Edexcel International GCSE in History (4HI1) Paper 1 Depth Study 7 - A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 Learning Objectives To explain the reasons for and key features of the Watergate scandal To analyse the impact of the Watergate scandal including; Nixon War Powers Act (1973) Election Campaign Act (1974) Privacy Act (1974) Congressional Budget Control Act (1974) To evaluate the extent to which Ford was ‘right’ to grant a presidential pardon for Nixon

Lesson examining the original 13 colonies and the road to revolution

Lesson introducing pupils to the idea of the Weimar Republic and the circumstances out of which it emerged at the end of WW1.

Revision booklet

Lesson examining education in Roman times - lesson started worked well with pupils, convincing them their curriculum was going to change.

Lesson examining the origins of Rome asking pupils to complete a cartoon storyboard of the myth behind the foundation of Rome (Romulus and Remus).

Lesson examining Lincoln's assassination linking Booth's motives to Lincoln's Emanciption Proclamation.

Handout examining the mistakes Charles I made.

Lesson examining the pros and cons of appeasing Hitler, encouraging pupil debate.

Resources for examining the Spanish Armada - forms part of a 10 lesson Elizabeth I SOW

Lesson examining the growth of the USA

Lesson and activities examining censorship in WW1 based on trench letter activity.

Lesson examining the popularity of the Nazi party and why people continued to support them i.e. policies, Hitler as a leader etc.

Lesson examining Hitler's remilitarization of the Rhineland asking pupils to use textbooks to gather information and then apply to exam style question interpreting cartoon (Goose Step) with indiciative content/model answer for pupils to examine.

Lesson examining the Sudeten Crisis and British reaction through British Cabinet dialgoic learning activity, in addition to cartoon interpretation (making inferences)

Lesson examining what life was like for women and children in Nazi Germany including education in schools, curriculum etc and the expectations for women.

Lesson examining what life was like for women and children in Nazi Germany

Lessons examining slavery from the American perspective

Lesson introducing the Holocaust

Lesson examining how Native American culture is different from European culture