History
CCEA, History
Unit 1 - The Nazis in Germany 1919-1945
o The Rise of the Nazis 1919-1933.
The early life of Hitler and the origins of the Nazi Party, the political crisis 1930-1933.
o Nazi controlled Germany 1933-1945.
How the Nazi’s strengthened their position 1933-1934. The police state. Culture in the Third Reich. The economy during the Third Reich. The social impact of the Third Reich.
Unit 2 - Russia 1905-1941
o The causes and consequences of the 1905 Revolution
o Lenin and Revolution 1917-1924
The causes of the two revolutions in 1917. The establishment of the Communist dictatorship. The economy 1917-1924. Lenin as a revolutionary leader.
o Stalin and Revolution 1924-1941
The struggle for power 1922-28. Economic changes 1924-1941. Stalin’s power, the cult of personality, the purges, the Constitution, Stalinist culture. Stalin as a revolutionary leader.
Unit 1 - The Clash of Ideologies in Europe 1900-2000
The advance of Communism outside Russia;
a. Communism as an ideology and its economic vision
b. Soviet foreign policy in Europe 1917-1941
c. Soviet foreign policy in Europe after 1945 – territorial conquest, installation and support of Communist governments in Eastern Europe; their fall, and the end of the USSR.
The opponents of Communism;
a. Fascist opposition to Communism in the inter-war period
b. Similarities and differences between Fascist movement in Germany, Italy and Spain
c. Democratic opposition to Communism in Europe 1945-1991: the Cold War – Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO, attitudes to Hungarian Uprising and ‘Prague Spring’, Détente and the end of the Cold War.
Unit 2 - The Partition of Ireland 1900-1925
Northern Ireland;
a. Political development: the Home Rule crisis, the Unionist response to the war, the Easter rising, Lloyd George Talks, the Irish Convention, the Government of Ireland Act, the Boundary Commission; the challenges facing the Northern Ireland government 1921-1925 (security, communal tensions, local government) relations with the Irish Free State
b. Economic developments: the state of Northern Ireland industries and agriculture
c. Cultural developments: the churches, education.
Southern Ireland
a. Political developments: the Home Rule crisis; the Easter rebellion 1916: reasons, assessment of its success and significance; the rise of Sinn Fein and the decline of the IPP 1916-1918; the Anglo-Irish war (causes and reasons for each side seeking a truce); Anglo-Irish Treaty; the Civil War: causes, reasons for the Free State army’s success; building new state to 1925
b. Economic developments in the period: agriculture, industry
c. Cultural developments: the role of the Catholic Church in the period; education, gaelicisation in the Irish Free State. The Gaelic League and GAA.