History Hitler s Germany igcse Examination Technique Paper 1 Cold War 1
Assessment Overview Paper 1 50% of total igcse marks 90 minutes Depth Studies Paper Option 5: Hitler s Germany Option 8: The Cold War Knowledge and skills Type of question Marks available Recommended timings a) Chronological Sequencing 3 3 minutes b) Description of consequence 4 7 minutes c) Explanation of causation 8 10 minutes d) Using the source and own knowledge to give an explanation. 10 20 minutes 2
in Germany Specification 3
in Germany Key words The Treaty of Versailles Diktat Weimar Constitution Spartacist and Kapp unrisings Dawes and Young Plans Ruhr and Hyperinflation League of Nations, Locarno Treaty and the Kellogg- Briand pack Stresemann German Worker s Party Munich Putsch, 1923 Wall Street Crash Goebbels and Propaganda SA, SS and the Gestapo Von Papen, Von Schleicher and Von Hindenburg Reichstag Fire Enabling Act Night of the Long Knives Indoctrination Holocaust Final Solution Total War Edelweiss Pirates, White Rose Group Stauffenburg Plot Hitler 4
in Germany Past Paper Questions (Sample Material) 5
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in Germany and the Cold War Question Technique Part (a), 3 marks This question requires you to place a series of events in the correct chorological order. With revision, create a timeline of the key events in Germany 1918-45. The key to this question is consecutive sequence (i.e. the events are in the right order next to each other). Leave an event out if you are unsure about its place in the sequence. 12
in Germany and the Cold War Mark Scheme Part (a), 3 marks 13
in Germany and the Cold War Example Answers Part (a), 3 marks Candidate A Candidate B Candidate C Dawes Plan, Nuremburg Laws, Ghettos, Kristallnacht, Young Plan. Ghettos, Nuremburg Laws, Dawes Plan, Young Plan, Kristallnacht Ghettos, Dawes Plan, Young Plan, Nuremburg Laws, Kristallnacht Candidate D Dawes Plan, Young Plan, Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht 14
in Germany and the Cold War Question Technique Part (b), 4 marks Choose one of the events and stick with your choice. Focus on the question. Effect means the results or the consequences of an event (i.e. what the event led to). Give the effect and explain it. Use the word because to help you give a developed explanation. One short paragraph is enough! 15
in Germany and the Cold War Writing Frame and Mark Scheme Part (c), 4 marks One of the effects of the was that it enabled. This is because.. 16
in Germany and the Cold War Example Answers Part (b), 4 marks Candidate A The Dawes Plan gave loans to Germany. It helped Germany with reparation payments. Candidate B One of the effects of the Dawes Plan was that it enabled Germany to make her Reparation payments. This was because the Plan based the payments on Germany s capacity to pay, and gradually increased them as her economy recovered. 17
in Germany and the Cold War Question Technique Part (c), 8 marks The focus is on a developed explanation of causation. Two paragraphs. Use the wording of the question to keep a tight focus throughout the answer. Begin each paragraph with the reason followed by a developed explanation. Make links between reasons. Use words and phrases such as moreover, however, this led to, this meant that. Write a conclusion confirming the link between the two reasons. 18
in Germany and the Cold War Writing frame. Part (c), 8 marks *The first reason that.. was the *This was because *In addition to this, the second reason that.. Was the.. This was because. In conclusion, 19
in Germany and the Cold War Mark Scheme Part (c), 8 marks 20
in Germany Example Answers Part (c), 8 marks Candidate A The first reason that Hitler was able to establish a dictatorship in the years 1933-34 was the Reichstag Fire of February 1933. This was because the fire enabled Hitler to remove possible his greatest rivals, the Communist Party. The arrest of van der Lubbe, a Communist, near the fire, gave the Nazis the excuse to blame the Communists and suggest that they were planning a takeover. Hitler persuaded Hindenburg to sign the Decree for the Protection of People and State which suspended civil rights and allowed the Nazis to imprison large number of political opponents, especially communists. Communist news papers were also banned. A second reason that Hitler was able to establish a dictatorship was the Enabling Act. This was passed in March 1933 and gave Hitler and his government the power for the next four years to pass any laws without the Reichstag in other words the powers of a dictator. He was able to use these powers to introduce, in July 1933, the Law against the Formation of Parties, which made the Nazi Party the sole political party in Germany. All other parties were banned. 21
in Germany and the Cold War Question Technique Part (d), 10 marks The source will always be from a textbook. Read the source and underline any words, phrases, events, dates of people that you can expand on. This will ensure that you use your own knowledge in the answer. You need to directly refer to the source in your answer. 3 paragraphs needed (one factor per paragraph). You must make links between factors, this led to, as a result, this meant that, as a consequence. Conclude needed. 22
in Germany and the Cold War Writing frame. Part (d), 10 marks *The first factor.. as mentioned in the Source was the.. This is because.. This is linked to another factor mentioned in the source. This is an issue (link to the question), because.. 23
in Germany and the Cold War Mark Scheme Part (d), 10 marks 24
in Germany and the Cold War Example answer Part (d), 10 marks Candidate A Source A says that the Weimar Republic had to sign the Treaty of Versailles. The new Republic also faced opposition from the left and the right. After the French occupation of the Ruhr, there was hyperinflation. Candidate B One of the problems of the Weimar Republic was the Treaty of Versailles. This was signed by the Republic and was hated by many Germans because it was very harsh on Germany. The Weimar Republic was also unpopular with both the left and right. The Spartacists tried to overthrow the Republic but were defeated by the army and their leaders shot. The Kapp Putsch failed because of a general strike. In 1923 the French occupied the Ruhr and this was followed by hyperinflation which meant that the mark lost all value. Many people were ruined. 25
in Germany and the Cold War Example answer Part (d), 10 marks Candidate C The first problem faced by the Weimar Republic, as mentioned in the Source, was the Treaty of Versailles. This was because it was extremely unpopular with many Germans who disliked the very harsh terms as well as the fact that it was a diktat. Germany had to accept humiliating military terms such as a small army of 100,000 as well as the loss of territory such as the Polish Corridor which spilt East Prussia from Germany. The Treaty of Versailles is linked to another problem mentioned in the Source, the French occupation of the Ruhr and hyperinflation. The Treaty forced Germany to make massive reparation payments fixed at 6,600 million. When the Weimar Republic defaulted on these payments, French troops occupied the Ruhr in January 1923, as it says in the source. This was to get payment in kind from industries of this area. However, this occupation worsened Germany s financial state and led to, as it says in the source, even worse hyperinflation. By November 1923 the mark was worthless. Those people with fixed incomes and savings found themselves penniless and were quick to blame the Weimar Republic for their problems. Overall, the Weimar Republic faced a number of serious problems in the years 1919-23. The first of these was the Treaty of Versailles which forced Germany to pay reparations, in turn led to the French occupation 26 of the Ruhr and hyperinflation.
Paper 1: A world divided: Superpower relations Specification 27
Paper 1: A world divided: Superpower relations Key words Capitalism Communism Yalta and Potsdam conferences Soviet Union Iron Curtain Churchill, Stalin, Truman Berlin Blockade and airlift NATO Warsaw Pact Korean War Khrushchev and peaceful co-existence Hungarian revolution De-Stalinisation U2 Crisis Paris Peace Conference Berlin Wall Castro Kennedy Bag of Pigs Weapons of Mass Destruction 28
Paper 1: The Cold War Past Paper Questions (Sample Material) 29
Paper 1: The Cold War Past Paper Questions 2011 30
Paper 1: The Cold War Past Paper Questions 2012 31
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