HISTORYPAPER 1 REVISION

Sunday 24 May 2013

Paper 1 Monday 3 June p.m.

Section AWhat Do You Need To Know?

International Relations

1. Were the Peace Treaties of 1919-23 fair?

2. To what extent was the League of Nations a success?

3. Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?

Section ASection A You must answer question 1

Question 1 should take you no more than 15 minutes

Question 1 a) will involve comprehension of a source

(a ‘WHAT IS THE MESSAGE question).

Question 1 b) requires an explanation of a related problem. .

You then pick either Question 2 or 3 and answer all three parts of your chosen question

Recent Question 1sJanuary 2010

Versailles

June 2010Causes of Second World War

January 2011Causes of Second World War

June 2011 The League of Nations

January 2012The League of Nations

June 2013Versailles

January 2013Causes of Second World War

Q1 (a) 7 marks

• Explain the message of this cartoon.

Use details of the cartoon and your knowledge to explain your answer.

What’s the cartoonist saying about the treaty?

How can you tell?

Why did people think this way?

Message, Cartoon, Own Knowledge

A cartoon about the Treaty of Versailles, published in 1921

You can see Lloyd George and Briande, the president of France

Indemnity means payment for damages

GermanyGermany

AlliesAllies

A cartoon about the Treaty of Versailles, published in 1921

You can see Lloyd George and Briande, the president of France

Indemnity means payment for damages

Where’s the USA?

Where’s the USA?

Unlimited?Unlimited?

sweaty?sweaty?

Not touching earth

Not touching earth

shovelling?shovelling?

33

22

11

44

55

66

77

Q1 (b) 8 marks

• Explain why the Germans hated the Treaty of Versailles.

Answer

Any 2/3 reasons explained

TOP TIP• Question 1b in Section A

• Question 2b & 3b in Section A

• Question 5b & 6b in Part 2 Depth Study USA

All start with the word EXPLAIN

They ALL have the same MARKSCHEMETop band = More than 1 REASON EXPLAINED

( a reason stated then some detail given)

Section A questions 2 & 3

You must answer one question, either Q2 or Q3

Q2 & Q3 will be on International Relations 1918-39. They will be on the other 2 topics not examined by Question 1

Each question will have three structured parts.

You must answer all three parts.

Your chosen question should take you 35 minutes.

Recent Question 2s & 3s

2 3

Jan 2010 LEAGUE CAUSES WW2

June 2010 VERSAILLES LEAGUE

Jan 2011 VERSAILLES LEAGUE

June 2011 VERSAILLES CAUSES WW2

Jan 2012 VERSAILLES CAUSES WW2

June 2012 LEAGUE CAUSES WW2

Jan 2013 VERSAILLES LEAGUE

Q2 (a) 4 marks

• What were the aims of the League of Nations?

ANSWER

Q2a or 3a (or 5a or 6a in Part 2: Depth Study USA)

Any 4 correct points (or 2 explained)

Q3 (a) 4 marks

• What were the aims of Hitler’s foreign policy?

ANSWER

Q2a or 3a (or 5a or 6a in Part 2: Depth Study USA)

Any 4 correct points (or 2 explained)

Q2 (b) 6 marks

• Explain why the League of Nations was weak.

Answer

Any 2 reasons explained

Q3 (b) 6 marks

• Explain why GB appeased Hitler in the 1930s.

Answer

Any 2 reasons explained

Q2 (c) 10 marks

• The following were equally important in causing the failure of the league;

(i) The USA’s isolationism;

(ii) The Japanese invasion of Manchuria;

(iii)The Italian conquest of Abyssinia.

How far do you agree with this statement. Explain your answer referring only to (i), (ii) and (iii)

Q3 (c) 10 marks• The following were equally important in

causing the Second World War;

(i) The German Anschluss with Austria, 1938;

(ii) Appeasement;

(iii)The German invasion of Poland, 1 Sept. 1939.

How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer referring only to (i), (ii) and (iii)

How To Answer Q2 (c) or Q3 (c)

(c) question (10 marks)

Explain all three factors,

Explain links between them (how they worked together)

Conclude how it was the combination of these factors together that was important.

You get 6 extra marks for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar. You can get this points even if your answer isn’t the full 10 marks.

Don’t trip up

• DON’T answer questions on Section B and C – they’re on topics we have NOT studied

• Cold War

• A New World?

Ignore sections B and C – GO STRAIGHT ON TO part 2 DEPTH STUDY USA

Part 2 Depth Study

USAWhat Do You Need To Know?

1. How far did the US economy boom in the 20s?

2. How far did US society change in the 20s?

3. What were the causes and consequences of the Wall Street Crash?

4. How successful was the New Deal?

Part 2

Q4 – 3 Source questions that you have to answer

Q5 or 6 You have a choice

Each of questions 5 & 6 will have three structured parts. You must answer all three parts.

Section C should take you 70 minutes.

Q4 USA Source questions

January 201020s - Economy

June 2010Crash and Depression

January 2011 20s – Society

June 2011The New Deal

January 2012 Crash and Depression

June 2012 20s – Economy (bit of Society)

January 2013 Roosevelt’s New Deal

Source A

The children are saying: ‘And our shoes and stockings and clothes are in there, and they’ll never come out’.

Study Source A

What is the message of this cartoon?

Use the source and your own knowledge to explain your answer.

Source B

Alcohol being tipped down the drain. Millions of litres of bootleg was seized, but it was only a fraction of the total.

Study Source B

Does this photograph prove that prohibition was failing by the mid 1920s?

Use the source and your own knowledge to explain your answer.

Study Source C

Why was this poster produced in the 1920s?

Use the source and your own knowledge to explain your answer.

Source C

Depth Study: USA Q5 or Q6

• In the final 35 minutes of the exam you must answer either question 5 or 6 on the USA.

• These are both (a), (b) and (c) part questions.• They are MARKED exactly the same as q2 and

q3 on INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Fair chance of one question being 1920s and one being 1930s

Depth Study: USA Q5 or Q6

QJan

2010June 2010

Jan 2011

June 2011

Jan 2012

June 2012

Jan 2013

5Twenties Society

Twenties Economy

TwentiesEconomy

TwentiesEconomy

Twenties Society Crash/

DepressionTwenties Society

6 New DealTwenties Society

Crash/ Depression

Crash/ Depression

New Deal

New Deal

Crash/ Depression

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(a) Questions Describeone mark awarded for each point, to a maximum of four marks.

QUESTION STYLES

5a Describe the motor car industry in the 1920s

6a Describe the Supreme Court struggle

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(b) Questions Explain to get six marks two or more reasons need to be

explained.

QUESTION STYLES

5b Explain how Americans were persuaded to buy the products of US industries in the 1920s.

6b Explain why Roosevelt was not popular with all Americans.

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(c) Questions Judgement

to get top marks a balanced answer is required. Try to deal with a range of factors or reasons, and the links between them, before concluding.

QUESTION STYLES

5c How important were the policies of the republican governments in causing the economic boom in the USA in the 1920s? Explain your answer

6c ‘The New Deal Was a success’. How far do you agree? Explain your answer.