iGCSE Edexcel Cause and course of WW1 (paper 1 - A1)

This series of lessons follows the iGCSE Edexcel History, paper 2 (A1) The origins and course of the First World War, 1905–18.

18 content lessons plus two exam lessons.
Each lesson uses the textbook, but there are reading alternatives too.

Lessons follow the specification published by Edexcel and included:

1.1 The alliance system
1.2 Economic and imperial causes of war
1.3 Military causes of war
2.1 Moroccan Crises
2.2 Crises in the Balkans
2.3 Balkan nationalism and Serbian rivalry
2.4 Assassination to war

3.1 Schlieffen Plan and reasons for its failure
3.2 Trenches and reasons for deadlock
3.4 Somme
3.5 Passchendaele
3.6 Haig

4.1 German threat at North Sea
4.2 U-boats
4.3 Gallipoli (2 lessons)

5.1 Ludendorff Offensive
5.2 Hundred Days
5.3 Cause of Germany’s defeat

2 exam lessons

• Lessons include relevant exam questions with mark schemes
• There is a learning check list for the students
• There is also a learning checklist that matches up specification topic with exam questions.
• There are two lessons that focus on the examination.
  o One for B question. Examples, work for students to mark and then one to complete.
  o One for C question. Example answers, work for students to mark and then one to complete.