SUBJECT – History Revision Plan
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Paper 1: The Era of the Cold War, 1943-91
Topic 1: How did the Cold War in
Europe develop, 1943-56?
What was the Cold War?
Why did the Cold War begin:
breakdown of the Grand Alliance
The development of the Cold War: the
Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan
How did the USSR use satellite states?
The causes, course and consequences
of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift,
1948-49
The formation of NATO, the Warsaw
Pact and the Arms Race
The Hungarian Uprising, 1956
Topic 2: Three Cold War crises: Berlin,
Cuba and Czechoslovakia, 1957-69
The causes, course and consequences
of the Berlin Crisis and the Berlin Wall
The causes, course and consequences
of the Cuban Missile Crisis, including
the immediate and long-term
consequences
The causes, course and consequences
of the “Prague Spring” including the
Brezhnev Doctrine and international
reaction
Topic 3: Why did the Cold War end?
What was détente?
Why did détente collapse: the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan
Ronald Reagan and the Second Cold
War: the Evil Empire and SDI
Gorbachev and the end of the Cold
War: new thinking in the USSR and the
changing relationship between
Gorbachev and Reagan
The breakup of Eastern Europe and
the fall of the Berlin Wall
The fall of the USSR
6.5 hours
0.5
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3 hours
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5.5 hours
0.5
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Paper 2: Germany, 1918-39
Topic 1: The Weimar Republic
6 hours
The Treaty of Versailles
1
The Weimar Constitution
1
Further
Help?
Economic Problems, 1918-23
1
Political Problems, 1918-23
1
The Munich Putsch, 1923
Weimar recovery: the Stresemann
era, 1924-29
Topic 2: Hitler and the Growth of
the Nazi Party, 1919-33
Hitler and the growth of the Nazis
1
The birth of the Nazi Party, 1919-23
The rebirth of Nazism (after Munich)
Nazi Party organisation in the lean
years, 1924-29
The economic crisis of 1929-32: the
Wall St Crash and the Great
Depression
The growth of the Nazi Party, 1929-33
The Nazis win power, 1932-33
Topic 3: The Nazi dictatorship, 193339
The removal of opposition, 1933-34
(The Reichstag Fire; Enabling Act)
The Nazi police state
1
6 hours
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2.5 hours
1
0.5
Repression of the Church
0.5
Censorship and propaganda
Topic 4: Nazi domestic policies, 193339
Women in Nazi Germany, 1933-39
0.5
2 hours
0.5
Work and employment, 1933-39
0.5
The standard of living, 1933-39
0.5
Persecution of minorities, 1933-39
0.5
Paper 3: Britain, 1931-51
Topic 1: The Impact of the Great
Depression
Britain in the 1920s: background to
the Great Depression
Government reactions to
unemployment
What was it like to be unemployed?
The causes, course and consequences
of the Jarrow Crusade
Topic 2: Britain at War, 1939-45
Going to war: why did the war break
out?
Blitzkrieg: why were German tactics so
successful?
Dunkirk: triumph or disaster?
1 hour
0.5
0.5
4 hours
1
0.5
The Battle of Britain, 1940
0.5
The Planning of D-Day, 1944
0.5
Why did D-Day succeed?
0.5
Why were Germany defeated?
Topic 3: The Home Front, 1939-45
Preparing for war
1
4 hours
0.5
Why were people evacuated?
The Blitz, 1940
1.5
The destruction of Coventry, 1940
New dangers: the V1 and V2 weapons
The Ministry of Information: how did
the government influence people?
Rationing
How did women support the war
effort?
How did work change after the war?
Topic 4: Labour in power, 1945-51
1
1
2.5 hours
Labour comes to power
The Beveridge Report
1
Fighting the “Five Giants”
The founding of the NHS
1.5
Using the NHS
Grand Total
43 hours