Year 11

	Topic(s)	Key content to be learned	Assessment
Autumn Term	Two GCSE units taught concurrently (separate teachers): *Weimar & Nazi Germany, 1918-39* *Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91*	Key topics 3 & 4: Nazi control and dictatorship, 1933-39 & Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-39. Cold War crises, 1958-70 - Berlin, Cuba and Czechoslovakia. The end of the Cold War, 1970-91, including Détente, the invasion of Afghanistan, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.	Weekly quizzes and knowledge tests; half-termly exam-based skills assessments covering relevant range of assessment objectives.
Spring Term	*Weimar & Nazi Germany, 1918-39* Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588 OR Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91	Completion of units and consolidation of skills Revision of all topics.	Weekly quizzes and knowledge tests; half-termly exam-based skills assessments covering relevant range of assessment objectives.

Topic(s)

Key content to be learned

Assessment

Autumn Term

Two GCSE units taught concurrently (separate teachers):

Weimar & Nazi Germany, 1918-39

Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91

Key topics 3 & 4: Nazi control and dictatorship, 1933-39 & Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-39.

Cold War crises, 1958-70 - Berlin, Cuba and Czechoslovakia.

The end of the Cold War, 1970-91, including Détente, the invasion of Afghanistan, and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Weekly quizzes and knowledge tests; half-termly exam-based skills assessments covering relevant range of assessment objectives.

Spring Term

Weimar & Nazi Germany, 1918-39

Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588 OR Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91

Weekly quizzes and knowledge tests; half-termly exam-based skills assessments covering relevant range of assessment objectives.