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Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Conflict in the Middle East, c1945Ð1995 Student Book
(2017)
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Book Details
Abstract
Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: GCSE
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2016
First exams: Summer 2018
Series Editor: Angela Leonard
This Student Book:
- covers the essential content in the new specification in an engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material
- uses the 'Thinking Historically' approach and activities to help develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities
- has 'Writing Historically' features that focus on the writing skills most important to historical success. This literacy support uses the proven Grammar for Writing approach used in many English departments
- includes lots of exam guidance, with practice questions, sources, sample answers and tips to support preparation for GCSE assessments.
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Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | 3 | ||
| Timeline | 6 | ||
| Chapter 1: The birth of the state of Israel, 1945-63 | 8 | ||
| Background | 9 | ||
| Anti-Semitism and the rise of Zionism | 10 | ||
| Palestine in the First World War | 10 | ||
| The British Mandate | 10 | ||
| The Holocaust | 11 | ||
| 1.1: The British withdrawal and the creation of Israel | 12 | ||
| Conflicting demands of the Jews and Arabs in the Mandate | 12 | ||
| The Jewish insurgency in Palestine, 1945-47 | 13 | ||
| UN involvement in Palestine | 16 | ||
| The key events of the Arab-Israeli War, 1948-49 | 20 | ||
| 1.2: Aftermath of the 1948-49 war | 23 | ||
| The impact of the war on Palestinians | 23 | ||
| The impact of the war on Israelis | 26 | ||
| 1.3: Increased tension, 1955-63 | 31 | ||
| Nasser and Egypt’s leadership of the Arab world | 32 | ||
| The impact of Israeli attacks on Gaza, 1955 | 32 | ||
| The Suez Crisis, 1956 | 34 | ||
| Recap page | 37 | ||
| Writing Historically | 38 | ||
| Chapter 2: The escalating conflict, 1964-73 | 40 | ||
| 2.1: The Six Day War, 1967 | 41 | ||
| The significance of the Cairo Conference, 1964 | 41 | ||
| Escalating tension between Israel, Syria and Jordan | 42 | ||
| The actions of the USSR, Nasser and the USA in the period before the Six Day War | 45 | ||
| Key events of the Six Day War | 47 | ||
| 2.2: Aftermath of the 1967 War | 50 | ||
| UN Resolution 242 | 50 | ||
| The continued dispute over the Suez Canal | 50 | ||
| The significance of the occupied territories | 51 | ||
| Palestinian activism and the use of terrorism | 54 | ||
| 2.3: Israel and Egypt 1967-73 | 58 | ||
| Anwar Sadat | 58 | ||
| Israeli control of the occupied territories | 59 | ||
| The Yom Kippur War, 1973 | 60 | ||
| Recap page | 65 | ||
| Writing Historically | 66 | ||
| Chapter 3: Attempts at a solution, 1974-95 | 68 | ||
| 3.1: Diplomatic negotiations | 69 | ||
| The significance of the oil crisis | 69 | ||
| Kissinger’s ‘shuttle diplomacy’, 1974 | 70 | ||
| The reopening of the Suez Canal, 1975 | 71 | ||
| Sadat and Begin exchange visits, 1977 | 72 | ||
| The Camp David Accords, 1978 | 72 | ||
| The Treaty of Washington, March 1979 | 74 | ||
| 3.2: The Palestinian issue | 75 | ||
| Arafat’s speech to the UN, 1974 | 75 | ||
| The PLO in Lebanon | 76 | ||
| Raids and reprisals | 77 | ||
| Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, 1982 | 78 | ||
| Life in the occupied territories | 80 | ||
| The Palestinian Intifada, 1987-93 | 81 | ||
| 3.3: Attempts at a solution | 85 | ||
| Arafat renounces terrorism | 85 | ||
| Changing superpower policies in the Middle East | 86 | ||
| Peace talks | 88 | ||
| Israel-Jordan peace treaty, 1994 | 90 | ||
| Recap page | 93 | ||
| Writing Historically | 94 | ||
| Writing analytical narrative | 96 | ||
| The difference between a story and a narrative account that analyses | 96 | ||
| Conflict in the Middle East, 1945-95: Preparing for your exam | 98 | ||
| Answers | 105 | ||
| Index | 106 |