New GCSE Modern World History: OCR Revision Guide

Summary:
Succeed at OCR GCSE Modern World History with this active and effective approach to revision and examination skills. This guide provides all the key content of the OCR course, focussed on the requirements and skills needed in your exams.

And with exam tips and active revision tasks, you will be on track to reach or exceed your target grade.

• Comprehensive specification coverage with active revision tasks throughout
• Exam tips throughout to keep students on track with the exam requirements
• Written by examiners

Table of Contents:
Unit One: Aspects of International Relations, 1919-2005
Chapter 1: The Inter-War Years, 1919-1939
1.1 Were the peace treaties of 1919-23 fair?
1.2 To what extent was the League of Nations a success?
1.3 Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?
Chapter 2: The Cold War, 1945-1975
2.1 Who was to blame for the Cold War?
2.2 Who won the Cuban Missile Crisis?
2.3 Why did the USA fail in Vietnam?
Unit Two: Studies in Depth
Chapter 3: Germany, 1918-1945
3.1: Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
3.2: The Nazi regime: how effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933-1945?
3.3: The Nazi regime: what was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
Chapter 4: Russia, 1905-1941
4.1: Why did the Tsarist regime collapse in 1917?
4.2: How did the Bolsheviks gain power, and how did they consolidate their rule?
4.3: How did Stalin gain and hold on to power?
4.4: What was the impact of Stalin’s economic policies?
Chapter 5: The USA, 1919-1941
5.1: How far did the US economy boom in the 1920s?
5.2: How far did US society change in the 1920s?
5.3: What were the causes and consequences of the Wall Street Crash?
5.4: How successful was the New Deal?
Chapter 6: Causes and Events of the First World War, 1890-1918
6.1: Why was there increasing tension between the Great Powers, 1890-1914?
6.2: Why did the First World War break out in 1914?
6.3: What happened on the Western Front?
6.4: How important were the other fronts?
Chapter 7: The USA, 1945-1975: Land of Freedom?
7.1: Why was there a ‘Red Scare’ in the USA?
7.2: How successful was the struggle for civil rights in the 1950s?
7.3: Who improved civil rights the most in the 1960s and 1970s?
Unit Three: British Depth Studies
Chapter 8: How was British society changed, 1890-1918?
Chapter 9: How far did British society change, 1939-1975?

About the Author(s):
Ben Walsh is an experienced GCSE history teacher, a senior examiner with a major examination board, a best-selling author and a celebrated expert in the use of digital technology in history teaching.

He taught AQA Modern World History for many years Stafford College.

As well as writing best selling books for GCSE Modern World History he has been the key developer of the highly praised Learning Curve online exhibitions for the National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) and he has blazed a trail in the use of digital video archives in the teaching of GCSE history.
Wayne Birks is a headteacher and author of the bestselling 'Revision for OCR: GCSE Modern World History' second edition.

Readership:
students