Revision Checklist For IGCSE History 0470

Revision Checklist for IGCSEHistory 0470Guide for Students

Revision Checklist for IGCSE History 0470A Guide for StudentsHow to use this guideThe guide describes what you need to know about your IGCSE History examination. It will helpyou to plan your revision programme for the examination and will explain what the examiners arelooking for in the answers you write. It can also be used to help you to revise by using the tickboxes in Section 3, ‘What you should be able to’ to check what you know and which topic areasof History you have covered.The guide contains the following sections:Section 1 - How will you be tested?This section will give you information on the different examination papers that are available.Section 2 - What will you be tested on?This section describes the areas of knowledge, understanding and skills that the examiners willtest you on.Section 3 - What you should knowThis shows the syllabus content in a simple way so that you can check: which topics you need to know details about each topic in the syllabus how much of the syllabus you have coveredSection 4: AppendicesThis section covers other things you need to know such as: useful web sites important command words that Examiners use in the examination PapersNot all the information will be relevant to you. You will have to select what you need to cover inSections (1) and (3) by finding out from your teacher whether you are doing Coursework or thealternative Paper to coursework.

Section 1 - How will you be tested?1.1 About the examinations you will takeYou will sit three Papers: i.e. Paper 1 and Paper 2, and either Paper 3 (coursework) or Paper 4(alternative to coursework).Your teacher will be able to tell you whether you are doing coursework (Paper 3) or taking Paper4.If you are doing coursework, you will complete two assignments and just take Paper 1 and Paper2 in the examination. However, if you are not doing coursework, you will take three Papers in theexamination, i.e. Paper1, Paper 2 and Paper 4.1.2 About the written PapersThe table below gives you information about the written PapersHow long and howmany marks?What’s in the paper?Paper 12 hours (60 marks)You must answer a total of threequestions, two from Section A andone fromSection B.40%Paper 22 hours (50 marks)You must answer all of thequestions from either theNineteenth or Twentieth Centuryoption.33%PapernumberWhat’s the % ofthe total marks?Here is some more detail about each of the Papers:(i) Paper 1You have to answer three of the questions available, so take your time to choose your questionscarefully at the start of the examination.There will be two Sections – A and B.Section A (Core Content) will contain eight questions, four on the 19th century Core and four onthe 20th century Core. You must answer any two questions.Section B (Depth Studies) will contain two questions on each of the Depth Studies. You mustanswer one question.[Note: three questions will be set on Depth Study E, Southern Africa].Each question on Paper 1 will have three parts and will be based on stimulus material which willhelp your understanding of the questions but you do not have to use the source in your answer.The stimulus material may be a photograph, cartoon, written information, sketch map, diagram,graph table of information etc.You will be tested on your understanding of both the Core Content and Depth Study by showingin your answer the selection of relevant knowledge and your ability to write your response in anappropriate manner.

(ii) Paper 2This paper will have two options: a 19th-century topic and a 20th-century topic. Candidatesanswer the questions on one option.The topics will be prescribed by the Examination Board (CIE) each year and will be taken fromthe Core Content. Each option will include a collection of source material relating to theprescribed topic, and a series of questions based on the material.For the examination in 2009 the topics will be:19th century core: The modernisation of Japan (May/June examination) ORThe causes of the First World War (November examination)20th century core: German involvement in the Spanish Civil War (May/June 2009 examination)OR the decline and collapse of Soviet control over Eastern Europe (November 2009 examination)1.3 About the coursework/alternative written paperThe remaining examinations for IGCSE History are either in the form of coursework or anotherwritten paper, Paper 3 (two coursework assignments written in your own time) or the alternativeto coursework, Paper 4, which tests the same skills and knowledge as Papers 1 and 2 in a timedwritten examination. Your teacher will be able to tell you which Paper you will be entered for.PapernumberPaper 3How long and howmany marks?No fixed time(40 marks)Paper 41 hour(40 marks)What’s involved?You will complete twocoursework assignments ofabout 1500 words in total.Your teacher will design eachassignment which will bebased on any one or two ofthe Depth Studies you havebeen taught.You will answer onequestion only based upon one ofthe Depth Studies you havebeen taught.What’s the % of thetotal marks27%(you do eitherPaper 3 orPaper 4)27%(you do either Paper3 orPaper 4)Here is some more detail about these Papers:(i) Paper 3 (coursework)You will carry out two assignments during your History course, which will be assessed by yourteacher. One piece of work must target Objectives 1/2, and the other must target Objective 3 (seeSection 2 below). Each assignment will be worth up to 20 marks.

(ii) Paper 4 (alternative to coursework Paper)In this written paper you will answer one question on one of the Depth Studies. Each questionhas a part (a) and a part (b). Questions set in part (a) are designed to test your ability to usesource evaluation as in Paper 2 and questions set in part (b) are based on your ability to recallknowledge of the subject content being questioned as in Paper 1.

Section 2 - What will you be tested on?The examiners take account of the following skill areas in your examination Papers: knowledge (what you remember, select and use) understanding of some key concepts evaluation of sourcesThese skills are called assessment objectives. They are explained in the table below. Yourteacher will be able to give you more information about how each of these is tested in theexamination Papers.AssessmentobjectiveWhat the objectivemeansWhat you need to be able to do1:Recall ofKnowledgeRemembering andselecting relevant factsand applying theseappropriately in youranswersDemonstrating anunderstanding of keyhistorical ideas and thereasons why peoplemade decisions in thepastUnderstanding andassessing the meaning ofsources and using themas evidence of howpeople in the past madejudgements and acted theway they did.recall, select, organise and deploy knowledge of thesyllabus on ofsourcesdemonstrate an understanding of:(a) change and continuity, cause andconsequence, similarity and difference;(b) the motives, emotions, intentions andbeliefs of people in the past.comprehend, interpret, evaluate and use a range ofsources as evidence in their historical context.

Section 3 - What you need to knowThe tables below describe the topics you may be tested on in the examination. It is arranged intwo Options (19th and 20th Century) and eight Depth Studies with several topic areas within eachOption or Depth Study. Each topic area is divided up into sections, which contain the detail thatyou need to know.How to use the tablesYou can use the tables throughout your course to check the topic areas you have covered. Youcan also use it as a revision aid. When you think you have a good knowledge of a topic, you cantick the appropriate box in the checklist column.Test yourself as follows: cover up the details with a piece of paper try to remember the details using the prompts when you have remembered the details correctly, put a tick in the appropriate box. If you usea pencil to tick the boxes, you can retest yourself whenever you want by simply rubbing outthe ticks. If you are using the table as a checklist of which topics you have covered, you canput a tick in the topic column next to the appropriate point.The column headed ‘Comments’ can be used to: add further information about the details for each bullet point note relevant page numbers from your text book add learning aids e.g. BIG THREE AT VERSAILLES (Lloyd George, Clemenceau andWilson), ENABLING ACT (summary of details) highlight areas of difficulty/ things which you need to ask your teacher about.

Option A: 19th century, The Development of Modern Nation States, 1848-19141.1 Were theRevolutions of1848important?Topic outlineYou should be able to:Why were thereso manyrevolutions in1848?Describe the nature of revolutions in 1848 and theinfluence of liberalism and nationalism.Did therevolutions haveanything incommon?Why did most ofthe revolutionsfail?1.2 How wasItaly unified?Did therevolutionschange anything?Why was Italy notunified in 18481850?ChecklistDescribe the causes and events of revolutions inFrance, Italy, Germany and the Austrian Empire.As aboveDescribe the reasons for the failure of the revolutions.As aboveDescribe Austrian influence overnationalism and the role of Mazzini.Italy,ItalianHow importantwas Garibaldi'scontribution tounifying Italy?Describe the work of Garibaldi and the invasion of Sicilyand Naples and the creation of the Kingdom of Italy andthe completion of unification by 1870.Did Cavour helpor hinder theunification ofItaly?How important forother Europeancountries weremoves towardsItalianunification?Outline the events of 1848-9 and the work of VictorEmmanuel II and Cavour, Plombieres and the war withAustria in 1859.As aboveComments

Option A: 19th century, The Development of Modern Nation States, 1848-19141.3 How wasGermanyunified?Topic outlineWhy wasGermany notunified in 184850?You should be able to:Describe the nature of German nationalism, the work ofthe Zollverein, the 1848 revolution in Prussia and thesetting up and eventual failure of the FrankfurtParliament. Outline the re-establishment of Austrianinfluence in Germany by 1850.How didBismarck bringabout Austria'sdefeat of 1866?Describe the work of Bismarck as Prussian MinisterPresident, his foreign policy to 1871 includingSchleswig-Holstein, the Austro-Prussian War and itsconsequences.How didBismarck bringabout France'sdefeat of 1870?As aboveHow far wasBismarckresponsible forthe unification ofGermany?As aboveChecklistComments

Option A: 19th century, The Development of Modern Nation States, 1848-19141.4 Why wasthere a civilwar in theUnited States?Topic outlineHow far didslavery cause theCivil War?What was thesignificance ofLincoln's electionas President?Why was theNorth able to winthe war?Did the warchange anything?1.5 Howeffectively hadJapanmoderniseditself by 1914?You should be able to:Describe the causes and consequences of the AmericanCivil War, 1820-77: differences between North andSouth; slavery, slave states and free states;abolitionism; the 1860 election and secession of theSouthern states;Describe the reasons for the North's victory, the role ofLincoln; reconstruction. (Coverage of the events of thewar is not required except insofar as they help to explainthe North's victory.)As aboveChecklistCommentsChecklistCommentsAs aboveTopic outlineWhat was theimpact of Perry'smissions onJapan?Why did the MeijiRestorationoccur?You should be able to:Describe Perry's missions and the unequal treaties.Japan's relations with her neighbours to 1914.How westernisedwas Japan by1914?Was Japan aGreat Power by1914?As aboveDescribe the Meiji Restoration and modernisation.As above