introduction gcse history lesson yr11

Mr S. Davies

GCSE History .

Year 9 Grades Aug 2012 Numbers Percentage

A* 6 30%

A 4 20%

B 5 25%

C 3 15%

D 0 0%

E 1 5%

F 1 5%

G 0 0%

U 0 0%

Which one do you want to be???????

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Academy!!

We will go around the class and you need to tell the class your name and one thing that is

interesting about yourself

Ice Breaker

I want us a as a class to create a set of Classroom rules that will enable us to achieve our potential and achieve A*s at the end of the year

What should our rules be?

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We need to have our own Class rules

History is like one big investigation!!!

You are trying to find out what really happened/who was to blame from all the clues/evidence that has been left behind.

What is History all About????

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/death_rome/index_embed.shtml

The skills you have been using their to try and piece together the murder mystery are ones that you will use throughout the GCSE History course

You will piece together evidence to work out what and why things have happened

You have been using History Skills

The inter War Years 1919-1939

The USA 1919-1941

How far did British Society

change 1939-75?

Historical Enquiry

Course overview

Year 9

Year 10

The League of Nations

International Relations 1919-1939

The Treaty of Versailles

The Causes of World War II

Scheme of assessment

Unit A971: Aspects of International Relations, 1919–2005

Paper 1 This is worth 45% of your final grade.

2 hour exam paper.

The paper is in 2 sections.

(1)International relations 1919-39(2)USA Depth Study

Paper 2 This is worth 30% of your final grade.

British Depth Study- this is a source based paper. The exam is 90 minutes.

Historical Enquiry

This is worth 25 % of your final grade.

This is a controlled assessment task based on an area of study.

YEAR 9

Term 1 and 2: International Relations 1919-1939

Key Question 1

Were the Peace Treaties of 1919-1923 fair?

Key Question 2:

To what extent was the league of Nations a success?

Key Question 3:

Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

The USA 1919-1941

Key Question 1:

How far did the US economy boom in

the 1920s?

Key Question 2:

How far did US society change in the

1920s?

Key Question 3:

What were the causes and

consequences of the Wall Street

Crash?

Key Question 4:

How successful was the New deal?

GCSE History Course Outline

Topics Year of Exam Key Questions Exam Structure Grade Boundaries

1. Year 11:

January 2013

Key Question 1:

Key Question 2:

Key Question 3:

Cartoon Source Question:

1a: 7 marks1b: 8 marks

Knowledge based Question:

2A: 4 marks2B: 6 marks

2C: 10 marks

Section 1: Max mark =   Section 2: Max mark =    Paper 1: Max mark =   = A* = A = B = C = D = E = F = G = U A * = Max mark – 10% A = MM -20% etc

2. Key Question 1:

Key Question 2:

Key Question 3:

Key Question 4:

Source (Written and Cartoon) Based Section:

4a: 6 marks4b: 7 marks4c: 7 marks

Knowledge Based Question:

5a: 4 marks5b: 6 marks

5c: 10 marks

International Relations 1919-1939

The USA 1919-1941

Were the peace treaties fair?

To what extent was the League of Nations a success?Why had international peace collapsed by 1939

How far did the US economy boon in the 1920s?

How far did US society change in the 1920s?What were the causes and consequences of the wall Street Crash?How successful was the New Deal?

Skills needed for GCSE History

Grade C Candidates remember, select, and organise historical knowledge with accuracy and relevance. They show understanding of the historical periods, themes and topics studied. They communicate their ideas using historical terminology.

They can create structured descriptions and explanations of the main concepts, features and characteristics of the periods. They can explain relevant causes, consequences and changes of events.

They evaluate and use a range of sources of information to investigate historical questions, problems or issues, and with some limited guidance, to reach reasoned conclusions. They recognise and comment on how and why events, people and issues have been interpreted and represented in different ways.

Grade A Candidates remember, select, and organise detailed historical knowledge effectively and with consistency. They show thorough understanding of the historical periods, themes and topics studied. They communicate their ideas using historical terms accurately and appropriately.

They demonstrate their understanding of the past through developed, reasoned and well-substantiated explanations. They can analyse the key concepts, features and characteristics of the periods studied, and the interrelationships between them.

They evaluate and use a wide range of sources of information to investigate historical questions, problems or issues and reach reasoned and substantiated conclusions. They recognise and provide reasoned comments on how and why events, people and issues have been interpreted and represented in different ways, and provide a well-developed consideration of their value in relation to their historical context.

Were the Peace Treaties of 1919-1923 fair?

Lesson Objectives

Lesson Objectives:

1. To understand the impact World War I had on the world

2. To know what the Paris Peace Conference was and the motives of the ‘Big Three.’

Competency focus:

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What do you know about World War I????

World War I

You are going to be given laptops and you need to find out as much additional information about WWI

as possible. Below are some suggestions of the information you should be looking for:

Who fought on whose side

Who was to blame for it starting

Dates it started and ended

Key battles

Death figures

Where did the fighting take place

the damage caused to areas

How did it end

Any other information that is useful

What can you find out about WWI?

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Add this additional information to your mind map in another colour

World War I

How did people feel about World War One in 1919?

World War I:

1. Fought between 1914-19192. Involved many countries split

into two alliance systems: The Triple Alliance (Germany,

Austria-Hungary, Italy) and The Triple Entente (Britain, France,

Russia)3. More than 70 million military personnel,

including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history.

4. More than 9 million combatants were killed

“In France and Belgium, where most of the war

was fought, 300,000 houses, 6,000 factories, 1,000

miles of railway, 2,000 breweries and 112 coal

mines were destroyed…In some ways, mankind

has never recovered from the horrors of the First

World War.”

John D. Clare, First World War (1994)

Devastation of war

The western Front

Loss of life.

Aftermath of WWI.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVDUXPB_sTs

Impact of War

Cost of war

Deaths

GermanyFranceBritainUSA

How much did the War cost?

Country Cost in US Dollars

Germany 38,451,324,112

Russia 22,905,044,958

France 24,380,876,016

Austria-Hungary 21,262,121,854

British Empire 35,109,719,348

Italy 11,689,018,236

United States 22,768,274,986

How many soldiers died?

Germany Austria-Hungary Britain France Russia USA0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000

1,800,000

2,000,000Number of Soldiers Killed in WW1

Killed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJb-rF9k33g

The Peace Conference

The Paris Peace Conference Quiz:

What was the name of the city and palace where the peace conference was held?

When was the conference held?

How many nations attended altogether?

Give 2 of George Clemenceau’s aims?

Give 2 of Woodrow Wilson’s aims?

Give 2 of David Lloyd George’s aims?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14zM9DBHuhE&feature=related

The Armistice – War is over!

11th November 1919, 1100hours. The war to end all wars have ended.

7,849,000 soldiers lay dead in the fields of Europe- a generation wiped out by bomb, bullet and gas.

The Allied powers meet to decide on the key points surrounding the First World War. They were to decide who caused the war, who is to pay and what is to become of Germany, Austria and indeed Europe as a whole.

The whole worked held its breath …….

‘The Big Three’:

And.....Vittorio Orlando

1. He was born in 1856

2. Became US President in 1912

His character :

An idealist and reformer

He campaigned against corruption In politics and

business

He tried to keep USA out of the War

Once war was over he wanted to ensure that war

would never happen again.

He was a very stubborn character who Did not go

back on a decision, which irritated Lloyd

George and Clemenceau

He felt that the US were morally superior To the

European powers.

US President Woodrow Wilson

What did America Want?

Woodrow Wilson wanted the treaty to be based on his Fourteen Points

He believed Germany should be punished but not severely. He wanted a just settlement that would not leave Germany feeling resentful

Wilson wanted to set up an international organisation called The League of Nations which would settle disputes

The American public did not support him. They were fed up with involvement in European affairs. The USA became more isolationist.

Wilson’s 14 Point Programme:

1. There should be no secret alliances between countries

2. Freedom of the seas in peace and war

3. The reduction of trade barriers among nations

4. The general reduction of armaments

5. The adjustment of colonial claims in the interest of the inhabitants as

well as of the colonial powers

6. The evacuation of Russian territory and a welcome for its government

to the society of nations

7. The restoration of Belgian territories in Germany

8. The evacuation of all French territory, including Alsace-Lorraine

9. The readjustment of Italian boundaries along clearly recognizable lines

of nationality

10. Independence for various national groups in Austria-Hungary

11. The restoration of the Balkan nations and free access to the sea for

Serbia

12. Protection for minorities in Turkey and the free passage of the ships of

all nations through the Dardanelles

13. Independence for Poland, including access to the sea

14. A league of nations to protect "mutual guarantees of political

independence and territorial integrity to great and small nations alike."

Wilson wanted a Europe that was saved from war but also available to trade with the United States.

The U.S. had done well economically out ofthe war and saw trade as a key part of any peace deal (There are at least 4 points that deal with trade - can you spot them?).

• Wilson had no national interests or claims to colonies - he wanted the league to look after them or for them to be self-governed.

• However Wilson was prepared to compromise issues and points to get theLeague of Nations agreed to.

British Prime Minister David Lloyd George

Born in 1863Became Prime Minister in 1916

Character:A realistAn experienced politicianHe knew there would have to be compromiseHe wanted Germany to be punished and have their power limited but he did not want Germany to seek revenge in the future

However,

Lloyd George had just won an election promising to squeeze the pips out of Germany and the people in Great Britain wanted to see the German Head of State (the Kaiser) hung for starting the war.

Main issues to take to the treaty:• He disagreed with point two of Wilson’s fourteen points as Britain who had always had a strong navy felt Britain and her Empire needed to have some control of the seas.

• Lloyd George felt that the British should be given Germany’s colonies and the Turkish territories it had captured

• Lloyd George did want to see Germany weakened in some way through it’s forces

French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau

Born in 1841He was Prime minister in 1906-1909 and was very critical of the leaders of France during the war.He was re-elected to lead France through the last year of the war

Character:A hard, tough politicianUncompromisingHe had seen his country invaded by Germany twice during his life time (1870 and 1914) He was determined to stop this from happening ever again

Main issues to take to the Treaty:• Clemenceau wanted French troops on the Rhineland guarding against anyfuture German attack.• Clemenceau wanted Alsace-Lorraine back from Germany - they captured itin the war of 1870.• Clemenceau wanted Germany to pay for everything that the war cost - thiswould cripple Germany and make France more powerful in Europe.

The Paris Peace Conference

You are going to become one of ‘The Big Three’ and are going to make the ‘tough’ decisions that needed to be made in 1919.

You need to use the information that you have written down about your character (Personality, suffering in war, pressure from home etc) to decide what decision your character would be likely to take.

You will need to discuss the decisions as a table and justify why you make each decision and not another one

Additional Activity

Which issue/decision do you think that your character would be most stubborn with and why? (which was most important to your character)

Plenary

Return to your original mind map that you filled in earlier and in a different colour pen you need to add what you know about World War I and The Treaty of Versailles.

Rules

1. There is to be shouting or raised voices of any kind- a diplomat does not raise their voice to answer a question or attack an opinion.

2. Remain seated.3. no conferring with other tables as to their

responses and answers. 4. if you need to speak to the teacher raise your

hand.5. you must remain in character- only follow what

your character would have done- not what you think you should do.

6. Be careful to make sure everyone has their say.

You make the decisions.

The Treaty of Versailles

30 minutes

Decisions.

The treaty of Versailles

Plenary