Unlock your potential with this revision guide which provides both the key content you need to know for this A2 History unit and guidance on how to apply it for better grades. Written by senior examiners and experienced teachers, this series closely combines the content of AS and A2 level history topics for AQA, Edexcel and OCR history specifications, with revision activities and advice on exam technique. In addition each section has a model answer with exam tips for you to analyse and better understand what is required in the exam. Makes revision of the content manageable by condensing topics into easy-to-revise chunks. Encourages active revision by closely combining content with a variety of different activities. Helps improve exam technique through tailor-made activities and plenty of guidance on how to answer questions.
About the series The Access to History series is the most popular and trusted series for advanced level history students, offering: - Authoritative, engaging and accessible content - Comprehensive coverage of the History AS and A level specifications - Design features, study guides and web support to help students achieve exam success. About the book Endorsed by Edexcel, this title combines content from From Bismarck to Hitler 1890-1933 with Germany: The Third Reich to provide coherent and comprehensive coverage of Edexcel's A2 Unit 3 'From Kaiser to Fuhrer: Germany 1900-1945'. It charts the developments in Germany from 1900-1945 including an examination of: - the Second Reich: society and governent 1900-1919 - the democratic experiment 1919-29 - the rise of the Nazis - life in wartime Germany 1939-45 Throughout the book, key dates, terms and issues are highlighted, and historical interpretations of key debates are outlined. Summary diagrams are included to consolidate knowledge and understanding of the period, and exam-style questions and tips written by an examiner provide the opportunity to develop exam skills
Unlock your full potential with this revision guide which focuses on the key content and skills you need to know for Edexcel A2 History: From Kaiser to Führer: Germany 1900-45. Written by experienced teachers, this series closely combines the content of Edexcel A2 History: From Kaiser to Fuhrer: Germany 1900-45 with revision activities and advice on exam technique. Each section has a model answer with exam tips for you to analyse and better understand what is required in the exam. - Makes revision manageable by condensing topics into easy-to-revise chunks- Encourages active revision by closely combining content with a variety of different activities- Helps improve exam technique through tailor-made activities and plenty of guidance on how to answer questions- Includes access to quick quizzes at www.hodderplus.co.uk/myrevisionnotes CONTENTS: Introduction Section 1: The Second Reich - society and government in Germany, c. 1900-1919 Section 2: To what extent was Germany responsible for the outbreak of the First World War? Section 3: The democratic experiment, 1919-1929 Section 4: The rise of the Nazis Section 5: How popular and efficient was the Nazi regime in the years 1933-1939? Section 6: Life in wartime Germany, 1939-1945 Glossary Timeline Answers Mark scheme
Enable students to succeed in their exam with Superpower Relations. This study aid contains the key information that students need for Edexcel History A2 Unit 3 Option E2, clearly laid out with Examiners' and Essential notes. Also included are graded essays with full comments from experienced examiners on how to secure higher grades. A world divided: Superpower relations, 1944-90 covers all the content and skills your students will need for their Edexcel A2 Unit 3 Option E2 examination, including: * Chapter 1: CONTROVERSY A: WHY DID THE COLD WAR BETWEEN THE SUPERPOWERS EMERGE IN THE YEARS TO 1953? Including - The origins of the Cold War 1917-44; early stages of the Cold War, 1945-9; Stalinisation in Eastern Europe, 1945-53; Korean War, 1950-3; critical assessment of the key interpretations - ideological confrontation, great power rivalry, responsibility of the leaders, misjudgement * Chapter 2: THE POST-STALIN THAW AND THE BID FOR PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE Including - The USSR after Stalin; Soviet moves towards peaceful co-existence and the US response; the end of the thaw * Chapter 3: THE ARMS RACE, 1949-63 Including - Development of weapon technology and delivery systems; the 'balance of terror'; the Cuban Missile Crisis * Chapter 4: SINO-SOVIET RELATIONS, 1949-76 Including - Sino-Soviet relations, 1949-50; consolidation of the friendship, 1950-4; deterioration, 1954-8; confrontation, 1959-69; 'ping-pong' diplomacy; Sino-US relations, 1972-6 * Chapter 5: DÉTENTE, 1969-80 Including - The origins and features of détente; the reality and success of détente, 1973-6; critics and détente in decline; the end of détente, 1979-81 * Chapter 6: CONTROVERSY B: WHY DID THE COLD WAR COME TO AN END IN THE 1980s? Including - US foreign policy in the 1980s; weakening Soviet control over Eastern Europe; the end of the Cold War; critical assessment of the key interpretations - the role of personalities, the impact of economic factors, 'people power' in the Soviet Bloc, the moral bankruptcy of communism * Chapter 7: EXAM SKILLS * Chapter 8: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS * Index
Exam Board: Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Endorsed for Edexcel Enable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth studies through expert narrative and extended reading, including bespoke essays from leading academics - Build a strong understanding of the period studied with authoritative, well-researched content written in an accessible and engaging style - Ensure continual improvement in students' essay writing, interpretation and source analysis skills, using practice questions and trusted guidance on successfully answering exam-style questions - Encourage students to undertake rolling revision and self-assessment by referring to end-of-chapter summaries and diagrams across the years - Help students monitor their progress and consolidate their knowledge through note-making activities and peer-support tasks - Provide students with the opportunity to analyse and evaluate works of real history, with specially commissioned historians' essays and extracts from academic works on the historical interpretations
Enable students to succeed in their exam with From Kaiser to Fuhrer. This study aid contains all the key information that students need for Edexcel History A2 Unit 3 Option D1, clearly laid out with Examiners' and Essential notes. Also included are graded essays with full comments from experienced examiners on how to secure a higher grade. From Kaiser to Fuhrer: Germany, 1900-45 covers all the content and skills your students will need for their Edexcel A2 Unit 3 Option D1 examination, including: - Chapter 1: THE SECOND REICH TO 1914 Including - Economic expansion, 1900-14; social divisions, government, constitution and political parties in imperial Germany; domestic politics, 1900-14; the impact of the First World War; the November Revolution, 1918 - Chapter 2: CONTROVERSY A: WAS GERMANY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIRST WORLD WAR? Including - The Great Powers and their interests; Weltpolitik and Flottenpolitik; European diplomacy, 1900-14; Germany-blaming interpretations; 'shared guilt' interpretations; overview of Germany's responsibility for the outbreak of war - Chapter 3: THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC, 1919-29 Including - The Spartacist Revolt, 1919; the Weimar Constitution; crisis and survival 1919-24; Stresemann and stabilisation, 1923-9; Weimar culture and society; the 'golden years' of the Weimar Republic - Chapter 4: THE RISE OF THE NAZIS Including - The origins of the NSDAP; the Nazi breakthrough; presidential government, 1930-3; the seizure of power, 1933 - Chapter 5: CONTROVERSY B: HOW POPULAR AND EFFICIENT WAS THE NAZI REGIME, 1933-9? Including - An evaluation of how popular the Nazi regime was; resistance to Nazism; consent and conformity; interpretations of the Nazi state - Chapter 6: LIFE IN WARTIME GERMANY, 1939-45 Including - Morale, opposition and resistance; the war economy; the Holocaust - Chapter 7: EXAM SKILLS - Chapter 8: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - Index
Teaching and learning about the Holocaust is central to school curriculums in many parts of the world. As a field for discourse and a body of practice, it is rich, multidimensional and innovative. But the history of the Holocaust is complex and challenging, and can render teaching it a complex and daunting area of work. Drawing on landmark research into teaching practices and students’ knowledge in English secondary schools, Holocaust Education: Contemporary challenges and controversies provides important knowledge about and insights into classroom teaching and learning. It sheds light on key challenges in Holocaust education, including the impact of misconceptions and misinformation, the dilemmas of using atrocity images in the classroom, and teaching in ethnically diverse environments. Overviews of the most significant debates in Holocaust education provide wider context for the classroom evidence, and contribute to a book that will act as a guide through some of the most vexed areas of Holocaust pedagogy for teachers, teacher educators, researchers and policymakers.
Underpinned by the work of major thinkers such as Marx, Locke, Weber, Hobbes and Foucault, the first half of the book looks at political concepts including: the state and sovereignty; the nation; democracy; representation and legitimacy; freedom; equiality and rights; obligation; and citizenship. There is also a specific chapter which addresses the role of ideology in the shaping of politics and society. The second half of the book addresses traditional theoretical subjects such as socialism, Marxism and nationalism, before moving on to more contemporary movements such as environmentalism, ecologism and feminism.
