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Last
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25 September 2017 |
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Unit 9 - Why do
nations build empires and form supra-national alliances and
organizations? |
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Key Questions, Words and Skills |
Lesson material |
Additional materials and external links |
| Why was
there a rapid expansion of empire building in the nineteenth
century? Assessment Criterion A. |
Short video extract from
A History of Racism (Part 3)
Worksheet - What was New Imperialism?
What were the main factors which help explain the
rapid expansion of empire building in the nineteenth century?
Worksheet to be downloaded and completed.
Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.190-94
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Zulu - Extract from
film seen in lesson. |
What were the different perspectives
on empire building? |
Prezi from the lesson Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.195-9 |
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Video -
Episode 3 of the PBS adaptation of Jared Diamond's
best selling history 'Guns, Germs and Steel', examines
imperialism in Africa. For more see the
PBS site. |
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| Activity:
source analysis.
Assessment Criterion D. |
Prezi from the lesson. Three R's
model
Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.197
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Assessing the role of economic factors in
imperial expansion.
Essay activity. Criterion A and Criterion C.
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Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.198
Essay planning
sheet.
Essay advice
sheet.
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For
the ambitious, have a look at my
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| Why did
alliance systems develop before the First World War and was
their impact? |
Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.198
Table to be completed and placed in your OneNote homework
file.
Short
video seen in class. (see full video on right)
Videos: Horrible Histories and Blackadder on alliances.
Password 'bisb'. |
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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The Great War
28 part 1960s series.
Part 1 gives an excellent country-by-country
overview of Europe before 1914. |
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Why are supra-national organizations formed and
what is their impact? |
Why
did the League of Nations fail to prevent conflict?
Textbook - Thomas and Rogers p.204-6 and 174-5.
Introductory
video on the League of Nations in the 1920s.
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A
series of
short videos that help develop the arguments of the three
groups in the debate activity. |
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