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Year 10 HistoryPaper 1

Topic 3: Hitler’s Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second

World WarHomework Questions

Booklet

Name: .............................Class: ................................Teacher: ...........................

Topic 4 Target 6 Target 10

Target Total

1. Hitler’s Aims

2. Re-armament

3. The Saar

4. The Rhineland

5. Anschluss

6. Czechoslovakia 1938

7. Munich

8. Occupation

9. Nazi-Soviet Pact

10. Poland

11. Appeasement

12. Responsibility.

Question How to get full marks

How to structure it Sentence starters

Describe...(4)

Two or more detailed and well explained points using the PEE format

1. Give a brief general opening statement about the issue

2. One aspect in detail

3. Another aspect in detail)

4. A final aspect in detail

The........was.......

Firstly.........

Secondly..........

Finally........

Do you agree?......(6)

(The interpretation question)

Agrees or disagrees using source AND own knowledge. Reaches an evaluated conclusion

1. Describe BRIEFLY the interpretation given by the source

2. Explain parts of the content which are accurate when compared with your own knowledge

3. Explain parts of the content which are not accurate when compared with your own knowledge

4. Refer to the purpose (provenance) of the source

5. Explain how and why the provenance reduces or increases the accuracy of the interpretation

The source .... shows......

The content of the source is accurate because it is supported by the fact that..........

However some things in the source are not completely accurate because they are challenged by the fact that...

The provenance of the source is....

This reduces/ increases the

6. Reach a balanced conclusion which refers to the content and provenance of the source

accuracy of the interpretation because.....

Overall...../ In conclusion........Which one of these reasons was more responsible for/ more important....(10)(The Either-Or question’)

DESCRIBES, EXPLAINS and ASSESSES both factors in depth and reaches a CONCLUSION/

1. Describe the first factor2. Explain it’s role/ importance3. Assess it’s role/ importance4. Describe the second factor5. Explain it’s role/ importance6. Assess it’s role/ importance7. Conclusion comparing the

two factors against each other

The....was.....It was important/ significant in causing......because......It was important to a large extent/ only to a small extent because......The....was.....It was important/ significant in causing......because......It was important to a large extent/ only to a small extent because......When comparing both factors.......is more important than.....because....

Exam Question Writing Toolkit

Paper 1: Conflict and Peace in the Twentieth CenturyQuestion: Level: How to Answer: Mark:

Describe...(4) 1 One basic point 1

2 One detailed and well explained point or range of basic, limited points 2-3

3 Two or more detailed and well explained points using the PEE format 4

Do you agree?......(6)

(The interpretation question)

1 Simple statement about the reliability of the source/ simple statement using own knowledge

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2 Simple explanation of EITHER how the content of the source is true or false based on own knowledge OR a simple explanation of how the provenance of the source makes it biased or trustworthy

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3 Developed evaluation: Agrees or disagrees using source OR own knowledgeEITHER a detailed/specific explanation of how the Content of the source is supported or contradicted by events from your own knowledgeOR a sophisticated/specific explanation of how the provenance of the source make the interpretation more or less reliable

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4 Agrees or disagrees using source AND own knowledge. Reaches an evaluated conclusionDoes both parts of Level 3 and reaches a balanced conclusion

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Which one of these reasons was more responsible for/ more important....(10)(The Either-Or question’)

1 EITHER basic/limited information OR simple comparisonMentioning ONE factor Mentioning BOTH factors

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2 Detailed DESCRIPTION of the factor’s role For ONE factor 3For BOTH factors 4Good EXPLANATION of how the factor damaged the LeagueFor ONE factor

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For BOTH factors 5Detailed ASSESSMENT of how important the factor wasFor ONE factor

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3 Detailed ASSESSMENT of how important the factor wasFor BOTH factors

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4 DESCRIBES, EXPLAINS and ASSESSES both factors in depth and reaches a CONCLUSION/judgement, citinga new idea and new facts

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1. Hitler’s Aims A) Describe Hitler’s Foreign Policy aims (4)

B) Study Source C. From Mein Kampf written by Adolf Hitler in 1924

We demand equality of rights for the German people in its dealings with other nations. We demand the abolition of the Treaty of Versailles

Source C gives two of Hitler’s aims in foreign policy

Do you agree that these were Hitler’s main aims in foreign policy in the 1930’s?

Explain your answer by referring to the purpose of the source as well as using its content and your own knowledge (6)

C) Which was the greater threat to peace in the 1930’s? Hitler’s foreign policy aims The weaknesses of the League of Nations

Part A: Describe (4)Make four relevant and specific points OR explain two points in depth.

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Feedback and Improvement

Question Teacher/ Peer comment Mark Student response – improved answer/ section of answer/ response to target

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1. Rearmament A) Describe Hitler’s rearmament of Germany (4)

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The source above shows Hitler growing in military power and that the politicians of France Britain and Italy are to blame for it. Do you agree with this interpretation?


Cause Precedes Effect

Cartoon by British cartoonist David Low 20 March 1935. Four days earlier Hitler had held his 'Freedom to Rearm' military rally where he

denounced the disarmament clauses of the Versailles Treaty and announced the reinstatement of conscription in Germany.

Leaders marching by are Clemenceau, Mussolini Chamberlain and Laval (French Foreign Minister)

Rolled up Treaty = leaders are letting Hitler break T of V

17 years lost opportunities= no disarmament

D) Which was a greater threat to peace by 1935?

Hitler’s rearmament of Germany from 1933 Britain’s response to German rearmament


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2. The Saar 1935 A) The industrial area of the Saar was taken from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Describe what happened in the Saar in 1935 and its importance to Hitler (4)

B)

Extract from The Times Newspaper, 1935

In this source the author is suggesting that the results of the Saar plebiscite strengthened peace in Europe. How far do you agree with this interpretation of events in the Saar in 1935?


C) Which was the greater threat to peace?

The results of the Saar Plebiscite in 1935 Hitler’s policy of rearmament

‘An event that might have caused a profound disturbance in Europe passed with hardly more violence than many general elections. The territory between France and Germany which might have been an apple of discord looks like becoming a bridge of understanding’


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3. The Rhineland, 1936

A) In 1936 Hitler remilitarised the Rhineland. Describe how Hitler achieved this. (4)

B) Study Source C. A comment made by Lord Lothian in 1936 about the remilitarisation of the Rhineland. He was a senior advisor to the British government

The Germans are after all, only going into their own back garden

Source C gives one reason why Britain did not oppose Hitler’s remilitarisation of the Rhineland in 1936.

Do you agree that this was the main reason?


C) Which was the greater threat to peace in the 1930’s?

Hitler’s remilitarisation of the Rhineland in 1936 The reactions of Britain, France and the League of Nations to the remilitarisation of the

Rhineland


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4. Anchluss 1938

A) Describe the Anschluss with Austria 1938 (4)

B) The source above suggests that Mussolini has helped Hitler destroy Austrian freedom with the Anschluss. Do you agree with this interpretation?


C) Which was a greater danger to international peace? (10)

Anschluss 1938 Reoccupation of the Rhineland 1936


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This cartoon Good Hunting was drawn by Bernard Partridge and published in the British magazine Punch in February 1938

A poacher (Hitler) is being allowed to carry off his catch by the gamekeeper (Mussolini)

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5. Czechoslovakia 1938

A) Describe the Sudeten land Crisis

B) Hitler is explaining why he wants the whole of the Sudetenland. Do you agree that these were Hitler’s foreign policy aims?


The Sudetenland is the last problem that must be solved and it will be solved. It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe.

The aims of our foreign policy are not unlimited... They are grounded on the determination to save German people alone.... Ten million Germans found themselves beyond the frontiers of the Reich.. Germans who wished to return to the Reich as their homeland.

Hitler speaking in Berlin in 1938

C) Which of the following was the greater danger to European peace? (10)

The Anschluss between Germany and Austria March 1938 The Sudeten crisis September 1938


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6. The Munich Agreement 1938 A) Describe the Munich Agreement (4)

B) Do you agree with this interpretation of the Munich agreement?


People of Britain your children are safe. Your husbands and your sons will not march to war. Peace is a victory for all mankind. If we must have a victor, let us choose Chamberlain for the Prime Minister’s conquests are mighty and enduring - millions of happy homes and hearts relieved of their burden.

Daily Express comments on the Munich Agreement 30th September 1938

C) Which was a greater threat to peace?

Hitler’s aims in foreign policy Neville Chamberlains policy of appeasement


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7. The occupation of Czechoslovakia 1939

A) Describe the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939B) Source C From a speech by Winston Churchill in Parliament during the debate on the Munich Agreement, October 1938

Study Source C

Source C gives Churchill’s view of the Munich Agreement, which Chamberlain had made with Hitler over Czechoslovakia in 1938.

Do you agree that this was the main result of the Munich Agreement?Explain your answer by referring to the purpose of the source, as well as using its content and your knowledge (6)

C) Which was the more important reason for the outbreak of the Second World War?

The occupation of Czechoslovakia Chamberlains policy of appeasement

I will begin by saying the most unpopular and most unwelcome thing: we have suffered a total and unmitigated defeat. I think that, in the future, Czechoslovakia cannot remain independent. You will see that shortly, Czechoslovakia will be taken over by Germany


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8. Nazi-Soviet Pact

A) Describe the Nazi-Soviet Pact of August 1939

B) British cartoonist David Low 1939 cartoon commenting on the Nazi Soviet pact

The cartoon above suggests that the Nazi Soviet Pact was a cynical (selfish) agreement, each dictator abandoning his supporters in the other’s territory. The purpose of the agreement was for each side to gain territory. Do you agree with this interpretation?

Explain your answer by referring to the purpose of the source, as well as using its content and your knowledge (6)

C) Which of these two was the greater threat to peace in Europe in the 1930’s (10)

The Sudeten Crisis in Czechoslovakia September-October 1938 The Nazi Soviet Pact August 1939


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9. Poland 1939 A) Describe the invasion of Poland and the outbreak of war in 1939 (4)

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Source B: A cartoon by the British cartoonist Sydney Strube published on 2nd September 1939, the day after Hitler invaded Poland and the day before Britain declared war. The cartoon suggests that Hitler is intentionally and willingly causing a war.

How far do you agree with this interpretation? (6)

C) Who was more to blame for the outbreak of the Second World War?

Hitler and his aggressive actions between 1938 and 1939 Appeasing politicians in Britain and France


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10. Appeasement

A) Describe the policy of Appeasement

B) Source B: From the newspaper ‘The Yorkshire Post’, December 1938

‘By repeatedly surrendering to force, Chamberlain has encouraged aggression. His policy is based on a fatal misunderstanding of the psychology of dictatorship’

How far do you agree with this interpretation of the policy of Appeasement?


C) Which was the more important cause of the Second World War?

The Nazi-Soviet Pact Neville Chamberlains policy of appeasement 1938-1939


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11. Responsibility

A) Describe the ways in which Britain and France were responsible for the outbreak of the Second World War (4)

B) Source B: From a speech given by Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister, on 22nd June 1941. Churchill was speaking on the same day that Hitler broke the Nazi-Soviet Pact and invaded the USSR. He blames Hitler for causing the war yet also blames the appeasing politicians

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How far do you agree with this interpretation?


C) Who was more to blame for the Second World War?

Hitler and his aggressive actions The actions of Britain and France

Hitler is a monster of wickedness, insatiable in his lust for blood and plunder....The terrible military machine which we and the rest of the civilised world so foolishly, so weakly, so foolishly allowed the Nazi gangsters to build up year by year from almost nothing – this machine cannot stand idle, lest it fall to rust or fall to pieces’


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