Name: History+ for Edexcel A Level: Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the twentieth century By Nick Shepley
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History+ for Edexcel A Level: Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the twentieth century by Nick Shepley

Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: History
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2016

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About Nick Shepley

Nick Shepley is a teacher, writer and the creator of the Explaining History series of ebooks and website. He worked as a history head of department and now divides his time between history writing and work for the Holocaust Education Trust. Vivienne Sanders has written extensively and successfully on American history in the Access to History series. She taught A Level History for over 30 years, mostly in independent schools, and is now retired. Peter Clement is a retired Head of Humanities with an M Phil in Educational Research and MAs in American Studies and Education. He is an experienced examiner at 'A' level and GCSE. He has written titles in the Access to History, History + for Edexcel A Level and My Revision Notes series. Robin Bunce is a historian of political thought based at Cambridge University. He is currently Director of Studies for Politics at Homerton College, and a Fellow in History at St Edmund's College. His most recent work focuses on Black Power as an ideology and a movement in Britain.

0: Introduction
Paper 1: Britain transformed, 1918-97
- Theme 1: A changing political and economic environment, 1918-79
- - 1a: A changing political landscape
  - 1b: Responding to economic challenges
  - 1c: Change and challenge in the workplace
- Theme 2: Creating a welfare state, 1918-79
- - 2a: Providing social welfare
  - 2b: Public health
  - 2c: Education and widening opportunities
- Theme 3: Society in transition, 1918-79
- - 3a: Class and social values
  - 3b: The changing role and status of women
  - 3c: Race and immigration
- Theme 4: The changing quality of life
- - 4a: Changing living standards
  - 4b: The changing role and status of women
  - 4c: Race and immigration
- Historical interpretations: What impact did Thatcher's governments have on Britain 1979-97?
Paper 2: The USA, 1920-55: boom, bust and recovery
- Key topic 1: Boom and crash, 1920-38
- - Section 1: The economic boom of the 1920s
  - Section 2: Causes of the Wall Street Crash
  - Section 3: Changes in society
  - Section 4: Cultural changes in the 1920s
- Key topic 2: Depression and the New Deal 1929-38
- - Section 1: The spread of the Depression 1929-32
  - Section 2: Hoover's response to the Depression 1929-32
  - Section 3: Roosevelt and the First New Deal 1933-35
  - Section 4: The Second New Deal 1935-38
- Key topic 3: Impact of the New Deal and the Second World War on the USA to 1945
- - Section 1: The New Deal and the economy
  - Section 2: The impact of the New Deal and the war on ethnic minorities
  - Section 3: Social and cultural changes
  - Section 4: The war and the economy 1941-45
- Key topic 4: The transformation of the USA, 1945-54
- - Section 1: Economic transformation
  - Section 2: The end of post-war euphoria
  - Section 3: Cultural change
  - Section 4: The changing status of minorities
Paper 2: The USA, 1955-92: conformity and challenge
- Key topic 1: Affluence and conformity, 1955-63
- - Section 1: Urbanisation and affluence
  - Section 2: Cultural conformity and challenge
  - Section 3: The civil rights movement
  - Section 4: Kennedy's New Frontier
- Key topic 2: Protest and reaction, 1963-72
- - Section 1: Civil rights
  - Section 2: Johnson's Great Society
  - Section 3: Protest and personal freedom
  - Section 4: Reactions to the counter-culture, 1968-72
- Key topic 3: Social and political change, 1973-80
- - Section 1: The crisis of political leadership
  - Section 2: The impact of economic change on society
  - Section 3: Changing popular culture
  - Section 4: The extent of progress in individual and civil rights
- Key topic 4: Republican dominance and its opponents 1981-92
- - Section 1: New directions in economic policy
  - Section 2: The Religious Right and its critics
  - Section 3: Cultural challenge
  - Section 4: Social change

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Sku

GOR009416857

ISBN 13

9781471837685

ISBN 10

1471837688

Title

History+ for Edexcel A Level: Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the twentieth century by Nick Shepley

Author

Nick Shepley

Condition

Used - Like New

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Paperback

Publisher

Hodder Education

Year published

2015-07-31

Number of pages

520

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History+ for Edexcel A Level: Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the twentieth century Nick Shepley

History+ for Edexcel A Level: Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the twentieth century by Nick Shepley

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History+ for Edexcel A Level: Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the twentieth century by Nick Shepley

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