An editable list of over 65 Paper 4 questions for the Germany depth study.
Available for free here: https://ahistoryteachershares.wordpress.com/cie-igcse-history/
Free copy here: https://ahistoryteachershares.wordpress.com/cie-igcse-history/
A list of (nearly) all the 40MQ questions that have come up on past papers. These questions are for Germany.
For America questions, see here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cie-history-alternative-to-coursework-usa-1929-41-65-past-paper-qs-12253997
An editable version of past paper questions for the Paper 4 (Alternative to Coursework) focusing on the USA, 1919-41.
A cheaper PDF version can be https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cie-alternative-to-coursework-usa-1929-41-65-past-paper-qs-12253997
We have used this source booklet effectively with pupils to support them in completing a piece of coursework that addresses the following title: 'Assess the historical significance of the Vietnam War for America’
A number of pupils have secured full marks (40/40) and the overwhelming majority have scored grades 7 or above (mostly 8s and 9s).
*NB: The Vietnam War is not part of the Depth Studies and therefore any centre wishing to approach it as a coursework question needs to first have their scheme of learning - and the coursework title - approved by CIE. *
Detailed and extensive notes on the first section of Churchill as a wartime leader. Covering:
Stance in 1940
Style of leadership
Other similar sets of notes rated 5*!
A booklet that can be used to support the teaching of an enquiry around whether or not Haig deserves to be considered the ‘Butcher of the Somme’.
Includes:
Summary of the battle of the Somme
Sources for and agains Haig being a butcher
Ways to evaluate sources
Suggested paragraph structure
A detailed and free set of notes designed to cover the first section of the OCR A Level syllabus for Britain 1930-1997 (Enquiry Topic: Churchill 1930-51).
This file includes 25 essay questions for the ‘Section B’ part of the Edexcel A Level paper. The topics covered are:
Reconstruction
the Jim Crow era
FDR and the New Deal
The Civil Rights movement (1955-1968)
The election of Barack Obama
A model IGCSE essay answering the following question:
‘Stresemann saved the Weimar Republic from disaster.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [10]
Directly relevant for CIE IGCSE, but likely also helpful for other exam boards too.
Paper 1 (i.e. 4, 6, 10 mark) questions covering:
Section A:
Were the peace treaties of 1919-23 fair?
To what extent was the League of Nations a success?
Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?
Who was to blame for the Cold War?
How effectively did the USA contain the spread of Communism?
How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe, 1948-1989?
Why did events in the Gulf matter c. 1970-2000?
Section B (Depth Study): Germany 1918-45
Was the Wiemar Republic doomed from the start?
Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?
How effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933-45?
What was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
An editable version of an answer to a source question - including the source - for Edexcel A Level History (US Civil Rights, 1850-2009)
Assess the value of the source for revealing the aims of Reconstruction during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the problems experienced by the state of Louisiana. [20]*
A model source essay for Edexcel A Level History (US Civil Rights, 1850-2009)
Assess the value of the source for revealing the aims of Reconstruction during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the problems experienced by the state of Louisiana. [20]
This editable word document includes nearly all the past paper questions for the most popular topics studied by CIE IGCSE History pupils. (‘Nearly’ because inevitably I will have missed one or two.)
I use these extensively to prepare my pupils for their Paper 1. (This year’s cohort achieved 68% A*-A/9-7.)
There are 13 pages of questions covering:
Were the peace treaties of 1919-23 fair?
To what extent was the League of Nations a success?
Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?
Who was to blame for the Cold War?
How effectively did the USA contain the spread of Communism?
How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe, 1948-1989?
Why did events in the Gulf matter c. 1970-2000?
Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?
How effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933-45?
What was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
This pdf includes nearly all the past paper questions for CIE IGCSE History. (‘Nearly’ because inevitably I will have missed one or two.)
I use these extensively to prepare my pupils for their Paper 1. (This year’s cohort achieved 68% A*-A/9-7.)
There are 13 pages of questions covering:
Were the peace treaties of 1919-23 fair?
To what extent was the League of Nations a success?
Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?
Who was to blame for the Cold War?
How effectively did the USA contain the spread of Communism?
How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe, 1948-1989?
Why did events in the Gulf matter c. 1970-2000?
Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?
How effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933-45?
What was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
**An editable version of this is available to download here
This booklet was designed to support pupils in completing their CIE IGCSE History coursework. The question that had to answer was: Assess the historical significance of Gustav Stresemann to Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. This is one of the questions recommended as being suitable by a CIE Examiner’s Report.
This booklet includes:
Guidance on how to structure your essay
Key questions to tease out some of the issues relating to historical significance
35+ sources (both visual and written) from the likes of Punch,Simplicissimus Richard Evans, Alan Bullock, the Economist and Jonathan Wright
A timeline of key dates
Guidance on how to footnote properly
A bibliography
This booklet was designed to support pupils in completing their CIE IGCSE History coursework. The question that had to answer was: Assess the historical significance of Gustav Stresemann to Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. This is one of the questions recommended as being suitable by a CIE Examiner’s Report.
This booklet includes:
Guidance on how to structure your essay
Key questions to tease out some of the issues relating to historical significance
35+ sources (both visual and written) from the likes of Punch,Simplicissimus Richard Evans, Alan Bullock, the Economist and Jonathan Wright
A timeline of key dates
Guidance on how to footnote properly
A bibliography
This course booklet is designed to be used alongside regular teaching, building up to a source essay on the overarching enquiry question.
It includes:
An outline of the Battle of the Somme
Arguments and evidence Haig was a butcher
Arguments and evidence he was not a butcher
How Haig’s reputation has changed over time
How to integrate sources into your essay
Things that affect a source’s reliability
A suggested essay structure
This is the full booklet created for Year 9 pupils studying the causes of WWI. A free sample is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/free-sample-course-booklet-for-causes-of-wwi-11912236
This full version covers:
the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
increasing militarism in Europe
the Alliance system
Imperialism
Nationalism
Different historians’ interpretations of the start of WWi
How to use causal language when writing about WWI
How to embed historians’ quotations in your work
How to structure an essay effectively
This is a free sample of a course booklet created to support Year 9 pupils studying the causes of the First World War. This sample version covers only the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the increasing militarism in Europe.
The full version can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/causes-of-wwi-first-world-war-full-course-booklet-11912237
The full version covers:
the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
increasing militarism in Europe
the Alliance system
Imperialism
Nationalism
Different historians’ interpretations of the start of WWi
How to use causal language when writing about WWI
How to embed historians’ quotations in your work
How to structure an essay effectively