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).
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.
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*!
You can now find this free here: https://ahistoryteachershares.wordpress.com/edexcel-a-level-politics/
A model answer on the following question:
Evaluate the extent to which the UK can be said so suffer from a participation crisis. You must consider this view and the alternative to this view in a balanced way. [30]
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. *
**An editable PowerPoint version. **
A detailed knowledge organiser which covers the following areas:
Problems Labour faced in 1964
Labour and the economy
Foreign policy
Social issues
Key terms
Key people
Industrial relations
Using the source, evaluate the view that the Westminster Parliament exercises full sovereignty in the UK. [30]
This is a full marks response using a source from the Jenkins et al. textbook. (A copy of the source is included.)
Justification for the mark, using language from the mark scheme, is given at the bottom.