| S4 History
- Last
update -
30 April 2023 |
Official European
School History 4-5 Syllabus:
English,
French,
German. |
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Unit 5 - Out of the Middle Ages |
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Key Questions |
Lessons |
Additional resources and external links |
| What
was the Black Death? |
Worksheet and
PowerPoint from the lesson.
Brief
videos
shown in the lesson.
Simon Schama's full
video on the Black Death. |
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Black Death is a 2010 German-British
adventure/drama/horror film directed by Christopher
Smith. The story takes place in
1348 in plague-ridden medieval England. |
Video - Return of the Black Death - Secret History. A 2014
Channel 4 documentary based on a recent archaeological
discovery of a Black Death burial site in London. More on the find from the
BBC and the
Crossrail website.
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| What
were the consequences of the Black Death? |
Worksheet |
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B Test 4 - May 3rd 2016 |
Revision
quiz |
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| How
significant was the invention of the printing press? |
Worksheet |
Short
video shown in class.
Longer
video from the genius that is Stephen Fry.
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| Why
were the voyages of discovery so important? |
Worksheet
Extract from
the 1992 film -1492
A short
video extract from Alistair Cooke's classic documentary
series on the history of the USA. |
Video
documentary about the circumnavigation of the world.
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Video - PBS adaption of
Jared Diamond's best selling history 'Guns,
Germs and Steel', examines the history of European
exploration and its consequences. . For more see the
PBS site. |
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| What
was the Renaissance? |
Worksheet. Excellent
introductory videos about key individuals of the Renaissance.
Galileo,
Brunelleschi,
Vesalius
and
Torricelli.
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Extended
video extract from J. Bronowski's Ascent of Man that deals
beautifully with perspective and its Arabic origin.
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| What
was the Northern Renaissance? |
Worksheet
and
video on the Ghent Altarpiece Quite
outstanding
website allows navigable, close-up analysis of the Ghent
Altarpiece.
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Website from the BBC series about the Northern Renaissance.
Wikipedia on the
Ghent
Altarpiece.
Eight minute
video explains why the Ghent Altarpiece is the world's most
valuable stolen painting.
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What were the causes of the Reformation? - Skill
focus: long and short term causes |
Worksheet
Two minute
video about
the Reformation.
Two
Videos giving an overview
of the Protestant Reformation. |
Examples of previous
student work
Good
essay by Bruce Robinson on the BBC site explaining the
Reformation happened from a British perspective. |
