A. The Origins of the Cold War
Revise using your textbook and notes - the skeleton below is designed to help you to ensure that you have not overlooked any key features. You should be a massive expert on this topic.
'Origins in a Nutshell':
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B. Active Revision Structure
Follow these suggested steps to 'actively' revise:
1. Open each planning frame and analyse the question by completing side one as far as you are able.
2. Complete any reading / review necessary to help you answer the question, not forgetting any relevant historiography.
3. Plan (and write at least a few to a 45 min time limit) your answer using page 2 reverse of the frames.
4. Check your plan against the 'suggested answers' document - there is a suggested plan for each question (taken from an IB resource). Review and reflect - remember: there are many ways to 'skin a cat' in a history essay; the plans are there to encourage reflection - they do not represent the only possible response to the question, nor are they necessarily the best.
5. Now plan answers to as many of the questions in part C as you can - the mark scheme document will help you to see if you are are heading in the right direction.
Question and Planning Frames:
1. Open each planning frame and analyse the question by completing side one as far as you are able.
2. Complete any reading / review necessary to help you answer the question, not forgetting any relevant historiography.
3. Plan (and write at least a few to a 45 min time limit) your answer using page 2 reverse of the frames.
4. Check your plan against the 'suggested answers' document - there is a suggested plan for each question (taken from an IB resource). Review and reflect - remember: there are many ways to 'skin a cat' in a history essay; the plans are there to encourage reflection - they do not represent the only possible response to the question, nor are they necessarily the best.
5. Now plan answers to as many of the questions in part C as you can - the mark scheme document will help you to see if you are are heading in the right direction.
Question and Planning Frames:
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Suggested answers document:
| cw_essay_suggested_plans.docx |
C. Past Questions and Mark Schemes
The document below contains all of the past paper questions relating to the origins of the Cold War in existence. Work through them as part of your revision - the second document contains all the relevant sections from the mark schemes (remember, these are 'tips' for the examiner; they are not designed to be the only way - or even the best way - to answer these questions).
| past_paper_origins_cw.docx |
Mark Schemes:
| mark_schemes_origins_cw.docx |
D. Extend yourself: Further Reading
Click here for access to some relevant articles on the Cold War