Medicine Overview

The medicine topic may seem like a confusing mix of different ideas and people but this fantastic timeline makes some sense of it all!

Germany Revision Booklet

This workbook for the Germany topic covers all the main sections that you require knowledge of, it also has material on how to answer some of the questions on this paper.

Medicine in the First World War

This booklet has a number of activites designed to aid understanding of medical advancements in the First World War. 

Download or print, then complete!

First World War Short Videos

There are plenty of videos that you can view online to aid your understanding of the First World War and medicine.  This is a link to a playlist of BBC videos which will be particulalry useful to you.

Why did the death of Edward the Confessor cause a succession crisis?

The events of 1066 were largley due to the problems arising from the death of Edward the Confessor, in order to understand how and why the succession crisis occured it is important to analyse the various factors that affected it.

This video will explain each factor and help you complete your essay.

The Great Plague 1665

This video on the Great Plague of 1665 will give you a good overview of events, it can be used as a useful comparison to the previous post regarding the Black Death.

Medieval Apocalypse The Black Death BBC Documentary

For those who want to find out more about the Black Death in 1348, this documentary has some interesting information. 

Medicine Revision Booklet

This revision booklet will give you a good overview of the key detail that you need to know.   Feel free to read ahead or just use it as an aid when producing your revision cards. 

This YouTube video on Barber Surgeons will give you a useful insight into the techniques used in Medieval Medicine!

Cold War Revision Booklet

Over the summer it is important that you continue to review your learning.  This Cold War booklet covers all the sections that we studied in Y10 and includes knowledge reviews that you should attempt.

BBC Bitesize

As a revision tool/overview, you would be hard pressed to beat the BBC Bitesize section on the Cold War.  Some great little video clips and summaries on key events.

CNN Cold War Documentaries

The events of the Cold War can appear complex, however, these videos made by the news company CNN present the events in an easy to understand way.

Remember, when you watch these videos you must be actively revising, try making a mind map or taking notes as you view the episodes.

How did Hitler Rise to Power

This video was put together to outline how Hitler rose to power. 

It is ok as an overview but you need to know about these events in more depth.

More Germany revision diagrams!

I have found a number of useful visual revision diagrams that may be of use, you could try making your own for some of the other sections!

Germany Revision

Your revision is well in hand, I'm sure, but this useful topic overview will help you cut through to the bare facts that are needed for the exam!

Nazi Economic Miracle?

The Nazi economic success is a key topic that you need to know.  This information from the BBC revision website will give you a useful overview.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/germany/economicrev1.shtml

Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a critical point in the relations between the USA and USSR and is almost guaranteed to come up in the exam in some form.  You must understand the causes, events and outcome of this significant case study.  This documentary is extremely detailed (you wont need this level of knowledge) and will give you a good overview of the events.

Germany Revision Booklet

To help with your revision for the Germany paper, I have made this booklet available for you all.  There are some good revision activities within it as well as some practice exam style questions.

Life in Nazi Germany: Match up cards

As part of your revision of Life in Nazi Germany, these match up cards will help you understand the causes, events and results of various policies of the Nazis. 

Print them off then match up the cards, the answers are on the last sheet.

Weimar Germany Chronology

It is important to have an understanding of how different events are related, this chronology exercise will give you a good overview of key events in Weimar Germany.