Year 6 exam advice and Revision notes
Structure:
Your exam will consist of 3 sections. Section A will be 10 questions on factual
knowledge, Section B will be report writing and Section C will be Source Analysis.
You will have 5 minutes reading time prior to the exam starting. You may ask any
questions of the teacher at that point. You will have 1 hour to complete your exam.
Spelling and grammar are important.
Section A
Below is a brief summary of some of the important information from the
WW2 topic. You will be quizzed on the important points of the summary
below.
World War 2 began on the 3rd September 1939 and last until 1945. Though it
came as a surprise, the world was not taken completely unawares as Hitler had
been quite aggressive in the years leading up to the outbreak of war. Hitler had
tried to increase the size of Germany’s borders to give his people Lebenstraum
(living space). He did this by taking back the Rhineland, then the Sudetenland,
Austria and finally Poland. The invasion of Poland was the spark that began
World War 2. Up until the invasion of Poland Neville Chamberlain, who was the
British Prime Minister at the time, had followed a policy of ‘Appeasement’. This
policy was based on the idea of letting Hitler get what he needed in order to
satisfy him. Hopefully, once Hitler was satisfied he would stop.
The country mobilized for war and children were ordered to evacuate London on
the 1st of September for fear of German bombing. Chamberlain eventually
resigned and was replaced by Winston Churchill who led Britain during the war.
After Hitler’s initial success at Dunkirk he wished to eliminate Britain from the
war. The Battle of Britain was fought in 1939 in order to clear the skies of the
RAF and give German ships a safe passage across the channel for their land
invasion. Britain held on and the German’s changed their tactics, bombing
London in the form of the Blitz. The Blitz took its toll on British cities and it is
estimated that around 130, 000 people were killed. Once underway, Britain and
those countries that supported her (known as the Allies) fought against Germany
and the countries that supported it (known as the Axis Powers). It was a long,
hard struggle. Fighting eventually reached the continents of Europe, Africa and
Asia. The Allies lost an estimated 16 million soldiers in the struggle. We owe it to
this generation for their sweat and sacrifice.
Section B
You will be asked to write a report on ONE of the following topics:
1. The causes of World War 1
2. The rise of Adolf Hitler
More information on both topics can be found on the Website below and
following the directions.
Causes of World War One
historyhub.co.uk > Year 6 >World War One > The causes of World War One:
Europe in 1900
The rise of Adolf Hitler
historyhub.co.uk > Year 6 > World War Two > How did Hitler come to power
Section C
Your source analysis will be on a topic about WW2. You do not need any prior
knowledge. You will be analyzing and comparing sources using evidence from
each source to give depth and substance to your answer. Below is an example.
1. Find two pieces of evidence in Source A that show this house has been
bombed?
2. What evidence can you see in Source B that shows the Evacuation is
happening?
3. ‘During the Blitz the whole country came together with a ‘can do’
attitude’.
Do you think these pictures supports the above statement? Give evidence from
the sources that proves this.
Source A
Source B