This is a unit of lessons that iGCSE Edexcel History. This is for paper 2 and is (A2) Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905-24. The unit has been squeezed into 24 lessons. Where there is a relevant exam question, it has been included at the end of the lesson with the mark scheme: 1.1 Tsarist rule in Russia 1.2 1905 Revolution 1.2 exam questions (2a June 2021,a & 2r June 2019, c) 1.3 The first four dumas 1.4 Stolypin’s & Goldfield (2. 20 Nov a & 2a Nov 21, a) 2.1 Effects of WW1 on Russia 2.2 Influence of Rasputin 2.3a February Revolution - 2 lessons 2.3b army mutiny, Abdication & government (2a. June 2021, a) 3.1a Problems with the provisional government (2a June 2022, b&c) 3.1b the impact of the Petrograd Soviet 3.2a Lenin and the Bolsheviks (2r. June 2019, a) 3.2b Kornilov Revolt 3.3a Reasons for the success of the Bolsheviks 3.3b Lenin and Trotsky (2AR. June 2022, b&c) 4.1a Decrees and assembly (2. Nov 2020, Qa) 4.1b Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (2a. June 2021, b&c) 4.2 Sides and events of the Civil War (2AR. June 2022, a) 4.3 Reasons for the Bolshevik victory 5.1 War communism 5.2 The Kronstadt Naval Mutiny (2r. November 2020, a) 5.3a New economic policy 5.3b Opposition to the NEP (2. Nov 2020, Qb ;2a. June 2022, a) 5.4 Lenin’s achievements to 1924 Each lesson begins with five recall questions that are self assessed on the next slide. There are three learning objectives for each lesson. These are displayed at the bottom of each slide. This Unit of work uses the textbook that has been published by the exam board. Title: Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9-1) History: The Soviet Union in Revolution, 1905–24 Student Book ISBN: 978-0435185435

This is a series of lessons that cover Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (iGCSE) in History, paper 2, B1 America: from new nation to divided union, 1783–1877. • Each lesson begins with knowledge recall that is self-assessed. • Relevant past exam questions are included, with mark schemes, for each lesson (where applicable). • There is a Personalised Learning Checklist (PLC) that breaks the specification down into its constituent parts and tracks what exam questions have been asked for each topic. This reveals what topics seem to be asked multiple times and allows students to practice those questions. • No textbook is required. Printable reading materials provided. Lesson titles include: 1.1 Tensions between large and small states 1.2 The significance of Shay’s Rebellion 1.3 The Connecticut Compromise 1.4a Founding Fathers – federalism 1.4b Founding Fathers - Bill of Rights 1.5 Constructionists 1.6 Jefferson’s Presidency 2.1 opposition to westward expansion 2.2a Louisiana Purchase 2.2b Transcontinental Treaty 2.2c Annexation of Texas 2.3 Missouri Compromise 2.4 Indian Removal Act 2.5 Settling the West 2.6 California Gold Rush 3.1 Compromise of 1850 3.2 Kansas–Nebraska Act 3.3 Economic origins of the division between Union and Confederacy 3.4 Causes of the American Civil War 4.1 The Civil War and Union victory 4.2 Role of military leadership 4.3 Naval blockade 4.4 Political leadership 4.5 The Emancipation Proclamation 4.6 Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and march through Georgia 4.7 Destruction of the Sothern economy 5.1 John and Reconstruction 5.2a Freedmen’s Bureau, Southern response and Black Codes 5.2b Civil Rights Acts and Amendments 5.3 Failure of Grant’s Peace Policy

This is a series of lessons that cover the iGCSE Edexcel History paper 2 (A4) the Vietnam Conflict, 1945-75. Previous exams from 2019 to 2023 have been used throughout the lessons. I have matched them up by topic and included the mark scheme after. The exclusion of 2024 exams means you will be able to use this for any mock exams. A learning checklist is included. This gives you an overview of the content and when it has been examined. No textbook is required. All lessons come with ready made reading that is referenced in the lesson ppts. Series of 24 lessons: 1.01 Origins of the First Indochina War 1.02 The tactics of General Giap 1.03 Search for a diplomatic solution 1.04 French defeat at Dien Bien Phu 2.01 Geneva Conference & Domino Theory 2.02 South and North Vietnam 2.03 Ho’s policies to unite Vietnam, NLF & Ho Chi Minh Trail 2.04 response of the USA 2.05 Fall of Diem and Gulf of Tonkin 3.01 Second Indochina War 3.02 Operation Rolling Thunder 3.03 televised war - Khe Sanh 3.04 televised war – Tet 3.05 Televised war - The Battle of Hue 4.01 Failure of peace talks 4.02 Cambodia and Laos 4.03 Relations with China 4.04 Vietnamisation and withdrawal by 73 4.05 the effects of Ford’s diplomatic response 5.01 Effect of war on civilians in Vietnam 5.02 US response to Guerilla war 5.03 Hearts & minds, My Lai, and Phoenix 5.04 US media coverage 5.05 Fulbright Hearings (1971)

This is a series of lessons that cover the iGCSE Edexcel History paper 2 (A5) East Germany, 1958-90. Previous exams from 2019 to 2023 have been used throughout the lessons. I have matched them up by topic and included the mark scheme after. The exclusion of 2024 exams means you will be able to use this for any mock exams. A learning checklist is included. This gives you an overview of the content and when it has been examined. No textbook is required. All lessons come with readymade reading that is referenced in the lesson ppts. 1.1 Origins of the Berlin Wall 1.2 Ulbricht and Khrushchev 1.3 The impact of the Wall on East Berliners, security and escapes. 2.1 Economic stabilisation and emigration 2.2 New economic system and socialism 2.3 Comecon and economic problems 2.4 The nature of state control 2.5 Propaganda and censorship 2.6 Support and Eastern Bloc 3.1 Daily life in Eastern Berlin 3.2 Changing role of women 3.3 Honecker and the development of a GDR identity 3.4 the importance of sport 4.1 Relations with West Germany 4.2 Relaxation of travel rules 5.1 Gorbachev 5.2 Key events of 1989 5.3 the end of the GDR I’m in the process of making units of work for all of the iGCSE Edexcel Hsitory options. But for now, the ones with the Paper 1 Depth studies 1 The French Revolution, c1780–99 2 Development of a nation: unification of Italy, 1848–70 3 Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918–45 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12923243 4 Colonial rule and the nationalist challenge in India, 1919–47 5 Dictatorship and conflict in the USSR, 1924–53 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12939702 6 A world divided: superpower relations, 1943–72 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13085657 7 A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74 8 South Africa: from union to the end of apartheid, 1948–94. Paper 2 : Investigation and Breadth Studies A1 The origins and course of the First World War, 1905–18 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12882315 A2 Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905–24 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12911138 A3 The USA, 1918–41 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13084089 A4 The Vietnam Conflict, 1945–75 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13149998 A5 East Germany, 1958–90. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13151559 B1 America: from new nation to divided union, 1783–1877 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13139147 B2 Changes in medicine, c1848–c1948 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13034136 B3 Japan in transformation, 1853–1945 B4 China: conflict, crisis and change, 1900–89 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13030617 B5 The changing role of international organisations: the league and the UN, 1919–c2011 B6 The changing nature of warfare and international conflict, 1919–2011 B7 The Middle East: conflict, crisis and change, 1917–2012 B8 Diversity, rights and equality in Britain, 1914–2010.