Study List

Year Group 9
Subject History
Topic World War Two
Assessment Essay – Turning point/Importance

All PowerPoints and worksheets used in class are available as revision resources on Microsoft
Teams – Go to the Class Materials section.

You are allowed your Single sided A3 revision sheet in the assessment

You need to pick and focus on three potential turning points.

Topic Resources/information
1 – Dunkirk and Operation Dynamo Class materials on Microsoft Teams
Causes, events and consequences.

2 – Battle of Britain/Operation Sealion Class materials on Microsoft Teams

Causes, events and consequences. Textbook pages 117-119

3 – Operation Barbarossa and Battle of Class materials on Microsoft Teams

Stalingrad
Causes, events and consequences.
4 – Pearl Harbor Class materials on Microsoft Teams
Causes, events and consequences.

5 – Battle of Midway Homework task

Causes, events and consequences.

6 – African Campaign and El Alamein Class materials on Microsoft Teams

Causes, events and consequences.

7 – D-Day Class materials on Teams

Causes, events and consequences.
 ASSESSMENT RUBRIC

Assessment Year
WW2 Turning point Essay 9 Term: 2
Name: Group:

Criteria Emerging (60-69) Developing (70-79) Secure (80-89) Mastered (90-100)

The essay The essay demonstrates a The essay demonstrates a The essay demonstrates a
demonstrates a satisfactory understanding sound understanding of detailed understanding of the
limited of the topic with some the topic and there is topic. This is evidence of
understanding of the misinterpretations. There is accurate deployment of additional knowledge, learned
Knowledge and
topic with some evidence of key key names and dates being outside of class, being deployed
understanding
misinterpretations names and dates being deployed correctly. accurately as part of the analysis.
throughout and has deployed correctly
limited evidence of
key names and dates.
You have identified You have started to explain You explain at least two You explain at least three
Key skill 1) and begun to one or two examples. You examples and you have examples and your paragraphs
Explanation describe some accurately use connectives explained how you are consistently analytical and
examples of such as “this meant…” prioritized your arguments. focused on the demands of the
important events. question.

You have shown an You have explained why You have prioritized your You have consistently justified the
awareness and your chosen reasons were chosen events and have order you have ranked the turning
simple understanding significant for the outcome clearly justified which points and you have shown how
of what a turning of World War Two. turning point was most each one affected the outcome of
Key Skill 2)
point is. E.g. you have You have shown how they significant for the outcome World War Two. You maintain a
Turning points
identified how an changed the direction or of World War Two. clear focus on your judgement.
event changed the course of World War Two.
course of World War
Two.
You have written in You have attempted to You have written in PEE You have presented a clear,
simple sentences. follow a PEE paragraph paragraphs. focused argument from
Communication structure. You have a clear introduction to conclusion in a
skills introduction and a simple well-organised essay.
conclusion