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Introducing Top Historian, where a decade of seasoned expertise in History teaching and department management converges to craft exceptional educational resources. Our meticulously designed materials include individual lessons, exam technique and content revision for both British and International exam boards. Let Top Historian lighten your workload without compromising on excellence, providing a seamless blend of experience and adaptability to deliver top quality History with maximum progress.
This resource comprises an 98 question knowledge test based on the key content of ***How far was Hitler’s foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939?***. Currently used as a fact test / team quiz / revision resource for my students studying the CIE IGCSE, I’ve also used it with great success for the British GCSE curriculum.
The test is broken down into the 11 segments outlined below and could be used all together as a single summative assessment or a fun team based quiz at the end of the topic. Alternatively the test could be delivered as 11 mini checkpoints throughout the course either as a starter, plenary or homework task.
Resource details:
Section A: Hitler’s Foreign Policy Aims (5 questions)
Section B: Hitler’s Early Actions 1933-35 (19 questions)
Section C: The Remilitarisation of the Rhineland, 1936 (6 questions)
Section D: German involvement in the Spanish Civil War ( including the Anti-Comintern Pact and the Rome-Berlin Axis) (10 questions)
Section E: Anschluss with Austria (8 questions)
Section F: Arguments for and against appeasement (10 questions)
Section G: The Sudetenland, 1938 (10 questions)
Section H: Consequences of the Munich Agreement (5 questions)
Section I: Czechoslovakia 1939: The end of appeasement (5 questions)
Section J: The Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939 (10 questions)
Section K: Was appeasement justified? (10 questions)
Great for revisiting at the end of the chapter, at the end of the whole scheme/core content, during the revision period or incorporating into a study pack before students go on study leave.
This resource also comes with a full and detailed answer sheet to speed up marking or for students to self assess with.
Associated resources:
League of Nations Revision Mindmap - IGCSE Chapter 2
FREE Treaty of Versailles Revision Mindmap
Paper 1 FULL COURSE CONTENT REVIEW - retrieval practice and content revision
NEW IGCSE Paper 1 exam technique Masterclass (CIE)
Paper 1 Chapter 2 Model Answers (CIE IGCSE, 2024 New Spec)
Paper 1 MODEL ANSWERS BUNDLE (2024)
THE BIG PAPER ONE BUNDLE 2024
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This resource comprises a 140 question knowledge test based on the key content of the How successful was Containmer. Currently used as a fact test / team quiz / revision resource for my students studying CIE IGCSE for KQ4, I’ve also used it for the Edexcel IGCSE module on Superpower Tensions as well as for the British GCSE curriculum.
The test is broken down into the 4 sections outlined below and could be used all together as a single summative assessment, homework consolidation or a fun team based quiz at the end of the topic.
Alternatively the test could be delivered as 4 mini checkpoints throughout the course which is how I often use them to build knowledge. Additionally, they are great for a low stakes starter, plenary or homework task.
*Complete with a full answers document for every question, this is great for student self assessment too, minimising teacher workload and feedback time! *
Resource details:
Section A: The Korean War 1950?
Section B: Methods of Containment
Section C: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
Section D: The Vietnam, 1955
Great for revisiting at the end of the chapter, at the end of the whole scheme/core content, during the revision period or incorporating into a study pack before students go on study leave.
Core content knowledge tests:
Origins of the Cold War Knowledge Test
Hitler’s Foreign Policy Knowledge Test
League of Nations Knowledge Test
Treaty of Versailles Knowledge Test
Complementary IGCSE CIE Resources:
Paper 1 FULL COURSE CONTENT REVIEW - retrieval practice and content revision
NEW IGCSE Paper 1 exam technique Masterclass (CIE)
League of Nations Revision Mindmap - IGCSE Chapter 2
FREE Treaty of Versailles Revision Mindmap
Paper 1 MODEL ANSWERS BUNDLE (2024)
THE BIG PAPER ONE BUNDLE 2024
A full revision run through of Chapter 2 - ‘To what extent was the League of Nations a success?’ for the new 2024 onwards Cambridge IGCSE (0470) History Paper 1 exam. (For specific details and more comprehensive summaries of each individual resource please do click on the links to each in the resource list below!)
This lesson has been produced following the completion of the New Specification for 2024 IGCSE training course by CIE
**Resources included in this bundle **
In a nutshell full chapter revision and activities on ‘How far was the League of Nations a success?’
A fully adaptable 29 slide PowerPoint lesson which concisely yet comprehensively reviews the entirety of Chapter 2. Packed with dual coding tasks, paper 2 style source analysis activities, explanation tasks, memorable pneumoics, knowledge organisers, colour coded infographics, categorising and chronology tasks and and many more recall activities, this lesson can be used as a teacher-led, lightning-speed run through the week before the exam, or could easily fill2-3 hours using all of the tasks and revision activities included. It’s also a great resource for students to work through independently as home learning or while on study leave.
**League of Nations A3 revision mind map and accompanying knowledge organiser **
This resource break down the key details and most salient points of the chapter in one visual, colour coded knowledge organiser. ** Fantastic for less-able students who struggle with note making or those high flyers who struggle to condense**. These mind maps have been invaluable with my own classes in consolidating, condensing and linking together key information, and each year students comment on how useful they find them to revise from, particularly the day before and morning of the exam as a quick refresh!
**80 question knowledge tests that cover the whole League of Nations content.**
The 80 question test is broken down into 8 sections from ‘Origins and aims of the League of Nations’ to ‘What were the main reasons for the League’s failure in the 1930s?’ They could be used all together as a single summative assessment or a fun team based quiz at the end of the topic or as 8 mini checkpoints throughout the delivery of the chapter content either as a starter, plenary or homework task.
Complementary resources
KQ1 - Treaty of Versailles in a nutshell - complete chapter review
New Paper 1 2024 IGCSE History Exam Technique Masterclass
Chapter 1 Model Answers for the 2024 onwards Paper 1 exam
Paper 1 Full Course Review - retrieval practice and content revision
This resource comprises a 70 question knowledge test based on the key content of How secure was the USSRs control of Eastern Europe ?. Currently used as a fact test / team quiz / revision resource for my students studying CIE IGCSE for KQ6, I’ve also used it for the Edexcel IGCSE module on Superpower Tensions as well as for the British GCSE curriculum.
The test is broken down into the 7 sections outlined below and could be used all together as a single summative assessment, homework consolidation or a fun team based quiz at the end of the topic.
Alternatively the test could be delivered as 7 mini checkpoints throughout the course which is how I often use them to build knowledge. Additionally, they are great for a low stakes starter, plenary or homework task.
*Complete with a full answers document for every question, this is great for student self assessment too, minimising teacher workload and feedback time! *
Resource details:
Section A: Hungary, 1956
Section B: Czechoslovakia and the Prague Spring 1968
Section C: The Berlin Wall
Section D: Solidarity in Poland, 1980-81
Section E: Enter Mikhail Gorbachev 1985
Section F: The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe
Section G: The Collapse of the USSR and the end of the Cold War?
Great for revisiting at the end of the chapter, at the end of the whole scheme/core content, during the revision period or incorporating into a study pack before students go on study leave.
Core content knowledge tests:
Origins of the Cold War Knowledge Test
Hitler’s Foreign Policy Knowledge Test
League of Nations Knowledge Test
Complementary IGCSE CIE Resources:
Paper 1 FULL COURSE CONTENT REVIEW - retrieval practice and content revision
NEW IGCSE Paper 1 exam technique Masterclass (CIE)
FREE Treaty of Versailles Revision Mindmap
Paper 1 MODEL ANSWERS BUNDLE (2024)
THE BIG PAPER ONE BUNDLE 2024
