Paper 2, Option 2E.2: The German Democratic Republic, 1949–90 Edexcel A Level History revision notes

These ‘at a glance’ revision notes were specially written to give Edexcel A Level History students a comprehensive overview of the key knowledge from the specification for Paper 2, Option 2E.2: The German Democratic Republic, 1949–90

1 Establishing and consolidating communist rule in the GDR, c1949–61
2 The development of the East German state, 1961–85
3 Life in East Germany, 1949–85
4 Growing crises and the collapse of communist rule in the GDR

They are especially useful for students whose note-taking in lesson isn’t as good as others, or whose organisational skills mean they are missing notes/handouts on certain topics/areas. These notes will certainly help reduce the time it takes them to catch up with their peers, and also students like to use these as a checklist of topics to go into in further detail.

Hopefully these notes help to save your students (and you!) some time in the hectic run up to exams. Thanks for taking a look :)