Scheme of Work for a Level History Paper 3 (International History 1945-91)

A Level Paper 3 M. Nichols SCIE 2011-12

SCHEME OF WORK FOR A LEVEL HISTORY – PAPER 3 (INTERNATIONAL HISTORY 1945-91) – SOURCE- BASED STUDY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UN, 1945-91 (SEMESTER ONE, 2011) THEME ASPECT CONTENT & AIMS RESOURCES TIME ASSESSMENT HOMEWORK 1. The Power of The Covenant  Timeline of UN’s Formation/Glossary of Terms Booklet (MN) S1 Two Timed Gap-Fill on the UN  The UN Charter (Pages 2-10 & p. 42) Week Document Comparisons  Structure & Organisation (Bodies of the UN) Labels/Blue Tack 11-12 Tests to be between  Comparisons & Contrasts with League Utilise Whittaker & part of League & UNO  A Changing UN MacQueen texts continuous Study for tests The Powers That  USA & USSR Booklet (P. 11-15) Week assessment Empathy Be  Non Alignment Movement Whittaker/MacQueen 12 criteria along exercise

The Superpowers  Attitudes & Actions of USA/USSR Booklet (P. 11-15) Week with tests on Past document  (Teach techniques for approaching document questions) Whittaker/MacQueen 12 Origins and paper 2. Collective Peace-making  Roles of UN Booklet (P. 16) Wk.12 Globilisation of Security Peace-keeping &  How peace-keepers functioned Booklet (MN) Week Cold War (= 4 Case studies Peace  Palestine (Pages 17-26) 13-14 tests in total on Korea and Enforcement  Case Studies: Korea & the Congo Labels/Blue Tack of 40% the Congo  Peace-keeping Actions & Geography Whittaker weighting of crises  During & After the Cold War (p.14-18; 50-1) S1 grade; EST  Assessment of Peace-Keeping MacQueen (p. 33- exam = 60%) Secretary-  The Secretary-Generals 44) All lessons will Generals roles Lowe & Atlases include & personalities 3. International Human Rights  Methods Booklet (p. 27) Wk. 15 ‘starters’ as a Study for test way of Law UNCLOS  Provisions Booklet (p. 28) Wk. 15 reinforcement Anti-Terrorism  Methods, including disarmament Booklet (p. 29) Wk. 15 including: Anti-Genocide  Definitions & Actions Booklet (p. 30) Wk. 15 splatt, 4. Social & Economics  Bodies of ESOC Booklet (p. 31-32) Wk. 15 historical- Economic  IMF & World Bank Booklet (p. 36-37) hangman, Progress Population  Pressures Booklet (p. 34) Wk. 16 spelling bee, Refugees  How UN aims to help refugees Booklet (p. 33) Wk. 16 Gap-fill – on word searches,  Efficacy of methods - discussion UNHCR etc. Children  UNICEF Booklet (p. 35) Wk. 16 Study for Test A Level Paper 3 M. Nichols SCIE 2011-12

Environment  UNESCO Booklet (p. 39-40) Week Plenary  Summaries: Historiography & Assessment of UN (Pages 38 & 41) 17 Exercises

SCHEME OF WORK FOR A LEVEL HISTORY – PAPER 3 (INTERNATIONAL HISTORY 1945-91) – THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR (SEMESTER ONE, 2011) THEME ASPECT CONTENT & AIMS RESOURCES TIME ASSESSMENT HOMEWORK 1. Fundamental The Long Term  Definition of ‘Cold War’; Glossary (for pertinent vocabulary) Booklet (MN) p. 23 S1 Timed test essay Students must Reasons Reasons  US Actions & 1-2; Walker; Week on Origins of make on-going  Soviet Actions Painter/Lundestad 1 Cold War (part notes - and read! Ideology  Ideology of Communism and Democracy – contrasts Booklet (p, 3) Week of continuous exercise Issue McCauley 1 assessment  Discussion – which is best? weighting 2. The Wartime Atlantic  Terms – gap-fill and discussion of WWII tensions Booklet (page 4) Week procedure; set Conferences Charter  Why might Stalin be annoyed with GB & USA? 2 four essays in Teheran S1; total Yalta &  Terms –gap-fill exercise Booklet (pages 4- Week weighting = Table on Truman Potsdam  Map of Berlin sectors to colour 7) 2 40%, i.e. each and Stalin’s early  Truman & Stalin’s Early Actions Crayons essay is worth actions 2. The Cold War The Iron  Churchill’s Speech – content & crossword exercise Booklet Week 10% of final Crossword on Begins Curtain Speech  Kennan’s ‘Long Telegram’ (pages 8-9) 3 grade) Iron Curtain Greece &  The Greek Civil War–map and discussion Booklet (page 10) Week Turkey 3 All lessons will include ‘starters’ The Truman  Reasons and Impact – discussion Booklet (page 10) Week Prepare paper on as a way of Doctrine  Student Presentation on Truman Doctrine 3 Truman Doctrine reinforcement The Marshall  US Motives – spider diagram exercise Booklet Week including: splatt, Plan  Soviet Responses - spider diagram exercise (pages 11-12) 3 historical-  Impact of Marshall aid Labels/Blue Tack A Level Paper 3 M. Nichols SCIE 2011-12

4. The Cold War in Berlin Blockade  Reasons – empathy exercise Booklet (p. 13-16) Week hangman, Earnest  Nature Glue & scissors 4 spelling bee,  Effects - Relative Importance exercise Blank maps word searches, FRG & GDR  Creation & Significance Labels etc. NATO  Creation & Map to fill in Blue Tack Tit for Tat  Mix and Match exercise 5. Controversies The  Traditionalists/Revisionists/Post-Revisionists Booklet (pages 17- Week Plenary Exercise on Historiography  Useful websites – note-taking 18 & 20-22) 5-7 Exercises historiography e.g. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk Poster Paper/Pens  Essay Practice & Techniques –mind maps, etc. Internet sites Study for test SCHEME OF WORK FOR A LEVEL HISTORY – PAPER 3 (INTERNATIONAL HISTORY 1945-91) – THE GLOBILISATION OF THE COLD WAR c. 1950-1985 (SEMESTER ONE, 2011) THEME ASPECT CONTENT & AIMS RESOURCES TIME ASSESSMENT HOMEWORK 1. The Asian Wars Korea  Introduction – map exercise on global conflicts Booklet (MN) S1 Timed test essay Complete gap-fill  The Korean War – gap-fill (pages 2-6) Week on Globilisation on Korean War  Cold War Implications of the Korean War Edwards 9 of the Cold War  Role of Truman and Stalin Lundestad (part of Vietnam  The Vietnam War – causes of US involvement exercise Booklet Week continuous Presidential  Presidential timeline exercise (pages 7-12) 10 assessment timeline exercise  Why did the US lose –was it a complete failure of Whittaker weighting containment? Painter procedure; set  Consequences of War for Vietnamese and USA – brainstorm four essays in  Historiography on Vietnam S1; total 2. The Americas Cuba  Cuba, the Background (gap-fill exercise) Booklet Week weighting = Table on impact  Cuban Missile Crisis (p. 13-16) 11 40%, i.e. each of Cuban Missile  Why USSR placed missiles on Cuba – spider diagram ex. ’13 Days’ film essay is worth Crisis  US actions against Cuba – read and discuss and exercise 10% of final  Consequences of the Crisis - exercise grade) Latin America  Other Latin American and Caribbean US ventures – mix and McCarthyism Week Cold War match exercise video; Booklet 11 All lessons will Presidents  US presidents and the Cold War – research exercise (p. 17-19) include ‘starters’ Exercise A Level Paper 3 M. Nichols SCIE 2011-12

3. The Middle East Arab-Israeli  Soviet motives and actions – gap-fill exercise Booklet Week as a way of Conflicts  US motives and actions - gap-fill exercise (p. 20-21) 12 reinforcement Superpower  Overall Conclusions - exercise Booklet Week including: splatt, Implications (p. 22) 12 historical- 4. Détente The Thaw  Actions, Meetings & Treaties Booklet Week hangman, (p. 23-24) 13 spelling bee, End of Détente  Why détente ended (p. 25-26) word searches, The 2nd Cold War  The Events of 1979-85 Booklet (p. 27) etc. 5. Consequences The Impact  For the US and its allies Booklet (p. 28) Week Create a timeline  For the USSR and its allies 14 Plenary of Cold War Essay  Past questions and how to approach structuring an answer (Pages 29-30) Week Exercises Study for test Techniques  Paired work to practice essay planning Poster Paper 14

SCHEME OF WORK FOR A LEVEL HISTORY – PAPER 3 (INTERNATIONAL HISTORY 1945-91) – THE CRISIS OF COMMUNISM & THE END OF THE COLD WAR (SEMESTER TWO, 2012) THEME ASPECT CONTENT & AIMS RESOURCES TIME ASSESSMENT HOMEWORK. 1. Sino-Soviet Long term Reasons  Map of PRC/USSR – discussion of features Booklet (MN) S2 Timed test essay Gap-fill on Short Crisis  Good and Bad relations (Pages 2-3) W. 1 on The Crisis Term Reasons Short Term Reasons  Gap-fill on why Sino-Soviet relations became strained (Page 4) W. 1 and Collapse of

Sino-Soviet Conflict  History of Clashes (Page 5) W. 1 Communism 2. Challenges USSR & Eastern  Overview Booklet W. 2 (part of Gap-fill on to Communism Europe  Reasons & Effects of Hungarian Revolt Exercise (Pages 6-12) continuous comparisons and  Reasons & Effects of Czech Revolt Exercise Lundestad assessment Contrasts  Comparisons and Contrasts Exercise (Marples) & weighting between  Reasons for the Berlin Wall Empathy Exercise Painter as course procedure; set Hungarian and  Effects of the Berlin Wall Empathy Exercise texts four essays in Czech revolts S2; total Collapse of  Long Term Reasons exercise Booklet (p. 13 W. 3 Writing frames – weighting = Communism in  Map and exercise on Eastern European nations in 1989 p.18-19) complete reasons 40%, i.e. each Eastern Europe for long term A Level Paper 3 M. Nichols SCIE 2011-12

Poland & Solidarity  Solidarity’s Early Demands – spider diagram Booklet W. 3 essay is worth collapse of  Timeline of Polish Discontent = Create Narrative (p. 14-17) 10% of final Communism;  Government Appeasement & Clampdown –gap-fill grade) helps with  Solidarity’s Role In Communism’s Collapse - discussion synthesis skills All lessons will include ‘starters’ as a way of reinforcement including: splatt, historical- hangman, 3. Gorbachev Role in Collapse of E.  What did Gorbachev do? Booklet (p. 20) W. 4 spelling bee, Study for test Europe. Communism word searches, Role in Collapse of  Culpability of Pre-Gorbachev Soviet leaders Booklet (pages W. 4 etc. Look at role of USSR  Gorbachev’s Role – his background, character, domestic 21-25) Plenary individuals for and foreign affairs policies; historiography (Marples) Exercises collapse of  Summarise role of Reagan, Walesa, Yeltsin et al Communism  Look at Relative Reasons for Collapse of USSR 4. Deng Era The Crisis of  The Deng Era – agricultural and industrial reforms Booklet W. 5 Communism in China  Political Actions – Is China Really a Communist State? (pages 26-28)

5. Why Cold Overview  Historiography on Reasons for End of Cold War Booklet (pages W. 5 Study for test War Ended Historiography  Brainstorm on Reasons for End of Cold War 29-30) SCHEME OF WORK FOR A LEVEL HISTORY – PAPER 3 (INTERNATIONAL HISTORY 1945-91) – THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE (SEMESTER TWO, 2012) THEME ASPECT CONTENT & AIMS RESOURCES TIME ASSESSMENT HOMEWORK. 1. The The Manhattan  The Manhattan Project ‘The Shadow S2 Timed test essay Worksheet on: Superpowers & Project  Truman’s motives for Hiroshima & Nagasaki Makers’ film Week on The Nuclear ‘The Shadow The Bomb  Watch film on Manhattan Project – discussion of its Booklet MN 9 Arms Race (part Makers’ content and reliability as evidence (Page 1) of continuous A Level Paper 3 M. Nichols SCIE 2011-12

Types of Nuclear  Various types of US weapon: gravity bombs, neutron Booklet Week assessment Weapons bombs, hydrogen bombs, SLBM’s, ICBM’s, MIRV’s & (Pages 3-5) 10 weighting Tactical Weapons mix and match exercise using internet Internet procedure; set  Soviet weapons read & discuss four essays in  Statistics - questions S2; total weighting = 40%, i.e. each 2. The Lesser The Proliferation of  Mix and match exercise on: GB, France, Israel, etc., Booklet Week essay is worth Powers & the Nuclear Weapons  Discussion of dangers of proliferation, relate to N. Korea, (Pages 6-7 ) 10 10% of final Bomb Iran, etc. grade)

All lessons will include ‘starters’ 3. Deterrence The Theories  Various theories of deterrence, First Strike, Second Booklet Week as a way of Complete Theories Strike, MAD, etc. (Pages 8-9 ) 11 reinforcement unfinished Internet including: splatt, exercises The Problems  Limitations of deterrence Week historical-  Questions on deterrence (using internet site) 11 hangman, 4. Test Ban Treaties SALT I & II  Terms of SALT agreements Booklet Week spelling bee,  Problems & limits of SALT (Page 10-11 ) 12 word searches, Other Agreements  Various Test Ban Treaties Booklet Wk. 12 etc. (Page 11) 5. The Impact of the Impact on  Who was to blame for the arms race? Booklet Wk. 12 Plenary Exercises Answer Nuclear Arms Race superpowers  Tit for tat exercise (Page 12-14) Booklet Practise past questions -  Military Industrial Complex – an analysis of Eisenhower’s Edwards (pages papers questions MIC speech (p. 158-161) 13-14) (page 15) Study for test essay SCHEME OF WORK FOR A LEVEL HISTORY – PAPER 3 (INTERNATIONAL HISTORY 1945-91) – THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY 1945-91 (SEMESTER TWO, 2012) THEME ASPECT CONTENT & AIMS RESOURCES TIME ASSESSMENT HOMEWORK A Level Paper 3 M. Nichols SCIE 2011-12

1. The Impact of Economic Impact  Describe briefly nature of WWII Booklet (MN) S2 Wk. Timed test essay Glossary WWII on the major  Look at diverse impact of war on the Allied & Axis Powers (pages 2-3) 13 on The Exercise powers –gap-fill exercise Pollard (pages 1- International  Discussion of effects of WWII 6, 29-30 & 113- Economy (part of  Glossary of economic/geographical terminology 117) continuous 2. Economic The Reasons for  Reasons for growth. Discuss role of: Booklet (MN) Wk. 13 assessment Create flow Growth Post-WWII Boom  Output & Productivity (pages 5-10) weighting diagram to  Technological Innovation Pollard & procedure; set explain reasons  Industrial & Commercial Organisation Lundestad four essays in for growth  Multinationals (the positives & negatives) S2; total  The Problems of growth (economic, political, weighting = environmental, social) 40%, i.e. each essay is worth 3. Trade Issues Free Trade v.  Definitions of two main terms and their relative strengths Booklet (MN) Wk. 14 10% of final Protectionism and weaknesses, as well as impact (page 11) grade) (All lessons will 4. The US Economic Global  Reasons for US prosperity –True/False exercise as basis Booklet (MN) include ‘starters’ Complete Hegemony Dominance for narrative writing exercise (pages 12-13) as a way of narrative Course texts reinforcement exercise The Decline of  Conceptual reasons for decline of US economic power Booklet (MN) including: splatt, US Hegemony (page 14) historical- 5. The Asian Tigers Reasons for Far  Look at: S. Korea, HK, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan Booklet (MN) hangman, East’s Success  The Case of Japan (page 15) spelling bee, Pollard (p. 48-9) word searches, 6. The Development Globalism and  G7 & GATT –gap-fill based on internet research Booklet (MN) Wk. 14 etc.) Study for Test of International the supra-  Questions on GATT statistics (pages 16-18) & Economic Policies national agencies  Past Paper Practice Internet sites: Plenary Exercises www.wisegeek.com/ to reinforce

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SCHEME OF WORK FOR A LEVEL HISTORY – PAPER 3 (INTERNATIONAL HISTORY 1945-91) – THE THIRD WORLD A Level Paper 3 M. Nichols SCIE 2011-12

THEME ASPECT CONTENT & AIMS RESOURCES TIME ASSESSMENT HOMEWORK 1. De-Colonisation An overview of  Definition of Third World Booklet (MN) S2 Timed test essay Research the process  The European empires – how and why they collapsed (page 2) Wk. on The Third Germany’s  National differences in approach Betts (pages 29- 15-16 World (part of colonial losses 33); Thorn continuous - and who Actions  Look at Paris treaties impact on Germany Booklet (p. 3) assessment benefitted  Earlier & Later Chronology – categorise nations Lundestad weighting (p. 225-245) procedure; set Reasons  Conceptualise the various reasons –helps develop essay Booklet (p. 4) four essays in structuring skills; gap-fill exercise Texts S2; total  Discussion of whether pragmatic or altruistic (Word box) weighting = Independence  Exercise on and discussion of various post-colonial Booklet (p. 5) 40%, i.e. each Leaders leaders Lundestad essay is worth  Who was good, bad or ugly? (p. 225-245) 10% of final The  Look at various points of views: general and nation Booklet (p. 6) grade) Historiography specific Lundestad, Thorn (All lessons will

2. The Emergence Conferences et  Exercise on Bandung & discussion of Brandt report Booklet (p. 7) include ‘starters’ Complete chart as a way of of the Third al  Cloud cuckoo land? Lundestad (p.242- on Bandung World 3); Betts (p.42-3) reinforcement Conference including: splatt, NIEO?  Concentrate on a critical evaluation of OPEC (p.8) Lundestad OPEC table to historical- (p.242-3) & Betts complete hangman, (p.42-3) spelling bee, The 1980s  Case study of Africa and its problems and set-backs Booklet (p.9-10) word searches,  Note-taking skills to be developed Plenary (p. 11) etc.)

& 3. International  Creative exercise involving use of imagination and cross- Booklet (p.9-10) Wk. 17 Complete Plenary Exercises Development curricular skills as a way of evaluating whether foreign- Whittaker development to reinforce funded infrastructure aid projects really benefit the (p. 77-9); exercise knowledge recipient nation - or just the provider Lundestad Study for test  Past paper practice (p. 245-263) A Level Paper 3 M. Nichols SCIE 2011-12