OCR GCSE Modern World History 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.



J. Patel (UK) says of the OCR Modern World History Revision Guide previous edition:

"I had so many notes I just didn't know what to learn and did not have the time to go through all of them. I only revised for my GCSE from this book and scored a high A*. As long as you learn the condensed information this book gives you thoroughly, you cannot go wrong."

• 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:
Paper 1: Aspects of International Relations, 1919-2005
The Inter-War Years, 1919-1939
Chapter 1: Were the peace treaties of 1919-23 fair?
Chapter 2: To what extent was the League of Nations a success?
Chapter 3: Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?
The Cold War, 1945-1975
Chapter 4: Who was to blame for the Cold War?
Chapter 5: Who won the Cuban missile crisis?
Chapter 6: Why did the USA fail in Vietnam?
Paper 2: Studies in Depth
Chapter 7: Germany, 1918-1945
Chapter 8: Russia, 1905-1941
Chapter 9: The USA, 1919-1941
Chapter 10: The causes and events of the First World War, 1890-1918
Chapter 11: The USA, 1945-1975: Land of Freedom?
Paper Three: British Depth Studies
Chapter 12: How was British society changed, 1890-1918?
Chapter 13: 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.

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 Headteacher of a large Cambridgeshire 11- 18 school and was formerly history adviser to Granada and Channel 4Television. He is the author of the bestselling 'Revision for OCR: GCSE Modern World History' second edition.

Readership:
students