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Last
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08 January 2018 |
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Unit
8 - Why do nations go to war and why is
peacemaking difficult? |
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Key Questions, Words and Skills |
Lesson material |
Additional materials and external links |
| What key
factors led to the outbreak of the First World War? |
Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.148-53 Short
video seen in class. (see full video on right)
Videos: Horrible Histories and Blackadder on alliances.
Password 'bisb'.
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Website made by my students in 2001 to show the situation in
Europe before the First World War.
Alternative text with further information.
John Lowe
extract on the international situation after 1871.
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What events led to the outbreak of war? |
Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.154-55
Activity: Analysing key events
Timeline
worksheet
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| Why did
the July crisis result in war? |
Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.156-57
Activity: Analysing key eventsTimeline
worksheet
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Video on the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Password
'bisb' |
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Essay: To what extent did nationalism cause the
First World War? |
Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.156-57
Activity: Analysing key eventsMind map
worksheet Go to this
website an download and import
smart
notes to edit
Essay test. |
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How was the First World War fought?
A research assignment.
Assessment
Guide
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Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.159-61 |
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Killing Fields
Video
on WWI from the 1990s documentary series People's
Century.
Website for the series. |
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What brought the First World War to an end?
An essay planning activity
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Why
was Germany defeated?
Worksheet Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.159-61
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| What
peacemaking agreements were made after the First World War? |
What did the Big Three
hope to achieve?
Worksheet
Video - make Germany pay |
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| What was
the impact of the Treaty of Versailles? |
Activity page 171.
Textbook source
analysis activity . Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.173 Extend
your analysis to include G, H I and J.
What makes different types of
source useful?
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Drama documentary from 2014 on Paris 1919. |
| What were
the key events that led to the Second World War? |
Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.174-179
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Master Race
Video
on WWI from the 1990s documentary series People's
Century.
Website for the series. |
These BBC revision
videos also give a good overview. |
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Was appeasement the most important cause of WWII? |
Video - BBC 20th
Century History File - Why appeasement? Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.180
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| The causes
of World War II
Assessment
Guide |
Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.183 |
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The role of Japan in causing the Second World
War. |
Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.184 |
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Research project and film-making activity
Assessment
Guide |
Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.185
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Total War
Video
on WWII from the 1990s documentary series People's
Century.
Website for the series. |
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Examples of
research films from previous years.
The entire 1970s series the
World at War.
Apocalypse the series that colourized World War II. |
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