Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 2.2,Cuban Missile Crisis of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991
Covers Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, the Cuban revolution, consequences of the revolution, why America was so concerned by the revolution, their plan of action, the Bay of Pigs incident, why it failed and what the impact was for the USA and USSR.
The piggy bank represents JFK
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.
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 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
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 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.
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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.
Knowledge Organiser to complement unit 1.1, Early Tensions Between East and West of Edexcel’s GCSE course, Superpowers and the Cold War 1941-1991
Covers the difference between communism and capitalism, the original Grand alliance, the successes and failures of the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences
The moustache is Stalin, the dog is Churchill, the lone star is Roosevelt but the shooting star is Truman, the tie is Attlee
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.
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.
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