Year 10 - Ifield Community College

History Y10
Course Outline
Britain 1955-1975 and the USA 1919-1941
Homework schedule – Autumn term
Details
1) Explain why and when your family moved from town to town or country to
country
2) Research Little Rock campaign 1957
3) Did the government help immigrants in the 1960s and 1970s
4) Design a front cover for a women’s magazine in 1955
5) Study the source ‘Lucy and Ajax liquid’. How does this source help us
understand the idea of the dual burden Use details from the source in your
answer.
6) Complete Germaine Greer worksheet
7) Students have to write a headline in less than 10 words which sums up
women’s lives in the 1970s
8) Complete a PowerPoint presentation on the Death Penalty
9) Complete a PowerPoint presentation on the Death Penalty
10) How far did entertainment change from 1955 to 1975
11) Design a new Youth subculture
12) Complete worksheet on Mary Quant
13) Complete worksheet on Hippies
14) Research information on significance question for coursework
Homework schedule – Spring term
Details
1) Describe Republican Party Policies – 6 marks
2) Explain the effects of Mass Production on the American economy – 8 marks
3) Explain why farmers faced problems in the 1920s – 8 marks
4) Revision sheet for assessment
5) Describe 3 forms of entertainment in the 1920s
6) Explain the problems facing black people in the 1920s
7) Factfile on Al Capone
8) Worksheet on the Monkey trial
9) Explain the most serious social problem facing America in the 1920s – 16 marks
10) Revision sheet for assessment
11) Explain why the Wall Street Crash happened – 8 marks
12) Explain how the Depression affected people in the countryside – 8 marks
Homework schedule – Summer term
Details
1) Give Hoover a mark out of 10 for his policies to end the Great Depression. Explain
your answer
2) Why did Hoover lose the 1932 election
3) Give Roosevelt a mark out of 10 for the New Deal. Explain your answer
4) Explain why people in America opposed the New Deal – 8 marks
5) REVISION – Economic Boom
6) REVISION – 1920s America
7) REVISION – Wall Street Crash
8) REVISION – Hoover’s policies
9) REVISION – New Deal
10) Describe the differences between Capitalism and Communism
11) Draw a timeline with 10 events form the Cold war on
12) Create a fact file on Joseph Stalin

Useful learning tips
If you are stuck on a Homework task, ask for help before the due date
Always write answers to questions in full sentences
Many of the homeworks are past exam questions – explaining your answer in detail is a
great way of practising for the real thing.
Teacher to contact for more information
Mr Waite