1. The Alliance System

Edexcel International GCSE Paper 2: The Origins and Course of the First World War, 1905-18

This bundle consists of fourteen lessons that are linked to the Edexcel IGCSE History ‘The Origins and Course of the First World War, 1905-18’ so do be aware that any page numbers that have been added in are linked to the specific Edexcel textbook (the cover picture indicates the correct textbook). The lessons in this bundle are as followed: 1. The Alliance Sysytem 2. Empires and Economics 3. Military Rivalry 4. The Growth of Tension in Europe 1905-14 5. The Schlieffen Plan Fails 6. Living in the Trenches 7. New Weapons and Methods 8. Success and Failures Somme and Passchendaele 9. The German Threat to Britain from the North Sea 10. The German threat to Britain from under the sea 11. The Gallipoli Campaign 12. The Ludendorff offensive, spring 1918 13. Allied drive to victory, July-November 1918 14. The reasons for Germany's Defeat These PowerPoints, along with the textbook and other materials I have provided go into enough depth that they can be adapted for other age groups and exam boards.