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Ark Pioneer learning at Home

Core Curriculum

History – with Additional Support

W/C 15/06/20

Work to be completed

□ Task 1: Reading – Labour government, the rise of consensus politics and political

challenge, 1945-79 and Industrial relations in the 1970s pp.67-8

□ Task 2: Reading – Thatcher’s beliefs pp.69-70

□ Task 3: Copy, Cover Check – HW1: Overview Q1-10 p.93

□ Task 4: Reading – What impact did Thatcher's governments (1979-90) have on

Britain, 1979-97? p.71

□ STRETCH TASK: Reading – Thatcher's economic policies in the first and second term

pp.72-3

□ Quiz

Resources / links to help with work:

□ SUM Revision Booklet

□ BBC History Thatcherism

□ History.com Margaret Thatcher

□ Youtube – Margaret Thatcher How will this work be checked?

Each week you will be given ‘red pen work’ to carry out corrections on the learning that you are

doing at home. Please make sure this work is done and that you correct all work in your exercise

book.

You must also complete the weekly quiz for your core curriculum subjects online and the link to

those is on our school website in the ‘quizzes’ drop-down option from ‘Home Learning’.

How much time should I be studying and what happens if I don’t finish all my work?

For core curriculum subjects you are expected to do 30min each day as a minimum. Those

subjects are English language, English literature, Maths, Science, History and Geography. These

subjects all have a weekly quiz and will be checked in on by your form teacher when they call

each week.

All other subjects are ‘Extended Curriculum’ and they should be done after you have finished the

Core Curriculum tasks for the day. You should plan to do work in different subjects each day. We

recommend that pupils do one hour per week in each of the ‘extended curriculum’ subjects.

We recognise that it is not possible for all pupils to complete all work given the exceptional

circumstance. Please speak with your form tutor about the work if it is becoming unmanageable.

Why is the work in this booklet important to complete?

This week we will start learning Topic 8: Thatcher’s Britain. It is important to read and make detailed

notes as well as revisiting learning from earlier in the topic so that it sticks in your long-term

memory. We will do Copy, Cover, Check and practice paragraphs to prepare to

write an essay answering the question What were the consequences of

Thatcher’s governments on Britain?

Aim high Have integrity Be kind Model determination

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Task 1: Reading – Labour government, the rise of consensus politics and

political challenge, 1945-79 and Industrial relations in the 1970s pp.67-8

TASK:

1. In your Workbook, write today’s date and the title History – 8 Thatcher’s Britain - Post-

war consensus

2. Read pp.67-8 of your SUM HW booklet.

3. Make a bullet point for each of the following:

Post-war consensus

- The post-war consensus was a period where the main parties… This included…

Labour government, 1945-51

- The Labour government between 1945-51 ___________________ industries such

as… They also introduced….

Conservative government 1951-64

- The Conservative government between 1951-1964 won… It saw the growth of

the ‘________________ ________________’.

Labour government, 1964-70

- The Labour government between 1964-70 was… For example, Britain had to

_____________ the sterling by ________________ in 1967.

Conservative government, 1970-74

- The Conservative government between 1970-74 was committed to… The Prime

Minister was ________________ ________________.

Labour governments, 1974-79

- The Labour government between 1974-79 continued to face… Prime Minister

_____________ ________________’s government was brought down by the

‘________________ of _________________’ of 1978-70.

Consensus – a

general agreement

among a group of

people.

Clement Atlee Harold Macmillan Harold Wilson Edward Heath

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STRETCH BULLET POINTS:

- Inflation and productivity

- The National Union of Miners and the

miners’ strikes

- End of the social contract and the Winter of Discontent

4. When you have finished, go back and check your answers in red pen.

The Miners’ Strike, 1972

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Task 2: Reading – Thatcher’s beliefs pp.69-70 TASK:

1. In your Workbook, write today’s date and the title History – 8

Thatcher’s Britain – Thatcher’s beliefs

2. Read pp.69-70 of your SUM HW booklet.

3. Make a bullet point for each of the following points:

Conviction politics

- Margaret Thatcher was a ____________ ______________.

This means she believed that politics should be…

- (STRETCH) Thatcher rejected…

Thatcher’s economic outlook

- Thatcher was against… Her economic principles included…

The rule of law

- Thatcher believed British law was… She was against …

Nationalism

- Thatcher was a firm believer in… She was suspicious of…

- (STRETCH) She was also a nationalist because she opposed…

4. When you have finished, go back and check your answers in red pen.

Margaret Thatcher

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Task 3: Copy, Cover Check – HW1: Overview Q1-10 p.93 TASK:

1. In your Workbook, write today’s date and the title History – 8 Thatcher’s Britain -

Overview

2. Study the answer sheet on p.93 for HW1: Overview Q1-10

3. Draw a line down the middle of your Workbook.

4. Write the answer to each question in your Workbook (Copy, Cover column)

5. Check your answers using the answers on p.93 . In red pen, tick if correct, and add

any missing information.

6. Cover the answers in the Copy, Cover column and answer the question from

memory in the right side of your Workbook (Check column).

7. Uncover the answers and mark the Cover, Check column with a red pen. Tick if

correct, and add any missing information.

8. Ask a friend or family member to test you on the same questions (and questions

from previous weeks.)

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Task 4: Reading – What impact did Thatcher's governments (1979-90) have

on Britain, 1979-97? p.71 TASK:

1. In your Workbook, write today’s date and the title History – 8 Thatcher’s Britain – The

impact of Thatcher’s governments on Britain

2. Read p.71 of your SUM HW booklet.

3. Make a bullet point for each of the following points

The effect of Thatcher’s economic policies

- Thatcher believed Britain needed to return to the free market. Some historians

argue…

[Top Tip: It is great practice in History to incorporate historians’ arguments in your writing!

It does not have to be a specific individual, but rather general debates found in your reading]

The extent to which state intervention and the public sector were ‘rolled back’

- Historians debate about how far Thatcherism rolled back the public sector.

Some historians argue…

The extent of political and social division in Britain

- Thatcher wanted to bring Britain ______________ and _______________. However,

some historians argue…

STRETCH BULLET POINT:

The effect of Thatcherism on politics and party development

- Some historians argue… Other historians argue…

4. When you have finished, go back and check your answers in red pen.

Free Market – an economic

system based on supply

and demand with little to

no government control.

Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet

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STRETCH TASK:

Task 5: Reading – Thatcher's economic policies in the first and second term

pp.72-3 TASK:

1. In your Workbook, write today’s date and the title History – 8 Thatcher’s Britain –

Thatcher’s economic policies

2. Read pp.72-3 of your SUM HW booklet.

3. Make half a page of notes including:

The Thatcher governments

- Thatcher came into power with a _______________ in

_____________. Thatcher’s main policies included…

Deregulation

- The government set to reduce its role and brought in

deregulation. Examples of deregulation include…

‘Lawson Boom’

- The economy grew after _________. The ‘Lawson Boom’ was the result of…

Privatisation

- Thatcher’s policies included privatisation. The intention was…

4. When you have finished, go back and check your answers in red pen.

Nigel Lawson behind the

‘Lawson Boom’