History - Modern preparation
Modern History:
Core books:
“Communist States in the 20th century” (Edexcel)
“Germany: Divided and reunited – 1945-1991” (Access to History)
Helpful programmes / documentaries:
People’s Century series: Episode 3 (“Red Flag”), episode 10 (“Total War”), episode 11 (“Fallout”), episode 12 (“Brave New World”), episode 25 (“People power”)
Cold War series: Episode 1 (“Comrades”), episode 4 (“Berlin”), episode 7 (“After Stalin”), episode 9 (“The Wall”), episode 23 (“The Wall comes down”), episode 24 (“Conclusion”)
(The above are all freely available on Youtube)
HBO & Sky “Chernobyl” series (age rating 15)
“Deutschland 83 / Deutschland 86” series – available through Channel 4 (age rating 15)
Please note the above have scenes unsuitable for younger audiences.
Areas to investigate for good background knowledge:
The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917
Lenin and Stalin: their backgrounds and actions as Soviet leaders
The Chernobyl accident
The division of Germany after World War Two
The Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Wall – creation and fall
