ideas of the Nazi
Party
2
What is the significance of the Munich Putsch?
Specified Content
• The Nazi Party in the early years: Hitlers
background, Drexler and the German Workers party
• Nazi ideas and methods (25 points, SA)
• Hitler and the other Nazi leaders
• Recap on political crisis
3
The wilderness years
The Nazis 1924 – 1929: How did they prepare for
power?
4.
What was the impact of the depression and Wall
street crash on Germany?
5
What were the reasons for the Nazi growth in
popularity after 1930? (why not before?)
6
What were the circumstances surrounding Hitler’s
invitation to be come chancellor?
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From Democracy to Dictatorship: How did Hitler
consolidate his power between 1933 and 34?
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Reasons for the Putsch
The Putsch – what happened
Trial and imprisonment.
The consequences of the Putsch, both short and long term, good and bad
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Mein Kampf
Lessons learned from the Putsch:
Reorganisation of the party
Election philosophy
The party leader
Policies
Publicity and fundraising
Unpopularity
Blame the government
The rise of political extremism
Hitler and Nazi Strength
Weaknesses of the Weimar republic
The depression
Money
Propaganda
Violence of SA
Fear of Communism etc
The election results of 1930 – 33 The political deal
Political scheming of Von Papen and Schleicher.
The belief that Hitler could be controlled
The need to restore order
The Reichstag fire
Enabling Act
Death of Hindenburg
Night of the Long Knives
Germany 1918 – 1945
Enquiry C: CHANGING LIFE IN GERMANY (Depth 6 – 10 lessons)
Key Issue: How did the Nazis affect the lives of the German people, 1933 - 39?
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Focus Question
The Third Reich: What did the Nazis want to
achieve and how did they plan to do it?
2
What was the police state?
3
What were the benefits for those who were
prepared to go along with the ideal?
What were the downsides to these benefits?
4
How did the Nazis use culture, media, censorship
and propaganda
Specified Content
• A strong Germany
• A racial Germany
• Volk: Peoples’ community
• The carrot and stick approach:
• Terror and fear
• Economic success
• Propaganda
• Dictatorship
• One party State
• Informers
• Concentration camps
• Gestapo
• SS
• Police and law courts
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Economic Success
Public works/ rearmament etc
Leisure
KDF Strength through joy
Peoples Car
Labour Front
Confidence and a pride in ones nation
Prosperity
Loss of personal freedom, economic choice
Mistrust
Repression fear
Abolition of Trade Unions
Disadvantage of a one party state
Festivals and celebrations
Newspapers
Radios
Cinema and theatre
Culture
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What did the Nazis want from German women and
how successful were they?
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What did the Nazis want from children?
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What was the Nazi attitude toward religion and the
role of the church?
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Purifying Germany: What were Nazi ideas about
race and Citizenship?
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Purifying Germany:
How were Jews and minority groups treated and
how did this change between 1933 and 45
This overlaps slightly with the next enquiry
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Ideal of women and the family
Role and status
Image and appearance
Experiences in Youth Groups
Indoctrination and Education
Arguments for and against the destruction of the churches
Agreements with churches
Gradual marginalisation
Social Darwinism
The various asocial groups apart from Jews groups
Possible solution
Timeline of anti Jewish Laws
Germany 1919 – 4
ENQUIRY D: GERMANY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939 – 45 (Depth 4 – 5 lessons)
Key Issue: What Impact did the Second World War have on the lives of the German People?
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Focus Question
How did the coming of war change life in Germany?
(excl holocaust)
Specified Content
• Organisation for total war
• Life in war time Germany, the difference before and after 1941
• The economy
• Increasing propaganda
• The Final Solution
• The impact of allied bombing on German cities
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How much opposition was there in Nazi Germany?
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Attempted Coup d’etats
Underground resistance
Church: Pastor Neimoller
Private grumbling
Passive resistance
Youth groups: White Rose, Swing, Edelweiss Pirates
Changing attitudes to war; Resistance and opposition to Hitler during war – The
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Overview and summary
Did the German people benefit from Nazi rule?
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Reaction to total defeat
The condition of German in may 1945
Overview of the whole of enquiry 3 looking at the question from all perspectives
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Obvious benefits
Obvious drawbacks
Women, children Jews and minority groups
The war
Endless propaganda
Opposition
Benefits long term
OCR:
Unit A971/11 Aspects of International Relations, 1919-2005 - The Cold War, 1945–1975
Relations Between the Superpowers in Europe
Content Focus and Elaboration
Learning Outcomes
Beginning of the Cold War in Europe 1945–48 (Background)
Students should be able to understand and explain:
• The differences between capitalism and communism;
• Relations between the USSR and capitalist nations pre–1941:
• Relations between the USSR, USA and Great Britain during
World War II:
− Opposition to a common enemy.
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The Beginning of the Cold War in Europe 1945–48 (cont.)
• The deterioration of relations between the USA and USSR:
− Stalin’s suspicions of delay in Allied invasion of Europe;
− Yalta;
− Potsdam;
− A-Bomb.
• Reasons for and actions of the USSR in this period including:
− The desire for security:
– Impact of World War II on the USSR;
− The spread of communism:
– The countries involved;
– Methods used;
– Reactions.
The Beginning of the Cold War in Europe 1945–48 (cont.)
• The development of the ‘Iron Curtain’ including:
– Initial US response to events in Europe post–1945;
what communism is;
what democracy is;
why the two ideologies were unable to co-exist; and
why the USSR and the Allies joined together during
World War II.
Students should be able to understand and explain:
• how and why relations between the USSR and the
Allies began to deteriorate;
• why Stalin was so concerned about the security of the
USSR; and
• which countries came under communist control and
the steps by which they became communist.
Students should be able to understand and explain:
• how the USA initially reacted to the development of
– Impact of Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech;
– Containment;
− The impact of George Kennan’s ‘Long Telegram’;
– Truman Doctrine;
− Fear of the spread of communism to Greece and the
Middle East;
– Marshall Aid;
• Reasons;
• Terms;
• Impact on American/Russian relations;
– Reactions:
• Cominform;
• Comecon.
Early Confrontation in Europe
the ‘Iron Curtain’;
• how Churchill viewed the spread of communism in
Eastern Europe;
• the reasons why the USA’s reaction to the spread of
communism changed;
• the terms and impact of the Truman Doctrine;
• the reasons for, terms and impact of Marshall Aid; and
• how the USSR responded to the Truman Doctrine and
Marshall Aid.
• The Berlin Blockade and Airlift:
• Causes:
– Disagreement over Germany’s future;
– Introduction of a new currency;
• Events:
– Initial blockade;
– US options;
− Airlift;
• Consequences:
– Establishment of NATO;
– Division of Germany;
– Establishment of the Warsaw Pact;
• Impact on East-West relations.
The Cuban Missile Crisis
• how Germany and Berlin were partitioned at the end
of World War II;
• the different aims that the former allies had for the
future of Germany;
• the reasons for Stalin’s imposition of a blockade;
• how the USA reacted to the blockade of Berlin;
• how the blockade was ended; and
• what the main consequences of the Berlin Blockade
were on East-West relations.
• Cuba’s strategic position;
• How Castro gained control;
• why Cuba was of strategic significance for the USA;
• how Castro gained power in Cuba;
Students should be able to understand and explain:
Students should be able to understand and explain:
• Castro’s policies:
– Nationalisation;
– Communism;
• USA response:
– Reduction in trade;
– Bay of Pigs;
• Relations between Cuba and the USSR:
– Trade;
– Missiles;
• The Missile Crisis:
– Events (Thirteen Days):
− The part played by Kennedy and EXCOMM;
− The part played by Khrushchev;
• Consequences of the Crisis:
– Missiles;
– Hotline
– The impact of the Cuban crisis on superpower relations.
The Vietnam War
• why Castro’s policies caused problems in Cuba’s
relationship with the USA;
• Kennedy’s initial strategies with regard to Cuba;
• why and how Cuba’s relationship with the USSR
strengthened;
• the different stages of the Cuban Missile Crisis;
• how the Crisis was ended; and
• the impact that the Crisis had on East-West relations.
• The Vietnam War:
Causes:
– Vietnam under French control;
– Division;
– The reasons for increased US involvement:
– Containment;
– Domino Theory;
Events:
– Tonkin Resolution;
– US tactics and their impact;
– Reactions to the war in the US;
– Nixon’s tactics;
Results:
– For Vietnam;
• how Vietnam was governed after World War II;
• why and how the USA’s involvement in Vietnam
increased in the 1950s;
• why and how the USA’s military involvement in
Vietnam escalated in the 1960s;
• the various tactics utilised by the US military and their
impact;
• how the war was perceived in the US;
• the tactics employed by President Nixon;
• how the Vietnam War came to an end;
• the impact of the Vietnam War on both Vietnam and
relations in Asia; and
• consequences of the Vietnam War.
Students should be able to understand and explain:
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– For East-West relations.
The roles of Johnson, Nixon,
Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong and Brezhnev.
USA 1919-1941 Overview
Key Stage 4
Curriculum Lesson
Lesson Title
Unit
Code
USA 1919- USA01 What caused the
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'boom' in 1920s
America?
USA 1919- USA02 How widespread was
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the economic 'boom'?
USA 191941
USA03
USA 191941
USA04
USA 191941
USA 191941
USA05
USA 191941
USA07
USA06
Learning Objective 1
To be able to explain what the
'boom' was
Learning Objective 2
To be able to explain reasons
for the 'boom' in the USA in the
1920s
To be able to explain
To be able to explain which
geographically which areas of
areas of industry did and didn’t
the United States benefitted from benefit from the boom
the boom
Were the 'roaring
To be able to explain what
To be able to explain why not
twenties' enjoyed by
characterised the 'roaring
everyone had a positive
everyone in the USA?
twenties' in the USA
experience of the 'roaring
twenties'
How widespread was
To be able to explain which
To be able to explain, with
intolerance in the USA in groups were subject to
examples, how widespread
the 1920s?
intolerance in American society intolerance was in American
in the 1920s
society
Why was prohibition
To be able to explain what
To be able to explain why
introduced?
Prohibition was
Prohibition was introduced
Why did Prohibition fail? To be able to explain how
To be able to explain reasons
widespread breaches of
for the failure of Prohibition
prohibition were
How far did the role of To be able to explain how life
To be able to explain how life
women change in 1920s changed for some women in
stayed the same for many
Key Stage 4
Curriculum Lesson
Unit
Code
USA 191941
USA08
USA 191941
USA09
USA 191941
USA10
USA 191941
USA11
Lesson Title
America?
What were the causes
of the Wall Street
Crash?
What were the
consequences of the
Wall Street Crash?
Why did Roosevelt win
the 1932 election?
Learning Objective 1
America in the 1920s
To be able to explain what the
Wall Street Crash was
Learning Objective 2
women in America in the 1920s
To be able to explain a range
of reasons for the Wall Street
Crash
To be able to explain how the
To be able to explain how the
Wall Street Crash affected
Wall Street Crash affected the
American Industry
American people
To be able to recall and explain To be able to explain why
the policies of Hoover and
Roosevelt's policies were
Roosevelt
popular with the American
people
How successful was the To be able to recall and explain To be able to recall and
New Deal?
the arguments to support the
explain the arguments to
view that the New Deal was
support the view that the New
successful
Deal was unsuccessful