include written tasks, spellings, include written tasks, spellings, include written tasks, spellings, reading homework, research or reading homework, research or reading homework, research or revision. revision. revision. Subject: Recommended revision guides Year:__9 __ support and study materials. Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Revision materials not yet published, Topics covered: Topics covered: Topics covered: to be released at the end of the academic year 2015-2016. Germany, 1890–1945: Conflict and tension, 1918–1939 Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 Democracy and dictatorship Students can still access BBC bitesize Part one: Elizabeth's court and and the internet to aid with all Part one: Peacemaking Part one: Germany and the Parliament resources. growth of democracy • The armistice: aims of the • Elizabeth I and her court: peacemakers; Wilson and the • Kaiser Wilhelm and the background and character of Fourteen Points; Clemenceau and difficulties of ruling Germany: the Elizabeth I; court life; key ministers. Lloyd George; the extent to which growth of parliamentary • The difficulties of a female ruler: they achieved their aims. government; relations with Parliament; the • The Versailles Settlement: the influence of Prussian problem of marriage and the Diktat; territorial changes; militarism; industrialisation; succession; the strength of military restrictions; war guilt and Elizabeth’s authority at the end of social reform and the growth of her reign, including Essex’s reparations. socialism; rebellion in 1601. • Impact of the treaty and wider the domestic importance of the settlement: reactions of the Navy Laws. Part two: Life in Elizabethan times Allies; German objections; • Impact of the First World War: strengths war weariness, economic • A ‘Golden Age’: living standards; and weaknesses of the problems; defeat; the end of the growing prosperity and the rise of settlement. monarchy; post-war problems the gentry; the Elizabethan including reparations, the theatre and its achievements; Part two: The League of Nations occupation of the Ruhr and attitudes to the theatre. and international peace hyperinflation. • The poor: reasons for the increase in poverty; attitudes and responses • Weimar democracy: political
include written tasks, spellings, reading homework, research or revision. include written tasks, spellings, reading homework, research or revision. include written tasks, spellings, reading homework, research or revision. Subject: Year:__9 __ Recommended revision guides support and study materials. Term 1 Topics covered: Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and dictatorship Part one: Germany and the growth of democracy • Kaiser Wilhelm and the difficulties of ruling Germany: the growth of parliamentary government; the influence of Prussian militarism; industrialisation; social reform and the growth of socialism; the domestic importance of the Navy Laws. • Impact of the First World War: war weariness, economic problems; defeat; the end of the monarchy; post-war problems including reparations, the occupation of the Ruhr and hyperinflation. • Weimar democracy: political Term 2 Topics covered: Conflict and tension, 1918–1939 Part one: Peacemaking • The armistice: aims of the peacemakers; Wilson and the Fourteen Points; Clemenceau and Lloyd George; the extent to which they achieved their aims. • The Versailles Settlement: Diktat; territorial changes; military restrictions; war guilt and reparations. • Impact of the treaty and wider settlement: reactions of the Allies; German objections; strengths and weaknesses of the settlement. Part two: The League of Nations and international peace Term 3 Topics covered: Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 Part one: Elizabeth's court and Parliament • Elizabeth I and her court: background and character of Elizabeth I; court life; key ministers. • The difficulties of a female ruler: relations with Parliament; the problem of marriage and the succession; the strength of Elizabeth’s authority at the end of her reign, including Essex’s rebellion in 1601. Part two: Life in Elizabethan times • A ‘Golden Age’: living standards; growing prosperity and the rise of the gentry; the Elizabethan theatre and its achievements; attitudes to the theatre. • The poor: reasons for the increase in poverty; attitudes and responses Revision materials not yet published, to be released at the end of the academic year 2015-2016. Students can still access BBC bitesize and the internet to aid with all resources.
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