Knowledge Organiser to complement the Germany Revolution for topic 1.1 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939. Knowledge Organiser covers The legacy of the First World War, The German Revolution, The Abdication of the Kaiser, The Declaration of a Republic, The Council of the People’s Representatives, The Armistice, Setting up the Weimar Republic, The Social Democrats, The Spartacists and The Freikorps. Advise print A3 for notes and A4 for revision

Knowledge Orgnaiser to complement the Nazi Policies Towards Women, topic 4.1 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.

Knowledge Organiser to complement the Persecution of the Jews within the Treatment of Minorities for topic 4.4 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.

Inspired by @KKNTeachLearn Designed to complement the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939 GCSE course. Students colour code the statements in the quilt into one of the six categories at the top of the sheet.

Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.2, The Development of the Cold War of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 Covers the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and Cominform and Comecon. The shooting star is Truman, type writer represents the telegrams, satellite is the satellite states. The rest are mostly visual prompts.

Colour code to complement theNazi control of education aspect of Nazi Policies Towards the Youth, topic 4.2 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939. Students should colour categorise the information in the table into the 4 categories in the top row. Advised to print 2 sheets per page for A5 sizing

Knowledge Organiser to complement the English Crusaders for topic 2.1 of the Edexcel The Reigns of Richard and John, 1189-1216: The Nature of Crusading

Knowledge Organiser to complement Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 Covers the creation of the Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic, NATO and the Warsaw Pact with sources for analysis

Knowledge organiser to complement the AQA A level Depth 2N Course - Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-1953 Matches chaper 14 of the Oxford AQA approved textbook Covers industry in the 30s including: Gosplan The aims and outcomes of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd five-year-plans The Nazi threat to the USSR New industrial projects: Dnieprostroi Dam, the Turksib, Moscow Metro, Moscow-Volga canal, Magnitogorsk and Komsomolsk The use of foreigners Stakhanovites Managers Workers Convict labour Advise to print A3 for detailed notes and A4 for quick revision

KO to completement Edexcel’s GCSE course, the Reigns of Richard and John which covers the competing aims of Richard, John and Philip, Richard’s defence of Normandy, Chateau Gaillard, Richard’s Death, John’s marriage to Isabelle of Angouleme, John’s refusal to attend court, the role of Arthur of Brittany and Eleanor of Aquitaine and the attack and fall of Chateau Gaillard. Recommend A4 print for revision and A3 for detailed notes.

Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 3.1, Attempts to Reduce Tension Between East and West, 1969-79 of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 Includes an overview of Detente, why the USA and Soviet Union supported detente, the transfer of the US presidency from Nixon, Ford and Carter. Also covers SALT 1, the Helsinki Accords and SALT 2. The phone is Nixon (because of the phone tapping in the Watergate scandal), the wallet if Ford (because the economic crisis experienced in his presidency) and the U-turn is Carter (because of his soft policies towards the soviets). The heart represents Brezhnev (because he dies of a heart attack). The other icons are illustrative.

Word gap to complement the Nazi policies towards Women aspect, topic 4.1 of the Edexcel Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.

Colour Code to complement Topic 20: Stalin and International Relations of the AQA Depth Study Option 2N - Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53. Advise to print 2 per A4 page Student to colour code into 4 categories: Push (stick) factors for Stalin Pull (carrot) factors for Stalin Push (stick) factors for Hitler Pull (carrot) factors for Hitler Students use to make a judgement about who benefitted more from the pact. Nazi-Soviet Pact Knowledge Organiser available with space to consolidate this colour code

Knowledge organiser to complement Topic 20: Stalin and International Relations of the AQA Depth Study Option 2N - Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-53. Advise to print A3 Includes timeline, Rapallo Treaty, Treaty of Berlin, Soviet entry into the League of Nations, Maksim Litvinov.

Inspired by @KKNTeachLearn Designed to complement unit 1.3 of Edexcel’s GCSE Cold War course; The Cold War Intensifies Students make a judgement about the success level of the Space Race at each key event and colour in the bar chart in one of two colours depending on whether it was a US or Soviet Union development to see how the Space Race developed and culminated in the 1969 moon landings.

Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.3, The Cold War Intensifies of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 Covers conventional weapons, the development of atomic and hydrogen bombs, ICBMs, nuclear weapons as a threat or a deterrent, the Korean War, President Eisenhower, the death of Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev. The eye is President Eisenhower and the hammer is Khrushchev. The rest are mostly visual prompts.

Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.3, The Cold War Intensifies of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991 Covers key chronology and events of the Hungarian Uprising. Focus on the Secret Speech, comparison of Rakosi and Nagy, Khrushchev’s reaction, Nagy’s trial and execution, the international response and the impact on the control of Hungary by the USSR The Hammer is Khrushchev. The rest are mostly visual prompts.

Word Gap on Stalin’s totalitarian dictatorship - covering his position after the Great Patriotic War, his paranoid, touching on the Leningrad Affair, the renewed terror of the NKVD and the leadership power struggle after Stalin’s death in March 1953.

Comparison table of the main events of the detente period in the 1970s, SALT 1, the Helsink Accords and SALT 2. For each, there is space for the positives and negatives of the meetings, and the impact on international relations (visually represented with a thermometer)

Students rank 9 reasons the Soviet Union beat Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War: The Soviet People Soviet Propaganda German View of the Soviet Soviet Industry Foreign Aid Stalin’s Leadership Strategic Mistakes by the Germans The Geography of Russia The Red Army (and Zhukov)