Year 10 History Curriculum Overview
In Year 10, students study Germany, international conflict and the development of medicine over time. Each half term is built around enquiry questions, with regular opportunities to review knowledge and practise exam technique.
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Jump to: Half Term 1 | Half Term 2 | Half Term 3 | Half Term 4 | Half Term 5 | Half Term 6
Half Term 1: Germany before 1933
Enquiry questions: How did Germany change before 1914? What challenges did the Weimar Republic face? Was there a “Golden Age” in the Weimar Republic between 1924 and 1929?
Week 1
- INSET Day
- Who controlled Germany in 1890?
- How did Germany develop before 1914? Militarism
Week 2
- How did Germany develop before 1914? Industrialisation
- How did Kaiser Wilhelm II respond to socialism?
- Review and exam technique: Germany before 1914
Week 3
- What was the impact of the First World War on Germany?
- What was the German Revolution? Weimar Constitution
- Why did Germans hate the Treaty of Versailles?
Week 4
- What political challenges did the Weimar Republic face?
- What economic challenges did the Weimar Republic face?
- What was the impact of hyperinflation on Germany?
Week 5
- Who were the NSDAP and what was the Munich Putsch?
- Was the Munich Putsch a success or a failure?
- Review and exam technique: The Early Weimar Republic
Week 6
- How far did the Weimar Republic recover after 1923?
- Were the Stresemann Years a “Golden Age” in Germany?
- What was the Great Depression and how did it affect Germany?
Week 7
- Review and exam technique: The Weimar Republic 1924 to 1929
- What factors led to an increase in support for the Nazis?
- Who voted for the Nazis?
Week 8
- How did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany in 1933?
- What were the consequences of the Reichstag Fire? Part 1
- What were the consequences of the Reichstag Fire? Part 2
Half Term 2: Life in Nazi Germany
Enquiry questions: How did the Nazis gain and strengthen their control in Germany? How did life change for key groups in Nazi Germany? How did the Nazis maintain control in Germany?
Week 1
- What was the Night of the Long Knives?
- Review and exam technique: How did Hitler become Fuhrer of Germany?
- Revision for Mid-Unit Examination
Week 2
- Mid-Unit Examination
- Mid-Unit Examination Feedback
- How did life for children change in Nazi Germany? Part 1
Week 3
- How did life for children change in Nazi Germany? Part 2
- How did life for women change in Nazi Germany?
- How did life for workers change in Nazi Germany?
Week 4
- How did the Nazis attempt to deal with unemployment?
- Review and exam technique: Life for children, women and workers
- How did the Nazis attempt to control the Church?
Week 5
- How did Nazi racial policy affect the lives of Jews?
- How did Nazi racial policy affect the lives of minority groups in Germany?
- How did the Nazis use propaganda and censorship to control Germany? Part 1
Week 6
- How did the Nazis use propaganda and censorship to control Germany? Part 2
- How did the Nazis maintain control through terror?
- How successfully did the Nazis create a police state?
Week 7
- Who opposed the Nazis?
- What was the impact of the Second World War on Germany?
- Review and exam technique: How did the Nazis control German people?
Half Term 3: Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations
Enquiry questions: How did the Nazis maintain control in Germany? Was the Treaty of Versailles fair? How successful was the League of Nations in the 1920s?
Week 1
- Revision for End of Unit Examination
- End of Unit Examination
- End of Unit Examination Feedback
Week 2
- What did the peacemakers want at the Paris Peace Conference?
- What were the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
- How did Germany respond to the Treaty of Versailles? Part 1
Week 3
- How did Germany respond to the Treaty of Versailles? Part 2
- How were Germany’s allies treated at the end of the First World War?
- Review and exam technique: The Treaty of Versailles
Week 4
- What was the League of Nations and how was it organised? Part 1
- What was the League of Nations and how was it organised? Part 2
- How did the League of Nations help people?
Week 5
- How successfully did the League of Nations resolve disputes in the 1920s? Part 1
- How successfully did the League of Nations resolve disputes in the 1920s? Part 2
- How did international agreements damage the League of Nations in the 1920s?
Week 6
- Review and exam technique: The League of Nations in the 1920s
- What was the Manchurian Crisis?
- How did the League of Nations respond to the Manchurian Crisis?
Half Term 4: International Tension and the Outbreak of War
Enquiry questions: How successful was the League of Nations in the 1920s and 1930s? How did Hitler’s foreign policy increase tension between 1933 and 1938?
Week 1
- Why did Mussolini invade Abyssinia?
- How did the League of Nations respond to the Abyssinian Crisis?
- Review and exam technique: The League of Nations in the 1930s
Week 2
- Revision for Mid-Unit Examination
- Mid-Unit Examination
- Mid-Unit Examination Feedback
Week 3
- How far did Hitler overturn the Treaty of Versailles between 1933 and 1935?
- Why was the remilitarisation of the Rhineland so significant?
- How did Hitler achieve Anschluss in 1938?
Week 4
- Review and exam technique: Hitler’s foreign policy 1933 to 1938
- What was the Sudeten Crisis?
- Why was the Munich Agreement significant?
Week 5
- Was appeasement a good choice?
- How did the Second World War break out?
- Why did the Second World War break out? Planning
Week 6
- Why did the Second World War break out? Writing
- Review and exam technique: The outbreak of the Second World War
- Review and exam technique: Review of Conflict and Tension
Half Term 5: Revision and Exam Preparation
Enquiry questions: What triggered the Second World War? How can students review Paper 1 Section A and Paper 1 Section B?
Week 1
- Revision for End of Unit Examination
- End of Unit Examination
- End of Unit Examination Feedback
Week 2
- Revision: Paper 1 Section A
- Revision: Paper 1 Section A
- Revision: Paper 1 Section A
Week 3
- Revision: Paper 1 Section A
- Revision: Paper 1 Section A
- Revision: Paper 1 Section A
Week 4
- Revision: Paper 1 Section B
- Revision: Paper 1 Section B
- Revision: Paper 1 Section B
Week 5
- Revision: Paper 1 Section B
- Revision: Paper 1 Section B
- Revision: Paper 1 Section B
Half Term 6: Medicine Through Time
Enquiry questions: How did medicine “stand still” during the Medieval period? What was the impact of the Renaissance on medical progress?
Week 1
- Year 10 Mock Exam Week
- Year 10 Mock Exam Week
- Year 10 Mock Exam Week
Week 2
- Year 10 Work Experience Week
- Year 10 Work Experience Week
- Year 10 Work Experience Week
Week 3
- What were the key ideas of Hippocrates and Galen?
- What did Medieval people think caused illness?
- How did medieval people try to treat and prevent illness during the Medieval period?
Week 4
- How did Christianity affect medieval medicine?
- How did Islam affect medieval medicine?
- How effective was medieval surgery?
Week 5
- What was public health like in medieval towns and cities?
- How was public health in medieval towns and monasteries different?
- What caused the Black Death?
Week 6
- What was the impact of the Black Death on England?
- Review and exam technique: Medieval Medicine
- What was the Renaissance?
Week 7
- Why were Vesalius, Paré and Harvey significant?
- How scientific was medicine in the 17th and 18th centuries?
- Review and exam technique: Renaissance Medicine
Week 8
- End of Year 10 Review: Paper 1 Section A
- End of Year 10 Review: Paper 1 Section B
- End of Year 10 Review: Paper 2 Section A