Cambridge IGCSEâ„¢ and O Level History Option B: the 20th Century Digital Teacher's Resource
Overview
Feel supported as you and your learners work through the Cambridge IGCSE™ and O Level History Option B: the 20th Century syllabus with our digital teacher’s resource. From ‘Teaching plans’ for the Core and Depth Study chapters, to language support boxes and assessment ideas, you will feel confident in your teaching approach. Access to your digital teacher’s resource is available via Cambridge GO.
Features
- ‘Starter’, ‘Main’ and ‘Plenary’ activities save lesson planning time and bring new ideas into your classroom
- Language support boxes offer advice for supporting English as a second language learners and include guidance for challenging vocabulary
- Large variety of ‘Assessment ideas’ help learners check their understanding and prepare for examination
- ‘Background knowledge’ feature provides helpful tips on preparing to teach the topics and highlights prior knowledge learners might have
- ‘Learning intentions’ and ‘Success criteria’ linked to the syllabus topics ensure your lessons stay focused
- Editable essay writing worksheets, revision worksheets and language worksheets help develop students’ skills, including reading and writing
- PowerPoint slides with key points, definitions, headings, diagrams and images linked to chapters from the coursebook are ideal for remote learning or front-of-class use
- ‘Common misconceptions’ feature highlights common areas of student misunderstandings and offers advice to overcome them
- Suggested answers for the coursebook activities provided
Contents
- Introduction
- About the authors
- How to use this series
- How to use this Teacher's Resource
- About the syllabus
- About the assessment
- Approaches to learning and teaching
- Teaching notes, supporting material and answers
- Section A: Core content
- Key Question 1: Was the Treaty of Versailles fair?
- Key Question 2: To what extent was the League of Nations a success?
- Key Question 3: How far was Hitler's foreign policy to blame for the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939?
- Key Question 4: Who was to blame for the Cold War?
- Key Question 5: How effectively did the USA contain the spread of communism?
- Key Question 6: How secure was the USSR's control over Eastern Europe, 1948–c.1989?
- Section B: Depth studies
- Germany, 1918-45
- Russia, 1905-41
- The United States, 1919-41
- The First World War, 1914-18 (digital resource)
- The Second World War in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, 1939-c.1945 (digital resource)
- Lesson plan template and exemplar
- Active learning
- Assessment for learning
- Differentiation
- Improving learning through questioning
- Language awareness
- Developing learners' language skills
- Metacognition
- Skills for Life
- Coursebook answers
- Essay-writing worksheets
- Language worksheets
- Revision worksheets
- Worksheet answers
- PowerPoint slides
- Glossary
- Acknowledgements.
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