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DEPTH STUDY FROM 2015

OVERVIEW OF THE DEPTH STUDY PROVISION FOR 2015

SOME SPECIFIC ISSUES

STRUCTURE OF THIS SESSION


LEARNERS ARE EXPECTED TO STUDY A COHERENT ELEMENT OF HISTORY IN GREATER DEPTH

LEARNERS ARE REQUIRED TO STUDY A COMPLETE TOPIC OVER AN EXTENDED TIME SCALE

THE DEPTH STUDY IS DIVIDED UP INTO TWO UNITS:

DEPTH STUDY I, ( UNIT 2) IS STUDIED IN YEAR 12 AND COMPRISES THE FIRST HALF OF A COMPLETE DEPTH STUDY.

DEPTH STUDY 2, (UNIT 4) IS STUDIED IN YEAR 13


SIMILARITIES

• The Depth Study remains primarily focused on primary sources and interpretations

• Learners are encouraged to use a wide range of different types of historical evidence

• There remains an emphasis on analysing and evaluating a range of contemporary sources in context

• Learners are expected to understand how and why different historical interpretations are formed

• Learners are still required to answer open ended essay type questions

DIFFERENCES

• The Depth Study has a new format but with NEW BUT FAMILIAR assessment techniques

• The content of The Depth Study has been increased in most cases

• Depth Study Part 1 focuses on assessment objectives AO2 and AO3

• Depth Study Part 2 focuses on assessment objectives AO1 and AO2


CURRENT DEPTH STUDIES 1. WALES AND THE TUDOR STATE c. 1529 – 1588

2. REBELLION AND REPUBLIC c. 1629 - 1660

3. REFORM AND PROTEST IN WALES c. 1830 - 1848

4. CHANGE AND CONFLICT IN WALES c. 1900 - 1918

5. BRITAIN c. 1929 - 1939

6. THE GERMAN REFORMATION c. 1500 - 1555

7. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION c. 1774 - 1795

8. THE CRISIS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC c. 1848 – 1877

9. NAZI GERMANY C.1933-45

CHANGE AND CONTINUITY

1.THE MID TUDOR CRISIS IN ENGLAND AND WALES c.1529-1570 2.ROYALTY,REBELLION AND REPUBLIC c.1625-1660 3.REFORM AND PROTEST IN WALES AND ENGLAND c.1812-1867

4.POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN WALES AND ENGLAND c.1900-1939

•RELIGIOUS REFORMATION IN EUROPE c. 1500- 1564

•FRANCE IN REVOLUTION c. 1774-1815

•THE CRISIS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC c. 1840-67

•GERMANY: DEMOCRACY TO DICTATORSHIP c.1918-1945

SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCE


MOST OF THE DEPTH STUDIES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED IN DATE RANGE.

SOME HAVE BEEN EXTENDED MORE THAN OTHERS TO GET COMPARABILITY OF COVERAGE:

FOR EXAMPLE:

DEPTH STUDY 8: GERMANY: DEMOCRACY TO DICTATORSHIP c.1918-1945

UNIT 2 (AS): PART 1 : WEIMAR AND ITS CHALLENGES c.1918-1933

UNIT 4 (A2): PART 2 : NAZI GERMANY c. 1933-1945


IN SELECTING THE DEPTH STUDY

THERE WILL BE:


CHANGE AND CONTINUITY

WHATEVER YOU DECIDE.


THE WORKLOAD

WE HAVE EXTENDED THE CONTENT OF MOST OF THE CURRENT OPTIONS IN ORDER TO SATISFY THE DEMAND FOR A TOUGHER AND MORE CHALLENGING COURSE.

THE ENTIRE COURSE NEEDS TO BE TAUGHT AS THE SOURCE BASED QUESTIONS ARE COMPULSORY AND THERE WILL ONLY BE A CHOICE IN SECTION B OF UNIT 4



THE WORKLOAD

THE FOCUS OF STUDY IN THIS UNIT IS ON A SHORTER AND COHERENT ELEMENT OF HISTORY IN GREATER DEPTH.

WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PROVIDE EXTRA AND MORE DETAILED GUIDANCE ON THE CONTENT TO BE TAUGHT.

WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO STRUCTURE EACH DEPTH STUDY SO THAT IT CAN BE COMPLETED IN FOUR HALF TERMS OF STUDY.



DEPTH STUDY 8: GERMANY: DEMOCRACY TO DICTATORSHIP c.1918-1945

UNIT 2 (AS): PART 1 : WEIMAR AND ITS CHALLENGES c.1918-1933

THE CHANGES FROM THE 2012 SPECIFICATION

INCREASED CHALLENGE FOR YEAR 12

SHOW GREATER DEMAND THAN GCSE COURSE

DEPTH STUDY PART (1) FROM 2015

THE CONTENT OF THE UNIT

The content of each unit is set out around CONCEPTS / PERSPECTIVES to make it manageable and to provide some structure for Centres

Each has a number of content sub-sections with a clear historical focus

There are also a number of areas of historical debate identified. Centres should focus on these areas of debate when teaching this unit.

Each MUST be studied – there are no alternative routes through the specification.


THE CONTENT OF THE UNIT


Concepts and perspectives

Key issues and content

The challenges facing the Weimar republic 1918- 1923

The extent of change in foreign and economic policy 1924-1929

The changing fortunes of the Nazi party 1924- 1933

The crisis of the Weimar republic 1929-1933

Historical interpretations of key issues from this period

the Treaty of Versailles and how it affected Germany; the Weimar Constitution; risings on the left and right, including the Spartacists; the Kapp Putsch; the formation of the NSDAP; Nazi beliefs and tactics in the period 1920-1923; the Munich Putsch; economic instability, reparations and the invasion of the Ruhr; hyperinflation

the role of Gustav Stresemann in the period 1924-1929 in economic policy; the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan; Stresemann's foreign policy aims and achievements including Locarno

the aims and tactics of the Nazis in the period 1924-1929; the changing fortunes of the Nazi Party by November 1932; the reasons for the growth in support for National Socialism

the economic, social and political impact of the Depression; coalition government and the 1932 elections; roles and attitude of Hindenburg, Papen, Strasser and Schleicher; Hindenburg’s relationship with the Nazis; political intrigue leading to Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor in January 1933

different historical interpretations of key issues in this period covering a range of developments including: the political and economic instability of the early Weimar period 1918-1923 domestic and foreign policy developments1924-1929 the impact of the Depression on Germany the Nazi rise to power 1923-1933

THE COVERAGE OF THE UNIT

WE HAVE TO INSIST THAT THERE IS COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE COURSE SINCE THE SOURCE BASED QUESTIONS IN UNIT 2 ARE COMPULSORY


ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVE 2Analyse and evaluate appropriate source material, primary and /or contemporary to the period, within its historical context

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVE 3Analyse and evaluate, in relation to the historical context, different ways in which aspects of the past have been interpreted


ASSESSMENT OF UNIT 2 There are two compulsory questions:

Question 1 requires learners to analyse and evaluate three complex contemporary sources in the context of a specific issue from within the Depth Study[AO2]

Question 2 requires learners to analyse and evaluate different ways in which aspects of the past have been interpreted by considering two different extracts from historians on a specific issue [A03]

The assessment structure shows clear progression from GCSE and is set at the standard expected at the end of the first year of an A level course

Unit 2 is focussed on AO2 AND AO3. There are NO AO1 MARKS


UNIT 4•Unit 4 is a continuation of the earlier part of the Depth Study which was studied for Unit 2

•Learners are expected to build upon the knowledge and skills they have acquired at AS

•The focus is on assessment objectives AO1 and A02

•Learners must answer two questions:

•A compulsory source based question in Question1

•Either question 2 or question 3 which are traditional essay based questions


THE CONTENT OF UNIT 4

The content of each option in Unit 4 leads on from that studied in Unit 2 and is set out around CONCEPTS / PERSPECTIVES to make it manageable and to provide some structure for Centres

Each has a number of content sub-sections with a clear historical focus

Each MUST be studied – there are no alternative routes through the specification.



CONTENT OF UNIT 4P.59

Concepts and perspectives

Key issues and content This should build on knowledge and understanding from Unit 2

Further developments in the Nazi control of Germany after 1933

The impact of Nazi racial, social and religious policies 1933-1945

The effectiveness of Nazi economic policy 1933-1945

Changing Nazi foreign policy and the Second World War 1933-1945

Hitler’s consolidation of power, 1933-1934; Reichstag Fire; Enabling Act; the Night of the Long Knives and the impact of the death of President Hindenburg; propaganda, indoctrination and terror; the Nazi political system and the extent of totalitarian control; the extent of support, opposition and resistance to Nazi control

Nazi racial ideology; anti-Semitism: policies and actions towards the Jews, the Nuremberg Laws; Kristallnacht; emigration; policies towards asocials; social policies: young people; women; workers; the churches; the degree of Volksgemeinschaft

the performance of the economy under the Nazis: recovery, rearmament and the wartime economy; the roles of Schacht, Goering and Speer; the banning of Trade Unions and the introduction of the German Labour Front; Strength Through Joy; the New Plan and tackling unemployment; the Four Year Plans

the aims and objectives of Nazi foreign policy up to 1939; the outbreak of war; the reorganisation of the economy to meet the needs of total war; German successes in Western Europe; the invasion of the Soviet Union; the Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution; the factors leading to the defeat of Germany by 1945; the impact of war on different sections of society

GENERAL ISSUES:

•EXTENDED CONTENT

•COMPLETE COVERAGE

•MORE DETAILED CONTENT EXEMPLIFICATION

•NEW BUT FAMILIAR ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES

•MAINLY COMPULSORY QUESTIONS

DEPTH STUDY SUMMARY

UNIT 2

•AO2 AND AO3 ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES

•TWO COMPULSORY QUESTIONS

•STUDY SOURCES AND INTERPRETATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ISSUE NOT THE DEPTH STUDY AS A WHOLE

DEPTH STUDY SUMMARY

UNIT 4

•CONTINUATION OF UNIT 2 BUT AO1 AND AO2 ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES

•COMPLETE COVERAGE REQUIRED

•ONE COMPULSORY SOURCE BASED QUESTION: MORE COMPLEX SOURCES

•CHOICE OF ONE ESSAY FROM TWO

DEPTH STUDY SUMMARY

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