Comprehensive study notes based on Edexcel A Level history Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780-1939 specification. Covers breadth 1 and 2 and depth 1-5.
Covers entirety of Depth 1 in Edexcel A level history specification.
Paupers and pauperism, 1780–1832
● The organisation of the parish-based relief system; the
problem of the ‘able-bodied pauper’; outdoor relief systems
– Speenhamland, Roundsman and the Labour Rate.
● Indoor relief in poorhouses, workhouses and houses of
correction; the impact of Gilbert’s Act 1782 and the
Sturges-Bourne Acts 1818 and 1819.
● Pressures for change: financial and ideological arguments;
the influence of Bentham’s Utilitarianism.
Comprehensive study notes covering entirety of Breadth 2 (Changes in public health)
● The role of central government action and local initiatives in
changes in public health provision c1780–1939:
vaccinations, improvements in drainage and sewerage,
improvements in water supply, the work of medical officers
of health, provision of TB sanatoria and measures to
improve the health of children (key developments: the
Public Health Acts of 1848, 1858 and 1875, the Liberal
government reforms, 1906–08).
● The impact of the work of individuals in improving public
health, c1780–1939: Edward Jenner, Edwin Chadwick,
John Snow, Joseph Bazalgette and Marie Stopes
Study notes on the Robert Browning poetry anthology within the AQA AS/A Level English Language and Literature course.
Includes extensive notes on the following poems:
De Gustibus
Home Thoughts, From Abroad
Johannes Agricola in Meditation
Prospice
Cristina
Porphyria’s Lover
Meeting at Night
Parting at Morning
My Last Duchess
The Lost Leader
The Laboratory
Compiled by a student who achieved an A* grade in summer 2018.
Covers entirety of Depth 3: The government, self-help and charity, 1847–80
● Changing government control: significance of the Andover
workhouse scandal; the Poor Law Board; the impact of the
Parliamentary Reform Act 1867 on poor law policy; the
Local Government Board.
● The importance of charity and self-help in dealing with
poverty: the Charity Organisation Society, Friendly
Societies, trade unions and cooperatives.
● The role of individuals in developing and challenging the
prevailing orthodoxy: Smiles, Mayhew and Dickens.
Covers entirety of Depth 4: Social and welfare reforms: pressure and action, 1880–1914
Pressures for reform: the work of Booth, Seebohm
Rowntree and the Fabian Society; the impact of Boer war
recruitment statistics; the work of the Government InterDepartmental Committee; the debate over national
efficiency.
● The significance of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws,
1905–09 and of the majority and minority reports; the
establishment of principles for welfare reform.
● The impact of the Liberal government’s reforms: old age
pensions and National Insurance; the Trade Boards Act
1909 and the Labour Exchanges Act 1909.
1 - The liberal state, c1911-18
● Italy in the early twentieth century: the political system;
economic and social problems; the north-south divide; Italy
as a ‘great power’.
● Giolitti’s government in 1911: the influence of Giolitti;
relations with socialists, the Catholic Church and
nationalists; foreign policy.
● Growing instability, 1912–14: impact of invasion of Libya;
impact of the franchise extension of 1912; growth of
nationalism and socialism; resignation of Giolitti; the
declaration of neutrality 1914.
● Impact of the First World War: intervention crisis; military
stalemate, 1915–16; defeat at Caporetto; socialist
responses to war; the war economy and cost of war; the
significance of victory
Comprehensive revision guide covering all the specification points for Theme 4: Aspects of life in Germany and West Germany, 1918-89
Including:
Attitudes towards women, 1918–89; the role and status of women, 1918–1932; the impact of the Kinder, Küche, Kirche policies and the Second World War on women’s lives, 1933–45; the role and status of women in the FRG.
Education and cultural developments, 1918–89: education in the Weimar Republic; cultural experimentation, 1918–32; Nazi education and cultural policies, 1933–45; education in the FRG, including post-war re-education policies; cultural and generational tensions in the FRG.
The position of ethnic minorities, 1918–89: the status of, and attitudes towards, ethnic minorities, 1918–32; Nazi racial policies, including the Final Solution; the status of, and attitudes towards, ethnic minorities in the FRG.
Compiled by student who was awarded grade ‘A’ at both AS and A Level in history.
Comprehensive revision guide covering all the specification points for Theme 1: Political and governmental change, 1918-89.
Including:
Creation and collapse of the Weimar Republic, 1918-33: creation of the Weimar Republic, key problems + how they were overcome, the collapse of democracy
Nazi dictatorship, 1933-45: establishing a dictatorship, the nature of Nazi government both before and during wartime
Return to democratic government, 1945-89: creation of the FRG, Adenauer, Erhard, Brandt, Schmidt, Kohl
Covers content of Breadth 1: The impetus for public health reforms
● The impetus for change, c1780–1939: problems of public
health created by industrialisation; impact of epidemics and
reports on the state of towns and of increasing
understanding about causes of disease (key development:
the cholera epidemic 1832); the significance of advances in
technology for improvements in the provision of systems for
drainage and water supply.
● Changes in the attitudes of public, press and parliament to
public health issues, c1780–1939, and the reasons for
them; the growth of the government’s role in the
nineteenth and early twentieth century
Covers complete content of Depth 2 (Less eligibility: the Poor Law Amendment Act and its impact, 1832–47)
● Reforming the Poor Law: the Royal Commission of Enquiry;
aims of poor law policy; the Poor Law Amendment Act
1834; work of the Poor Law Commission; role of Chadwick.
● The impact of the workhouse: the workhouse test and less
eligibility; the workhouse regime and the continuation of
outdoor relief.
● The nature of opposition to the operation of new Poor Law,
the roles of Oastler and Fielden; the significance of the
Anti-Poor Law movement
Covers entire content of Depth 5: Depression and the Dole - the Interwar Years
● The problem of poverty in the 1920s and 30s; the impact of
the decline of heavy industry; the impact of the Wall Street
Crash and the Depression.
● The impact of the Jarrow March and hunger marches; the
role of Ellen Wilkinson.
● Government measures in the 1930s, including the impact of
the Means Test and the ‘Dole’, the Special Areas Act 1934
and the Unemployment Act 1934.
Includes:
Simplified outline of relevant specification points (A02, A05) and what is required of them.
Notes from MASSOLIT lecture series on A Streetcar Named Desire by Dr. John McRae
Outline of tensions within A Streetcar Named Desire
Notes on characters with textual reference
Comprehensive revision guide covering all the specification points for Theme 3: Economic development and policies, 1918-89
Including:
Reacting to economic challenges, 1918–32: economic crises and government response, 1918–23; policies for recovery, 1924–28; impact of, and response to, the Great Depression, 1929–32; changing living standards, 1918–32.
Controlling the economy, 1933–45: attempting economic recovery, 1933–36; creating a command economy, 1936– 39; changing living standards 1933–39; impact of war, 1939–45.
Creating a social market economy, 1945–89: economic recovery, 1945–55; the ‘economic miracle’, 1955–66; surviving economic challenges, 1966–1989. Integration into the European economy, 1949–89; changing living standards, 1945–89.
Compiled by student who was awarded grade ‘A’ at AS Level and ‘A’ at A Level in history.
Simplified version of specification for Remembered Places (Paris Anthology) section of AQA A Level English Language and Literature. Outlines what is demanded by the question.
Comprehensive revision guide covering all the specification points for Theme 2: Opposition, contraband consent, 1918-89.
Including:
Opposition to government, 1918–89: the impact of Versailles, political extremism and crises, 1918–33; opposition and dissent in Nazi Germany, 1933–45; political dissent and active challenge, 1949–89.
Controlling the people, 1918–89: attempts to control extremism, 1918–32; censorship, repression and propaganda, 1933–45; the de-Nazification policies of the western allies, 1945–49; the constitutional and legal response to political extremism, 1949–89.
Popular support, 1919–89: the nature of support for the Weimar government, 1919–32; support for the Nazi regime, 1933–45; the nature of support for democracy 1945–89.