| S6 2hr History |
Last
update -
09 November 2017 |
Official European
School History S6 Syllabus:
English,
French,
German |
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Unit 1 - 1870-1914: The Age of
Imperialism |
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Key Questions |
Lessons |
Additional materials and external links |
| What is
imperialism? |
Timeline of essential events in Unit 1.
Introductory PowerPoint and
video seen in
lesson.
Imperialism: an introduction -
Worksheet
1
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Imperialism
definitions.
Video - White King, Red Rubber, Black Death.
More about the
film on
IMDB and the
BBC Storyville website. |
| What
were the causes and extent of European Imperialism? |
Lecture
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Worksheet 2 'Outline of New Imperialism'
and notemaking
sheet to be completed.
PowerPoint from the lesson. |
Explanation of
the causes of imperialism from Culpin and Henig.
Videos shown in the
lesson.
Extract from Zulu illustrating importance of new technology
in warfare
Extract from Livingstone
and Stanley - 1939 movie with Spencer Tracy
Further reading -
'Colonial conflicts and rivalries' - Woolfson and Laver
Further reading - 'Explanations of Imperialism' - John Lowe
BBC documentary
series,
examining explorers of the
Congo, Australia and the Arctic. Beautifully filmed.
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| What
happened in the Congo? An introduction to document work. |
Congo case
study document work -
Worksheet 3 and
self-evaluation to be completed.
video
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Adam
Hochschild's outstanding history on Leopold and the Congo,
King Leopold's Ghost.
Three part
BBC
documentary video on the history of racism. Episodes 2 and 3
are
particularly relevant to imperialism.
BBC
documentary on colonialism in Namibia and the first genocide
of the 20th century.
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How can we reach judgements about the legacy of
imperialism? |
Colonialism - towards a balance sheet
worksheet 4 |
Hobsbawm on the impact of imperialism
The Independent - Belgium confronts its heart of darkness
BBC - On the legacy in the Congo
L.A. Times - On the lessons of the Congo
The Guardian 2015 on the legacy of anf ignorance about
British imperialism in Britain.
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Social and economic history - What was the
Belle Époque? |
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Edited
Video from the lesson
(24 minutes) |
...and accompanying
worksheet 5 to be completed. |
Age of Hope - Full 60 minutes video
on the period before the First World War from 1990s documentary series People's
Century.
Website for the series. BBC news correspondents present
personal perspectives on the capital cities of the major
European powers that, later in 1914, would face each other in
the First World War.
Video - New technologies created new dangers in the home of
the Belle Époque.
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What were the strengths and weaknesses of the
great powers of Europe before 1914? |
Worksheet 6 and
table to be completed. |
Website made by my students in 2001 to show the situation in
Europe before the First World War.
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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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| What were
the tensions between the great powers before 1900? |
Walsh pp.
4-7
GCSE Modern World History
Worksheet 7 |
The brilliant
John D Clare provides an excellent GCSE perspective with
recommended links for further research.
Video on the state of
European nations before 1914 and the causes of the war.
4hr
Worksheet -
Militarism, Imperialism and Nationalism, an introductory
overview. Also
PowerPoint
as seen in the lesson. |
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What were the medium-term causes of WWI? |
Walsh pp. 8-10
GCSE Modern World History
Worksheet 8
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| What were
the short term causes of WWI? |
Days
that Shook the World
video on the assassination of Franz
Ferdinand.
The John D Clare
worksheet
9 on the causes of the war. |
Causes of World War 1
quiz -
beginners and
advanced.
Wikipedia provides a very detailed account of the
July Crisis. Blackadder and Horrible
Histories explain the causes of the First World War -
videos
On the summer of 1914, see this brilliant
drama-documentary from the BBC made for the centenary in
2014.
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How can we link long and short-term causes of the
war? |
Causes of World War 1 mind mapping exercise (worksheet
10).
Walsh pp. 8-11
GCSE Modern World History
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The
Corner website offers a very clear outline of major themed
causes of the war.
See
Wikipedia on the complex causes of WWI, includes
historiography.
A clever narrative at
FirstWorldWar.com
Dr Gary Sheffield at the BBC wins my vote by starting with a
quote from Baldrick.
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B Test 1
Week beginning
Monday 12th October 2015
How can we learn the causes of the Imperialism and the First World War?
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Timeline of essential events in Unit 1. Only facts on these
sheets and these quizzes will be covered in part one (factual recall) of the test. |
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Revision advice and
Quiz or try
all 45 questions
against the
clock.
Penalty shootout
quiz or
Basketball |
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