Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 2.2,Cuban Missile Crisis of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991
Covers Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, the Cuban revolution, consequences of the revolution, why America was so concerned by the revolution, their plan of action, the Bay of Pigs incident, why it failed and what the impact was for the USA and USSR.
The piggy bank represents JFK
Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.3, The Cold War Intensifies of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991
Covers key chronology and events of the Hungarian Uprising. Focus on the Secret Speech, comparison of Rakosi and Nagy, Khrushchev’s reaction, Nagy’s trial and execution, the international response and the impact on the control of Hungary by the USSR
The Hammer is Khrushchev. The rest are mostly visual prompts.
Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 3.3, The Collapse of Soviet Control in Eastern Europe, 1985-1991 of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991
Includes profile on Mikhail Gorbachev, the KGB, Problems in the Soviet Union, Gorbachev’s ‘New Thinking’, The summits of 1985-1990, George Bush, INF and START treaties, the collapse of the Eastern block, the disbanding of the Warsaw Pact, the fall of the Berlin Wall and Gorbachev’s resignation
The theatre masks represent Reagan, the cup represents Gorbachev, and the bush represents…Bush, the rest of the icons are illustrative
Knowledge organiser to complement unit 2.2 of Edexcel’s Medicine Through Time, c1250-present GCSE course - Approaches to Prevention and Treatment
Covers Apothecaries and Journeymen, physicians, surgeons, fugitive sheets, hospitals, the dissolution of the monasteries, pest houses and community care, with space to note any key individuals.
Advise to print A4 for revision/A3 for detailed notes
Knowledge Organiser to complement the Germany Revolution for topic 1.1 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.
Knowledge Organiser covers The legacy of the First World War, The German Revolution, The Abdication of the Kaiser, The Declaration of a Republic, The Council of the People’s Representatives, The Armistice, Setting up the Weimar Republic, The Social Democrats, The Spartacists and The Freikorps.
Advise print A3 for notes and A4 for revision
Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.1, Early Tensions Between East and West of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991
Covers the difference between communism and capitalism, the original Grand alliance, the successes and failures of the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences
The moustache is Stalin, the dog is Churchill, the lone star is Roosevelt but the shooting star is Truman, the tie is Attlee
Knowledge organiser to complement Topic 19: Culture and Society of the AQA Depth Study Option 2N - Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53.
Advise to print A4
Designed to be compatible for pp163-165 of the Oxford AQA A Level Textbook by Chris Rowe and Sally Waller
Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.3, The Cold War Intensifies of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991
Covers conventional weapons, the development of atomic and hydrogen bombs, ICBMs, nuclear weapons as a threat or a deterrent, the Korean War, President Eisenhower, the death of Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev.
The eye is President Eisenhower and the hammer is Khrushchev. The rest are mostly visual prompts.
Knowledge Organiser to complement Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991
Covers the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic, NATO and the Warsaw Pact with sources for analysis
Word gap designed to complement unit 3 of the AQA A level Russia course: Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-1953, Stalin’s rise to power, 1924-1929
Covers the 3 main issues in selecting the new leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death: the nature of leadership, the NEP/industrialisation debate and ‘Permanent Revolution’ vs ‘Socialism in One Country’.
Advise to print 2 sheets per A4 page
Knowledge organiser to complement unit 1.3 of Edexcel’s Medicine Through Time, c1250-present GCSE course -Dealing with the Black Death, 1348-49
Covers origins and symptoms of the Black Death, causes of the Black Death (Religious/supernatural, natural and common beliefs), treatments of the Black Death (Religious/supernatural and natural), government action, and preventing the Black Death (Religious/supernatural, natural and common beliefs)
Advise to print A4 for revision/A3 for detailed notes
This is designed to complement unit 2.3 The Aftermath of the Crusade, of Edexcel’s GCSE course: The Reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189-1216
Covers why Richard wanted to leave the Holy Land quickly, problems getting home, his capture, profile of HRE Henry VI, the ransom, the burden of the ransom on England, how the ransom was raised, Eleanor of Aquitaine’s involvement, Prince John’s rebellion, Philip’s disruption in Normandy and Richard’s return to England.
Advise to print A3 for detailed notes and A4 for revision
Knowledge organiser to complement unit 1.2 of Edexcel’s Medicine Through Time, c1250-present GCSE course - Approaches to Treatment and Prevention
Covers religious and supernatural treatment (the king’s healing power and astrology), humoural treatments like bloodletting (cuttinv veins, leeches and cupping and purging, and remedies including bathing, herbal remedies, superstitions and diet.
Advise to print A4 for revision/A3 for detailed notes
Knowledge Organiser to complement the Persecution of the Jews within the Treatment of Minorities for topic 4.4 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.
Knowledge organiser to complement the AQA A level Depth 2N Course - Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-1953
Matches chaper 14 of the Oxford AQA approved textbook
Covers industry in the 30s including:
Gosplan
The aims and outcomes of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd five-year-plans
The Nazi threat to the USSR
New industrial projects: Dnieprostroi Dam, the Turksib, Moscow Metro, Moscow-Volga canal, Magnitogorsk and Komsomolsk
The use of foreigners
Stakhanovites
Managers
Workers
Convict labour
Advise to print A3 for detailed notes and A4 for quick revision
KO to completement Edexcel’s GCSE course, the Reigns of Richard and John which covers the causes of the Barons’ War, Prince Louis and Alexander II’s support for the rebel barons, the taking of Rochester, John’s siege of Rochester, the arrival of Prince Louis, the events of summer 1216, John’s position at the end of summer, John’s death, the succession, William Marshal, the Battle of Lincoln, the Battle of Sandwich and the condition of England in 1216. Recommend A4 print for revision and A3 for detailed notes.
KO to completement Edexcel’s GCSE course, the Reigns of Richard and John which covers the plot of 1212, the reasons the Barons felt resentment, the support for King John and the Barons, the Barons aims, the main events of the rebellion and the Magna Carta. Recommend A4 print for revision and A3 for detailed notes.