| S6 2hr History |
Last
update -
05 May 2023 |
Official European
School History S6 Syllabus:
English,
French,
German |
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Unit 2 - 1914-1921: War and Revolution
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Key Questions |
Lessons |
Additional materials and external links |
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What were people's expectations about the nature
of the Great War? |
Timeline of events to
learn in this unit.
Worksheet
1 and
PowerPoint
Walsh 14-15
GCSE Modern World History |
See
the opening scene from the film versions of
All Quiet on the Western Front.
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Why was the war not over by Christmas? |
Walsh 16-19
GCSE Modern World History
Worksheet
2 to be completed by hand or
e-version. |
See
the outstanding
BBC
website on the First World War. And this
animation in particular which graphically demonstrates how
the war developed.
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| How did
the nature of war change during the First World War? |
Walsh 20-29
GCSE Modern World History
Worksheet
3 Interactive graphics
explains how the
machinery of war and
medical science developed. |
Why was WWI a 'Second
Generation' war?
Excellent
BBC documentary
on the life of the war poet Wilfred Owen.
Series of short Dan Snow
videos made as part of the BBC's commemoration of the WWI
centenary (2014).
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Why is the First World War described as a 'total
war'? |
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Killing Fields
Video
on WWI from the 1990s documentary series People's
Century. |
WWI as a 'total war'. (Worksheet 4 -
Diagram
and
case study of UK)
Walsh 66-76
GCSE Modern World History
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WWI
propaganda posters.
Women and WWI, (edited
essay) Recent BBC Documentary 'World
War One from above' offers multiple new perspectives on the
war.
The First World War in Brussels, a fascinating
multilingual
website covering the social history of the war.
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On the geographical extent of the war see
episode 3. On the
battles of Verdun and the Somme see
episode 6. |
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| How did
the war weaken the Tsarist regime and contribute to the February
revolution? |
Russia and World War I
worksheet
5.
Diagram
(worksheet 6) to be completed on the causes of the February
revolution.
PowerPoint to help you complete the diagram.
Walsh
GCSE Modern World History
97-107 for background information and 108-110 for
activities. |
Graham Darby
extract on why Nicholas II was forced to abdicate Imaginative
video
reconstruction that focuses on the role of Rasputin in the March
1917 revolution.
John D Clare on February Revolution.
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The First World War
Part 8 examines the impact of the First World War on the
Russian Revolution of March 1917. |
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What is Marxism and how did Lenin adapt it for
Russia? |
Video on the history
of socialism and a
transcript of the video.
Worksheet 7 - How Lenin adapted Marxism
to Russia from
Steve Phillips.
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Two
videos
presented by the English Marxist sociologist Stuart Hall and a
light hearted but informative video by English comedian
Mark Steel. |
| Why did
the Bolsheviks come to power in October 1917? |
Why were there two
revolutions in 1917?
PowerPoint
(Worksheet 8a
Lecture
notes and
activity Worksheet 8b)
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John D Clare on the October Revolution.
Video of
the Russian Revolution in colour. |
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Why was Germany defeated in 1918? |
Why
was Germany defeated - Worksheet 9 -
essay
and
diagram.
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Article
- Why the war in Greece contributed to the defeat of
Germany. |
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What were the aims of the peace makers at the
Paris Peace Conference? |
Aims of the
peacemakers
worksheet 10.
Summary
sheet taken from James Mason
Modern World history to GCSE.
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Extract from Culpin and Henig -
Modern Europe. Chapter 10 - Peacemaking... (pp. 137-151)
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| What were
the terms of the Paris Peace Treaties? |
Short BBC
documentary
film - Make
Germany Pay.
People's Century documentary
film - Lost Peace
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Extract from Culpin and Henig -
Modern Europe. Chapter 10 - Peacemaking. (pp. 151-163)
John D
Clare on the Paris Peace Treaties - an outstanding source
with many useful links.
A fling the teacher
quiz that includes 90 possible questions.
Brilliant
documentary - The
impact of WWI - Cambridge Historian. David Reynolds traces the
legacy of the Great War across 100 years and 10 different
countries, examining how the war haunted a generation and shaped
the peace that followed. |
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B Test 2
Week beginning
Monday 30th November 2015
How can we learn the causes of the Russian Revolutions and the
events and consequences of First World War?
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