History Elective (2024 syllabus) Timelines, Content and Essays

Info about the paper Source Based: The topics for the source-based case study are prescribed and indicated by the symbol ( * ) in the syllabus content. Candidates are expected to have a sound knowledge of the prescribed units and an understanding of the ways in which sources may be evaluated. Essay: Candidates are required to answer 2 out of 3 questions set. The questions will test Objectives 1 and 2 and require candidates to analyse, evaluate and make judgement on events and/or issues . Each question is worth a total of 10 marks. Questions will be set on any issue/topic within the units in the syllabus except for the issue assessed in the source- based case study in Section A in the same year of examination. Topics to be Tested: Chapter 1: Paris Peace Conference and The League of Nations in the 1920s Chapter 2: Case Study of Nazi Germany (SBQ) Chapter 3: Case Study of Militarist Japan Chapter 4: The Outbreak of World War II in Europe (SBQ) Chapter 5: The Outbreak of World War II in Asia Pacific Chapter 6: The End of World War II in Europe and the Asia Pacific Chapter 7: Origins and Development of the Cold War in Europe, 1945 - 1955 (SBQ) Chapter 8: Case Study of the Korean War, 1950 - 1953 (SBQ) Chapter 9: Case Study of the Vietnam War, 1954 to 1975 Chapter 10: The End of the Cold War Chapter 9: Case Study of the Vietnam War, 1954 - 1975 Chapter 10: The End of the Cold War Chapter 1: Paris Peace Conference and the League of Nations in the 1920s (Essay only) Allies (Winners): Britain, France, Italy and United States) Defeated Powers (Losers): Austria-Hungary, The Paris Peace Conference: Took place after WW1 ended in 1919. Aim of world leaders was to reach a settlement that would legally and officially end WW1 (Armistice of Nov 1918 was only an agreement to stop fighting). To officially end the war, must hv treaties between victorious Allies and defeated powers. Purpose of the PPC: to decide the terms of the treaties

Content: Influence of historical actors and public sentiments on negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference Public Sentiments: - Strong public sentiment that Germany should pay for all the damage and destruction caused by the war - Apart from USA, all countries that had fought the was were exhausted, economies were in a bad state - Total British and French casualties amounted to ~9 million - Case for treating Germany harshly was strengthened by Germany’s own harsh p