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Year 11 (GCSE)

Germany c. 1918-1941

1. The Weimar Republic: How and why did Hitler and the Nazi Party Rise to power?

a.       Problems for the Weimar republic, 1919-1929: resentment of the treaty of Versailles, violent opposition before 1923, economic problems for example, reparations, hyperinflation

b.      Stresemann’s attempts to deal with domestic problems

c.       Rise of Nazism: aims and tactics pre-1924, aims and tactics 1925-1929, effectiveness

d.      Impact of Depression, support for the Weimar Republic, support for the communists, support for the Nazi Party, electoral results 1930-32

e.       Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor in January 1933 and the reasons for this: popularity of Nazi policies, inability of other Chancellors to solve problems, problems of the PR system, political intrigue by German Leaders

2. Nazi Germany: How was Germany Controlled by the Nazi Party 1933-39

a.       Consolidation of Nazi power: burning of the Reichstag, 1933 elections, Enabling Law, actions to suppress opposition to Nazis in 1933

b.      Consolidation of Hitler’s  power: Night of the Long Knives, Hitler becomes Fuhrer, August 1934, army of allegiance to Hitler

c.       Economic life under the Nazis: trade unions and strikes banned, steps to reduce unemployment, National Labour Service, German, Labour Front, Nazi rent and price controls, autarchy.

d.      Nazi control of peoples lives: police state, propaganda and Censorship, policies on women, education, youth, churches, and extent of Nazi control.

e.       Anti-Semitism: Master Race Theory, Nazi Policies on Jewish employment and property, Nuremberg laws, Night of Broken Glass, concentration camps before 1940.

3. Nazi policy towards Europe: What were Nazi aims in Europe? What methods were used to achieve the aims?

a.       Hitler’s aims: defy and dismantle treaty of Versailles, restore German military power, unite all Germans, make Germany great, Lebensraum

b.      Restore German Military power: Disarmament Conference and League of Nations, secret increase in army and rearmament, announcement of conscription, build-up of German armed forces, Anglo-German Naval Agreement 1935

c.       Unite all Germans: invasions of Rhineland, Austria 1934 and 1938, Sudetenland and Munich 1938, designs on Poland

d.      Lebensraum: invasion of Czechoslovakia 1939, Nazi Soviet Pact 1939, invasion of Poland 1939, Invasion of Russia 1941

This course is to be taught from September to February
 

Peace, War and Neutrality: Britain, Northern Ireland and Ireland and the Second World War c. 1932-1949

1. Anglo-Irish relationships before world war – What was the nature of relationships between Britain, Northern Ireland and Eire before World War II?

a.       De Valera, leader of Eire government: dismantling of Anglo-Irish Treaty, causes of Economic War

b.      Effect of Economic War on Britain, Northern Ireland and Eire, end of Economic War, terms of Anglo Irish agreement 1938, reasons for signing

c.       Chamberlain and Hitler: appeasement, Sudetenland crisis, guarantees to Poland

d.      Responses to the threat of war in Britain, Northern Ireland and Eire: re-armament, neutrality

e.       Declaration of War: responses of Northern Ireland and Eire, reasons for Northern Ireland’s support, reasons for Eire’s neutrality, attitude of Britain to each other

2. Experience of and response to war: How did individuals and governments response to the coming of war?

a.       Churchill and the war effort: preparations for invasion, defence measures, Battle of Britain

b.      Blackout; rationing; enlistment of people from Northern Ireland and Eire

c.       Northern Ireland’s contribution to the war: industrial, Agricultural, military, strategic

d.      Effects of the Blitz on Northern Ireland: reasons for Targeting Belfast, reasons for relatively greater damage in Belfast than in English cities; Eire and the Blitz

e.       Neutrality of Eire; attempts to persuade Eire top enter the war, State of Emergency, banning of IRA and Blueshirts, Northern Ireland’s attitudes to Eire’s neutrality

3. Post-War Relationships: What issues influenced post-war relationships within the British Isles?

a.       The Welfare State in Britain and Northern Ireland: family allowance, unemployment benefit, national assistance, housing

b.      National Health Service: education

c.       Attitudes in Northern Ireland to Social reforms: situation in Eire

d.      Declaration of the Republic in 1949: reactions in Northern Ireland, reactions in Britain, effects relationships between Britain and the new Irish Republic

e.       The Ireland Act 1949: reactions in Northern Ireland, reactions in the Republic, immediate effects on the relationship between and Northern Ireland.

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