International GCSE History

The International GCSE History course looks at some of the major international issues of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and covers the history of particular regions in more depth. The emphasis is on both historical knowledge and on the skills required for historical research. Students develop an understanding of the nature of cause and effect, continuity and change, similarity and difference and find out how to use and understand historical evidence as part of their studies.

This course will stimulate any student already interested in the past, providing a basis for further study, and also encouraging a lifelong interest in the subject. Both coursework and non-coursework options are available.

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This History course covers the following topics:

• The Treaty of Versailles - The peace conference which led to the Treaty of Versailles
• Reactions to the Treaty of Versailles
• The League of Nations in the 1930s - The establishment of the League of Nations
• The League of Nations in the 1930s
• Was the League of Nations a success or a failure?
• The collapse of international peace - Growing tensions in Europe
• Hitler’s increasing aggression
• The countdown to World War 2
• Who was to blame for the Cold War - An introduction to the Cold War
• Causes of the Cold War
• Who was to blame for the Cold War?
• Containment Weeks - Containment in Korea
• Containment in Cuba
• Containment in Vietnam
• Control over eastern Europe - Soviet control of eastern Europe
• The Berlin Wall
• The collapse of Soviet control
• Events in the Gulf - The rise of Saddam Hussein
• The Iran-Iraq War
• The First Gulf War
• The Russian Revolution
• Russia 1905-1945
• The USSR under Lenin
• The USSR under Stalin
• Stalin’s control of the USSR