Half-term: Summer 1 Unit title: The Middle East Weeks 27–28 Enquiry question: What are the long-term causes of conflict in the Middle East? Content details Links to Progression Target understanding Additional Extra stretch End of half term Edexcel scale focus for all students understanding for understanding assessment will GCSE (9–1) some students cover History Background to Causation and Week 27 Causation and Causation and Causation and Change and How did the Middle East get dragged consequence Conflict in consequence Step 7: consequence Step 8: consequence continuity into the First World War? the Middle Target Step 7 Learners are becoming Learners are able to Step 8: Learners Causation and * Geography of the Middle East, East, Stretch to Step 8 confident in forming a construct and explain can explain why consequence Tribal, ethnic and religious diversity causal picture using a causal argument events had * Ottoman rule and the rise of Arab information that they are using historical certain nationalism. Reasons why Arabs given and can construct a knowledge with consequences supported the Allies against the sound explanation of why which they are and begin to Ottomans something happened. becoming recognise that * British and French policies in the (Reinforced 3) increasingly familiar. one cause may First World War: Promise of Arab Causation and This argument will have multiple or independence, Sikes Picot agreement, consequence Step 7: put forward a case conflicting Balfour Declaration Students are starting to for defining the consequences. * Mandates after the First World War prioritise some causes as importance of They will begin more important than particular causes or to see how Week 28 Background to Causation and others. groups of causes, but causes and What caused the Arab-Israeli war of Conflict in consequence there will be a lack consequences 1948? Target Step 7 Causation and the Middle * Jewish immigration 1918–1936 Stretch to Step 8 consequence Step 7: of organisation or overlap and East, Learners are beginning to sustained argument. interact. * Tensions cause by Jewish settlers, be more selective when leading to the Arab revolt deploying historical * The impact of the Second World knowledge, although this War may be patchy. * The Jewish insurgency, the civil war (Reinforced 2) and the Partition Plan * The role of David Ben-Gurion and the Israeli declaration of independence * Intervention of neighbouring Arab states * Main consequences of the war
Half-term: Summer 1 Unit title: The Middle East Weeks 27–28 Enquiry question: What are the long-term causes of conflict in the Middle East? Content details Links to Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History Progression scale focus Target understanding for all students Additional understanding for some students Extra stretch understanding End of half term assessment will cover Week 27 How did the Middle East get dragged into the First World War? * Geography of the Middle East, Tribal, ethnic and religious diversity * Ottoman rule and the rise of Arab nationalism. Reasons why Arabs supported the Allies against the Ottomans * British and French policies in the First World War: Promise of Arab independence, Sikes Picot agreement, Balfour Declaration * Mandates after the First World War Background to Conflict in the Middle East, Causation and consequence Target Step 7 Stretch to Step 8 Causation and consequence Step 7: Learners are becoming confident in forming a causal picture using information that they are given and can construct a sound explanation of why something happened. (Reinforced 3) Causation and consequence Step 7: Students are starting to prioritise some causes as more important than others. Causation and consequence Step 7: Learners are beginning to be more selective when deploying historical knowledge, although this may be patchy. (Reinforced 2) Causation and consequence Step 8: Learners are able to construct and explain a causal argument using historical knowledge with which they are becoming increasingly familiar. This argument will put forward a case for defining the importance of particular causes or groups of causes, but there will be a lack of organisation or sustained argument. Causation and consequence Step 8: Learners can explain why events had certain consequences and begin to recognise that one cause may have multiple or conflicting consequences. They will begin to see how causes and consequences overlap and interact. Change and continuity Causation and consequence Week 28 What caused the Arab-Israeli war of 1948? * Jewish immigration 1918–1936 * Tensions cause by Jewish settlers, leading to the Arab revolt * The impact of the Second World War * The Jewish insurgency, the civil war and the Partition Plan * The role of David Ben-Gurion and the Israeli declaration of independence * Intervention of neighbouring Arab states * Main consequences of the war Background to Conflict in the Middle East, Causation and consequence Target Step 7 Stretch to Step 8