Subject changes for 2021

Stage 2 Modern History

Changes to topics 2, 3, 4 and 6 for greater clarity and comparability of choice.

Topic 2: United States of America (1919-45)

• Change '1914 -1919' to '1919-1945'
• Minor rewording for clarity to introductory paragraph.

Changes to focus areas:

• Isolationism and interventionism
• Depression and the New Deal
• The United States of America as a Superpower

Background study: A return to normalcy

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Focus area: Isolation and interventionism

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Focus area: Depression and the New Deal

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Focus area: The United States as a Superpower

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Topic 3: Germany (1918-48)

Minor rewording for clarity to introductory paragraph.

Changes to focus areas:

• The liberal experiment
• The creation and consolidation of a dictatorship
• Germany in war and defeat

Background study:

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Focus area: The liberal experiment

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Focus area: The creation and consolidation of a dictatorship

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Focus area: Germany in war and defeat

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Topic 4: The Soviet Union (1945-1991)

• Change to title to 'The Soviet Union (1945-1991)'
• Minor rewording for clarity to the introductory paragraph.

Changes to focus areas:

• The search for a Communist solution - remove dates (1945-64)
• Consolidation and stagnation - remove dates (1964-84)
• Collapse of the Soviet Union - remove dates (1985-91)

Background study::

A nation leads the union

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Focus area: The search for a Community solution

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Focus area: Consolidation and stagnation

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Focus area: Collapse of the Soviet Union

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Topic 6: China (1949-1999)

Change '1949-c.2012' to '1949-1999'.

Minor rewording for clarity to the introductory paragraph.

Changes to focus areas:

• Mao and the consolidation of the revolution - remove dates (1949-66)
• The search for harmony - remove dates (1966-89)
• The road to a modern China - remove dates (1989-99)

Background study, to read:

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Focus area: Mao and the consolidation of the revolution

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Focus area: The search for harmony

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Focus area: The road to modern China

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