IGCSE History (Edexcel)

IGCSE History Edexcel (Pearson)

Dates Available

• Week 1: 29 March – 2 April
• Week 2: 5 April – 9 April
• Week 3: 12 April – 16 April

Please note: Easter Revision classes WILL take place on Easter Monday (29 March).

Boards

Edexcel (Pearson) 4HI1/2

Length of Course

4 hours per module

Times

2pm to 6pm daily

MPW offers a modular revision course for Modern Twentieth Century syllabuses. These half-day modules are relevant for those studying IGCSE Edexcel. In order to combine History with another subject in the same week, please note the times and days of each module, which will be the same each week. We are unable to help with coursework pieces as to do so would be to interfere with work that must be vouched for as the student’s own by their regular teacher.

Only the topics listed below will be covered, though others may be available on request. If you require a history module not listed below, please contact a Course Director.

Paper 1: Depth Studies Paper code 4HI1/01

P1 Topic A:
Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918–45

• The establishment of the Weimar Republic and its early problems.
• The recovery of Germany, 1924–29.
• The rise of Hitler and the Nazis to January 1933.
• Nazi Germany 1933–39.
• Germany and the occupied territories during the Second World War.

P1 Topic B:
A World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1943-72

• Reasons for the Cold War
• Early developments in the Cold War, 1945-49
• The Cold War in the 1950s
• Three crises: Berlin, Cuba and Czechoslovakia
• The Thaw and moves towards Détente, 1963-72

Paper 2: Investigation and Breadth Studies Paper code 4HI1/02

P2 Topic C:
Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905–24

• Tsarist rule in Russia, 1905–14.
• Opposition to Tsarist rule 1914–17: the impact of war and the February Revolution.
• Provisional Government and the Bolshevik Revolution.
• The Bolshevik consolidation of power and the Civil War.
• War Communism and the New Economic Policy (NEP).

P2 Topic D:
China: Conflict, Crisis and Change, 1900–89

• The fall of the Qing, warlordism and chaos, 1900–34
• The triumph of Mao and the CCP, 1934–49
• Change under Mao, 1949–63
• The Cultural Revolution and its impact, 1965–76
• China, 1976–89

P2 Topic E:
The Middle East: Conflict, Crisis and Change, 1917–2012

• The Build up of tension in Palestine, 1917-1948
• The Creation of Israel, the War of 1948-9, and the Suez Crisis of 1956
• Tension and Conflict 1956-73
• Diplomacy, Peace then wider War, 1973-83
• The Attempts to Find a lasting peace, 1988-2012

Each topic will be offered at the following times:

It is essential that students list on the registration form the paper (either P1 or P2) and associated topics they wish to study, and the syllabus they have covered.