Edexcel GCSE Modern World History Revision Guide 2nd edition


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Achieve your best with this motivating revision guide packed with tips and opportunities to practise for the exam. This guide meets the core requirements of the latest Edexcel specification. Written by expert author Ben Walsh, it not only includes helpful analysis, primary/secondary sources and review materials but also fosters active and effective revision to help you reach your highest potential. - Review all the key content of the Edexcel course with just the right amount of detail. - Keep on track with exam requirements with exam tips throughout. - Complete tasks which enhance your understanding and revision methods. CONTENTS: Unit 1: Peace and War: International Relations, 1900-91 Chapter 1: Why did war break out in 1914? International rivalry, 1900-14 Chapter 2: The peace settlement: 1918-29 Chapter 3: Why did war break out in 1939? International relations, 1929-39 Chapter 4: How did the Cold War develop? 1943-56 Chapter 5: Three Cold War crises: Berlin, Cuba and Czechoslovakia c. 1957-69 Chapter 6: Why did the Cold War end? The invasion of Afghanistan to the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1979-91 Unit 2: Modern World Depth Studies Chapter 7: Germany, 1918-39 Chapter 8: Russia, 1917-39 Chapter 9: The USA, 1919-41 Unit 3: Modern World Source Enquiry Chapter 10: War and the transformation of British society c. 1903-26 Chapter 11: War and the transformation of British society c. 1931-51 Chapter 12: A divided union? The USA, 1945-70




AQA GCSE Modern World History Revision Guide 2nd Edition


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Unlock your full potential with this revision guide which focuses on the key content and skills you need to succeed in AQA GCSE Modern World History. How this revision guide helps you: - It condenses each topic into easy-to-revise chunks - There is a revision task for each chunk of content to make sure you have understood and learnt the key information - Key term boxes help you learn the essential vocabulary - Exam Practice provides sample exam questions for each topic - and you can check your answers online - Exam tips explain how to approach each kind of sample question and help you avoid the most common mistakes people make in their exams This second edition is for the revised specification for first examination in Summer 2015.




GCSE Modern World History


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Provide complete support for your GCSE Modern World History candidates with best-selling books and digital resources from an author you can really trust. GCSE Modern World History is the leading textbook for GCSE and IGCSE Modern World History courses. The core content of the Modern World History specifications is comprehensively covered through lucid explanation and carefully selected source material. The most popular option units and depth studies are covered in sufficient detail to make separate purchase of topic books unnecessary. Questions, activities and Focus Tasks are provided throughout to: - deepen understanding of the content - develop evaluative and investigative skills - help students become more independent learners - support exam preparation. This Teacher's Resource Book includes structured support for every major task in the Student's Book. This book is also available as an enhanced eLearning Edition on CD which offers every element of the Student's Book for use on interactive whiteboards and school networks. 1 The First World War 9780719579738 2 The USSR, Germany and the USA between the Wars 9780719579745 3 Co-operation and Conflict 1919-1945 9780719579721 4 International Relations 1945-1990 9780719579752




Essential Modern World History


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This product represents a complete resource package for the new GSCE specifications. Accompanying the student book, this resource pack has been specifically developed to match the AQA Modern World GCSE specification. The pack features practical advice and ready-to-use copymasters that aim to provide detailed assessment guidance; differentiated support for all ability levels; a breakdown of different types of questions in the written examination papers at two levels; and coverage of content options within each question type.




Edexcel Gcse Modern World History


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Provides highly targeted in-class support and practice to help those students targeting a C. Includes examples of all exam paper question types with activities that focus on the skills students find more challenging. Includes sample student answers, commentary, mark schemes and guidance on how to improve their learning.




Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: Warfare through time, c1250–present


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Exam Board: Pearson Edexcel Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: June 2018 Endorsed for Edexcel Enable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this popular series from the leading History publisher for secondary schools. br” Blends in-depth coverage of topics with activities and strategies to help students to acquire, retain and revise core subject knowledge brbr” Uses an exciting mix of clear narrative, visual stimulus materials and a rich collection of contemporary sources to capture students' interestbrbr” Helps students to maximise their grade potential and develop their exam skills through structured guidance on answering every question type successfullybrbr” Builds on our experience publishing popular GCSE History resources, providing you with accurate, authoritative content written by experienced teachers who understand the content and assessment requirementsbr




AQA GCSE History: Understanding the Modern World


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Create a stimulating, well-paced teaching route through the 2016 GCSE History specification using this tailor-made series that draws on a legacy of market-leading history textbooks and the individual subject specialisms of the author team to inspire student success. - Motivate your students to deepen their subject knowledge through an engaging and thought-provoking narrative that makes historical concepts accessible and interesting to today's learners - Embed progressive skills development in every lesson with carefully designed Focus Tasks that encourage students to question, analyse and interpret key topics - Take students' historical understanding to the next level by using a wealth of original contemporary source material to encourage wider reflection on different periods - Help your students achieve their potential at GCSE with revision tips and practice questions geared towards the changed assessment model, plus useful advice to aid exam preparation - Confidently navigate the new AQA specification using the expert insight of experienced authors and teachers with examining experience This single core text contains all four period studies and the following wider world depth studies: - Conflict and tension, 1894-1918 - Conflict and tension, 1918-1939 - Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972 - Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950-1975




Cambridge IGCSE Modern World History


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Complete support for the 20th Century section of the IGCSE History syllabus with best-selling books and digital resources from an author you can really trust. This new edition of Ben Walsh's best-selling GCSE Modern World History provides a comprehensive textbook for Cambridge IGCSE History covering the 20th Century core content and developing the necessary skills. It provides a winning combination of features that will meet the needs of all students: - Clear, engaging and provocative author text brings the 20th Century period to life and summarises complicated history clearly without being simplistic - Focus Tasks (exactly targeting each focus point of the 20th Century part of the syllabus) steadily deepen students' understanding of the content while progressively building their history skills - Original and relevant source material - written and visual - is used for historical investigation not just for illustration - Exam Focus and Revision Tips help students acquire both the necessary content knowledge and the essential conceptual understanding In its previous editions this book has provided students with what they need to achieve their best possible results, and provided teachers with what they need to teach a rewarding and worthwhile course. It's a winning combination. It is endorsed by Cambridge International Examinations. Contents How this book will help you to succeed in Cambridge IGCSE History Section 1: Core Content Option B - International Relations since 1919 Part 1 The Inter-War Years 1919-1939 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? Part 2 The Cold War and the Gulf, 1945-2000 4 Who was to blame for the Cold War? 5 How effectively did the USA contain the spread of Communism? 6 How secure was the USSR's control over Eastern Europe, 1948-c.1989? 7 Why did events in the Gulf matter c.1970-2000? Exam Focus: core content option B Section 2: Depth Studies 9 Germany, 1918-45 8 Russia, 1905-41 10 The USA,1919-41 Exam Focus: depth studies This book is supported by online Teaching and Learning resources powered by Dynamic Learning. These provide extensive ICT-based activities for all key topics which will help refine students' historical thinking and focus their revision.




OCR GCSE History Explaining the Modern World: Migration, Empire and the Historic Environment


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Exam board: OCR Level: GCSE Subject: History First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2018 Trust Ben Walsh to guide you through the 9-1 GCSE specification and motivate your students to excel with his trademark mix of engaging narrative and fascinating contemporary sources. Brought to you by the market-leading History publisher and OCR's Publishing Partner for History. br” Skilfully steers you through the increased content requirements and changed assessment model with a comprehensive, appropriately-paced course created by bestselling author Ben Walsh and a team of subject specialistsbrbr” Deepens subject knowledge through clear, evocative explanations that make complex content accessible to GCSE studentsbrbr” Progressively builds students' enquiry, interpretative and analytical skills with carefully designed Focus Tasks throughout each chapter