A.1+Paper+1+Guide

__**Paper 1**__ Duration: 1 hour Weighting: 20% There are **4** questions on this paper The first question will test ** understanding of a source in part (a) and part (b) **. The second question will test **analysis of sources through the comparison and contrast of two sources**. The third question will ask students to ** discuss two sources in relation to their origin, purpose, value and limitations **. The fourth question will test** evaluation of sources and contextual knowledge **.

For this paper we study:

Areas on which the source-based questions will focus are: • aims of the participants and peacemakers: Wilson and the Fourteen Points • terms of the Paris Peace Treaties 1919-20: Versailles, St Germain, Trianon, Neuilly, Sevres/Lausanne 1923 • the geopolitical and economic impact of the treaties on Europe; the establishment and impact of the mandate system • enforcement of the provisions of the treaties: US isolationism - the retreat from the Anglo-American Guarantee; disarmament—Washington, London, Geneva conference • the League of Nations: effects of the absence of major powers; the principle of collective security and early attempts at peacekeeping (1920 - 5) • the Ruhr Crisis (1923); Locarno and the “Locarno Spring” (1925) • Depression and threats to international peace and collective security: Manchuria (1931-3) and Abyssinia (1935-6).

Sources will be primary or a mixture of primary and secondary; they may be written, pictorial or diagrammatic. Documentary sources in paper 1 cannot be handled with confidence unless students have a strong grasp of the historical context of the prescribed subject. It is therefore essential that students are directed towards authoritative secondary sources that will provide them with a strong foundation in the prescribed subject.

There will be five sources for each prescribed subject. Some questions will be answered using only evidence from one or more of the sources, as indicated. In other questions students will be asked to use their own knowledge as well as evidence contained in all the sources.

Students must answer all four questions from one prescribed subject. The maximum mark for this paper is 25. The paper is marked using a paper-specific analytic markscheme.