GCSE Podcasts
Paper 1 Sources Questions
Monday, 3 December 2007
This podcast helps to unravel some of the complexities of using the source work in the World War I section of Paper 1. There are four questions:
3 Marks Comprehension
6 Marks Explanation
8 Marks Usefulness
8 Marks Evaluation of Interpretation
The podcast will show how the COUL mnemonic can be
10 Mark Questions
Friday, 30 November 2007
This podcast is to help with students taking AQA Modern World History Paper 1. The 10 mark essay is worth 5% of the final GCSE mark and it is important to learn from the examiners about what makes a strong response. Here we take you through the DEAD mnemonic:
D is for Description
E is for
Paper 2 Sources
Friday, 30 November 2007
This podcast enables you to identify the different types of source question which you will encounter in both Sections A and B. Making use of COUL analysis, you will be able to work through comprehension, inference, comparison, usefulness and accuracy of interpretations. You can be helped with
15 Mark Essay Questions
Friday, 30 November 2007
15 mark essays are at the pinnacle of challenge at GCSE, you need to choose one on Germany and one on the USA. This podcast guides you through the question styles and provides examples of how you can create DEAD EASY answers in the exam. Here we identify the three Cs: Cause, Condition and
Introduction to GCSE History
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
This provides an overview of what to expect on the AQA Modern World History GCSE course at Handsworth Grammar School. It provides a summary of the content and and skills required in each examination and for coursework.
Nazi Germany 1934-1939
Thursday, 8 June 2006
This podcast focuses on the what life was like under the Nazis up to 1939. The key area to consider is if Hitler was able to improve the quality of German people’s lives. We focus initially on how Hitler maintained his dictatorship through the use of terror and persecution, particularly of
The Development of Nazi Dictatorship
Thursday, 8 June 2006
How does Hitler become a dictator? In this podcast we explore the events of 1933 and 1934 when Hitler assumes greater powers and becomes the Fuhrer on the death of President Hindenburg. We will look at the impact of the Reichstag Fire and the March Election, the Enabling Act and the removal of
The Rise of Adolf Hitler
Wednesday, 7 June 2006
How could someone like Hitler become Chancellor of a civilised and democratic country? In this podcast we explore how Hitler was able to exploit the political and economic weaknesses of the Weimar Republic to win greater and greater support for his ideas in the early 1930s. We will focus on what
The Stresemann Years
Tuesday, 6 June 2006
This podcast features the often forgotten area of the syllabus based upon events in Weimar Germany in the period from late 1923 to 1929. This era is dominated by the personality of Gustav Stresemann, Chancellor and then Foreign Minister of the Republic. It focuses on the economic recovery but
Challenges to the Weimar Republic
Tuesday, 6 June 2006
This podcast is the first of a series of five on developments in Germany in the inter-war period. Here we explore the origins of the Weimar Republic and its troubled first five years. It will look at how the Republic was created after the abdication of the Kaiser and the armistice to end the
The Impact of the New Deal
Friday, 26 May 2006
This podcast explores the era of the New Deal in America - it focuses on the role of Roosevelt, his aims, the hundred days, alphabet agencies, criticism of the New Deal, the dispute with the supreme court, the successes and failures of the New Deal.
1932 election
Friday, 26 May 2006
This podcast asks why Roosevelt was able to emerge as the overwhelming choice of the US public in the election of 1932. It explores the state that the USA was in as a result of the depression and the failures of the existing President, Herbert Hoover. It looks at what Roosevelt had to offer, his
The Great Depression
Friday, 26 May 2006
This podcast looks at the causes of the Great Depression and then at the impact on the USA. The first part will focus on how the US economy was struggling by the end of the 1920s and how the Wall Street Crash led to the deepening of the depression. The latter part will explore the impact of the
The Roaring Twenties
Friday, 26 May 2006
This podcast allows to students to find out more about aspects of life in the 1920s in the USA. The first part focuses on the boom in the economy and how many Americans were able to enjoy a standard of living unequal anywhere else in the World, we also feature those who failed to enjoy this time
causes of the boom in the 1920s
Friday, 26 May 2006
This podcast focuses on the reasons why the boom took place in America in the 1920s. It will focus on a range of reasons why the economy grew so spectacularly - USA's natural resources, the effects of World War I, government policies, new industries and methods of production, the car industry,
Isolationism in the USA
Friday, 26 May 2006
This podcast is a brief description of the key features of the US policy of isolationism which was prevalent in the 1920s and 1930s. In particular it focuses on the use of economic tariffs to protect American industry and the immigration quota system which sought to limit the influx of new
Origins of the Cold War
Thursday, 25 May 2006
This podcast looks at what started the Cold War after the defeat of Japan and Germany. It will look at the ideological differences between communism and capitalism, the history of mistrust before 1945 and the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences. It then proceeds to focus on the division of Europe by
Appeasement
Thursday, 25 May 2006
This podcast focuses on the policy of appeasement carried out by the British during the 1930s. It asks why appeasement was considered to be a sensible option and why it has also been severely criticised. We focus on the Munich Agreement of 1938 as the pinnacle of this policy and then consider
German Foreign Policy 1933-1939
Thursday, 25 May 2006
This podcast features the events which brought the world to war in 1939. It examines the aims of Hitler’s foreign policy and how he was able to exploit the weakness of the Versailles settlement. It looks at the stages in which Hitler rearms and regains territory - the Saar, the Rhineland,
Failure of the League of Nations
Tuesday, 23 May 2006
This podcast focuses on the reasons why the League of Nations failed in the 1930s. It assesses whether the League really was crippled at birth and how the absence of the USA in particular hindered the League’s ability to resist aggression. It features in depth the Manchuria and Abyssinia Crises
The establishment of the League of Nations
Monday, 22 May 2006
This podcast describes the aims for the League as established by Woodrow Wilson, its role, its organisation and the methods it could use to overcome aggression.
Reactions to Versailles
Monday, 22 May 2006
This podcast looks at how the Treaty of Versailles was received across the world. We will look at how the key victors each reacted to signing of the Treaty: French fears for future security, British ambivalence and American reluctance to accept it. It then focuses on how the Weimar Republic
The Treaty of Versailles
Monday, 22 May 2006
This episode looks at the terms of the Treaty - War Guilt, Reparations, Military Restrictions, Loss of Territory and the creation of the League of Nations. It also gives an overview of the other Treaties signed in Paris.
The Paris Peacemakers
Monday, 22 May 2006
This podcast seeks to explain the aims of the peacemakers who met in Paris in 1919. It will explore the motives of the 'big three' - the USA under President Woodrow Wilson, France under Georges "Tiger" Clemenceau and Britain under David Lloyd George. It will also look at how the Germans were
How Britain changed as a result of the Great War
Saturday, 20 May 2006
This podcast focuses on the changes that took place in Britain as a result of total war. The need to achieve victory led to many significant changes in the lives of British people. Millions were signed up for the army, women were to play a much more significant role in the workplace, food
How Britain contributed to German defeat in World War I
Friday, 19 May 2006
This podcast looks at the experience of fighting from the British perspective in the First World War. It starts with exploring the role of the BEF in thwarting the German Schlieffen Plan, then considers an in-depth appraisal of the nature of trench warfare. The success or failure of the Battle of
1914 - The outbreak of war
Friday, 19 May 2006
This podcast focuses on the immediate cause of the First World War, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo which resulted in the Great Powers being at war by the first week of August 1914. We will explore the motives of the assassins and the reactions of the Austrians and their
Causes of increased tension between the Great Powers
Friday, 19 May 2006
This is the first of two podcasts relating to the origins of the First World War - it is able to look at the longer term factors which led to the increase in tension in Europe between 1900 and 1914. The alliances will be explored in detail and the associated arms race. This will be followed up
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