Year 11 GCSE History Homework Tasks, 2013 - 2014
For every module, students are given topic booklets with information sheets
and specific tasks for every lesson. Students should always complete the
work from missed lessons and spend time revising for end of module
assessments.
Modules
Liberal
Reforms
Suggested homework tasks
Complete the research task on the 19th century social reformers
Write one paragraph on ‘If you were PM for the day, how would you deal with
poverty?’
Revise for the end of module assessment using BBC Bitesize:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/britain/liberalreformsrev1.s
html
Research the Suffragettes and Suffragists
Produce a timeline of the main events in the Suffrage movement from 1906 - 18
Suffragettes
Revise for the end of module assessment using BBC Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/britain/votesforwomenrev1.
shtml
Research Britain and the Home Front during WWI, 1914 - 1918
Design your own WWI recruitment poster using the examples
Britain and
the Home
Front
Research the bombing raids on Britain during WWI
Revise for the end of module assessment using BBC Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/britain/homefrontrev1.shtml
Research the Treaty of Versailles - terms, who were the Big 3?
Treaty of
Versailles
Complete the exam answer: What limits did the Treaty of Versailles place on
Germany’s military strength? (4 marks)
Revise for the end of module assessment using BBC Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir1/treatyact.shtml
Research the Weimar Republic in Germany between 1919 and 1933
Identify where you are on the political spectrum by completing the quiz
http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html
Weimar
Republic
Complete the exam answer: Explain why Germany suffered from hyperinflation ( 6
marks)
Revise for the end of module assessment using BBC Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/germany/weimardoomedre
v1.shtml
Research Hitler’s rise to power – how he became leader of the Nazis
Complete the exam question: Explain how the following together contributed to the
fall of the Weimar Republic: the Treaty of Versailles, the economic depression from
1929, the appeal of Hitler and the Nazi Party (10 marks)
Hitler’s rise
to power
Complete the essay: Why did Adolf Hitler become chancellor of Germany in 1933?
(10 marks)
Revise for the end of module assessment using BBC Bitesize:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/schools/gcsebitesize/history/quizengine?quiz=hitlerpo
wertest&templateStyle=history
Research how the Nazis controlled Germany between 1933 and 1945 – focusing
on the role of the SS and the Gestapo
Complete the exam question: Explain why some individuals and groups opposed
Nazi Control Nazi rule (6 marks)
Revise for the end of module assessment using BBC Bitesize:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/germany/controlstructurere
v1.shtml
Research Life in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945
Complete the exam question: Explain why some individuals and groups opposed
Nazi rule (6 marks)
Life in Nazi
Germany
Complete the exam question: What were the main features of the education of
German children between 1933 and 1945? (4 marks)
Revise for the end of module assessment using BBC Bitesize:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/germany/womenrev1.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/germany/economicrev1.sht
ml
Research WWI trench warfare - reasons for, how constructed
Research the Battle of the Somme in detail – did it achieve its objectives?
Haig and the
Battle of the
Somme
Research Haig’s individual role and significance – was he responsible for
losses?
Research the role of the other leaders – Rawlinson, Allenby and Gough. Did
their divisions achieve their objectives?
Research the longer term significance of the battle – did military strategy
change?
Research the work of the League of Nations in the 1920s and 1920s
League of
Nations
Complete the exam question: Explain why the League of Nations failed to deal
successfully with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931. (6 marks)
Revise for the end of module assessment using BBC Bitesize
Research the steps to war between 1933 and 1939 beginning with the rearmament
of Germany
Steps to
War
Complete the exam question: Explain why Britain followed a policy of appeasement
towards Germany. (9 marks)
Revise for the end of module assessment using BBC Bitesize:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/ir1/war2act.shtml
Revision
Revise for Paper 1 and 2 exams using GCSE Bitesize:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history
CLE, July 2013