Weaknesses of the Liberal State, 1918-22

Formative questioning - Oral feedback and presentation

Summative - Written answers to questions set
i) General
ii) Extended
iii) Document and source analysis

Outcome - answers based upon classwork discussion

Reading tasks from Robson and Hamish Macdonald

Questions analysing documentary evidence - feedback to be given in class orally based upon this work

Internet/Intranet research leading to a 5-10 minute presentation in groups

Mark Robson
'Italy: Liberalism and Fascism 1870-1945'
(PP. 27-46)

Stephen Lee
'The European Dictatorships 1918-1945'
(PP.1-23)  background reading
and
(PP. 88-93)

Andrew Boxer
'The Rise of Italian Fascism'
(Collins)

Hamish McDonald
'Mussolini and Italian Fascism'
(PP.14-19)
(esp.Homework)

Various sources taken from EDEXCEL study units and exemplar material

Introduction and Part 1:

1 weeks

Part 2:

2 weeks

Parts 3 and 4:

3 weeks

Mussolini, the message and appeal of Fascism, its changing focus 1919 to 1922

AND

Support for, opposition to, Fascism among different social groups

Questions analysing documentary evidence - feedback to be given in class orally based upon this work and upon paper - outcome
(Answers to questions set from text and analysis of source evidence)

Group outcomes – written and oral feedback 

Questions to be answered - some extended - upon documents presented.

Interpretations:
Completing a chart from Challenging History (P. 154) that considers sympathetic and critical viewpoints within history, based around the March on Rome.

Oral presentations/preparation for class discussion and debate. 

Extended writing based upon Mussolini and the Fascist rise to power up until the end of 1922

Library research

David Williamson
'Mussolini: From Socialist to Fascist'
(PP.8-26)

Andrew Boxer
'The Rise of Italian Fascism'
(Collins)

Hamish McDonald
'Mussolini and Italian Fascism'
(PP.14-19)

Stephen Lee
'The European Dictatorships 1918-1945'
(PP.93-97)

 Mark Robson
'Italy: Liberalism and Fascism 1870-1945'
(PP.48-59 )

John Traynor
'Challenging History'
(P. 146 – 153)

 Relevant Maps upon acetate and documents upon handouts

Various sources taken from EDEXCEL study units and exemplar material

Part 1:

1 week

Part 2:

2 weeks

Part 3:

2 weeks

The consolidation of Fascist power, 1922-25

Formative questioning - Oral feedback and presentation

Summative - Written answers to questions set
i) General
ii) Extended
iii) Document and source analysis

Extended writing

Questions set by teacher from key texts (Robson, Boxer, Macdonald) - reading narrative and documents

Exercises based around historiography to be debated and discussed through seminars

Preparation and research for presentation and extended answer upon Mussolini's success in consolidating his power between 1922-25

Hamish McDonald
'Mussolini and Italian Fascism'
(PP.20-25)

Mark Robson
'Italy: Liberalism and Fascism 1870-1945'
(PP.61-72)

Martyn Whittock
'Mussolini in Power'

David Williamson
'From Socialist to Fascist'
(PP.26-37)
(possibly homework)

Various sources taken from EDEXCEL study units and exemplar material

Part 1:

2 weeks

Part 2:

1 week

Part 3:

2 weeks

Total number of weeks for Unit 2:

16 weeks

Examination for this unit is in January.
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