Framework template to scaffold exam technique for the depth paper of AQA’s source question for their A Level. Boxes for evalution of the source content, context, tone, and provenance with thermometers to represent the level of value for the given criteria.

Word Gap to complement the Employment and Living Standards (Workers Groups), topic 4.3 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.

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 2.1 of Edexcel’s Medicine Through Time, c1250-present GCSE course - Ideas about the causes of disease and illness Covers what ideas stayed from the medieval period, alchemy, ‘animalcules’, changing views on the use of urine and the Four Humours, a scientific approach to diagnosis, Thomas Sydenham, the role of technology (printing press and microscopes), and the work of the Royal Society + summary box for what was understood by the end of the period. Advise to print A4 for revision/A3 for detailed notes

Word Gap to complement the Opposition from the Youth for topic 4.2 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939 (Nazi policies towards the young). Covers Edelweiss Pirates and Swing Youth with assessment of extent of their opposition. Advise to print 2 sheets per page

Knowledge Organiser to complement ‘The Munich Putsch’ for the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.

Word Gap to complement the Nazi removal of the opposition aspect of The Creation of a Dictatorship, topic 3.1 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.

Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 2.1, Berlin 1958-63: Increased Tensions and the Impact of the Berlin Wall Covers key chronology and events of the Berlin Ultimatum. Focus on life in East and West Berlin, the Refugee Crisis, Khrushchev’s reaction, the Berlin Ultimation, the international reaction and the Geneva, Camp David, Paris and Vienna summits. The Hammer is Khrushchev, the Eye is Eisenhower. The rest are mostly visual prompts. advise to print A4

Word Gap on the Tehran Conference Designed to complement unit 1.1 of Edexcel’s the Cold War GCSE course, Early Tension’s between East and West Knowledge Organiser also available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cold-war-early-tensions-grand-alliance-and-conferences-knowledge-organiser-12239252

Word gap on the Cuban Missile Crisis to complement unit 2.2, The Cuban Missile Crisis, of Exdexcel’s Superpower relations and the Cold War GCSE unit Advise to print 2 pages per sheet Knowledge organiser on the build up and Bay of Pigs incident also available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/build-up-to-the-cuban-missile-crisis-cold-war-knowledge-organiser-12280792

Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.3, The Hungarian Uprising, The Cold War Intensifies of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 3 copies per page Students rank nine causes of the Hungarian uprising into a diamond shape according to each factor’s significance. Knowledge Organiser also available for the Hungarian Uprising

Knowledge organiser to complement unit 4 of Edexcel’s Medicine Through Time, c1250-present GCSE course - Ideas about the cause of disease and illness Covers lifestyle and health as causes of disease, continuation from Enlightenment ideas, hereditary disease, early work on genetics, Rosalind Franklin, Crick and Watson, the Human Genome Project, impact on diagnosing and treating diseases, factors helping the development of genetics, and technologies for diagnosing disease. Advise to print A4 for revision/A3 for detailed notes

Knowledge organiser to complement Topic 20: Stalin and International Relations of the AQA Depth Study Option 2N - Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53. Advise to print A3 Includes timeline, Rapallo Treaty, Treaty of Berlin, Soviet entry into the League of Nations, Maksim Litvinov.

Knowledge organiser to complement Topic 21: The Great Patriotic War of the AQA Depth Study Option 2N - Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53. Includes economic preparations, military reformations and international espionage, a focus on Richard Sorge, the original and revised plans for Operation Barbarossa, Stalin’s mistakes (His failure to act quickly, his reliance on inferior officers as a result of the purge of the Red Army, and his initally poor battle calls), and what saved Stalin (Russia’s geography, population, harsh winters, Stalin’s ability to learn from his mistakes, his spy network and the focus of the Japanese on the Pacific theatre)

Students colour-code statement and evidence into two categories: Human or Economic cost of the War. Answers attached

Knowledge Organiser to complement the English Crusaders for topic 2.1 of the Edexcel The Reigns of Richard and John, 1189-1216: The Nature of Crusading

Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 3.2, Flashpoints in superpower relations, 1979-84 of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 Covers the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the 1980/1984 Olympic boycotts, the introduction of Ronald Reagan, his Strategic Defense Initiative and the ‘Second Cold War’ The U-turn arrow represents President Jimmy Carter, the theatre masks represent Ronald Reagan, the rest are illustrative

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

Word Gap on Stalin’s totalitarian dictatorship - covering his position after the Great Patriotic War, his paranoid, touching on the Leningrad Affair, the renewed terror of the NKVD and the leadership power struggle after Stalin’s death in March 1953.

Inspired by @KKNTeachLearn Designed to complement unit 3 of Edexcel’s GCSE Cold War course Students make a judgement about the tension level of the US-Soviet relationship at each key event and colour in the bar chart to reflect this to show how the relationship changed over time and which factors were most significant