| S6 2hr History |
Last
update -
12 March 2013 |
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 on Belgian imperialism.
Imperialism: an introduction -
Worksheet
1 |
Outline of the
2 hour S6 option
course.
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.
Short video extract from Racism A History (Part 3) |
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 |
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Why did the Franco-Prussian War mark such a significant turning
point in European History? |
Franco-Prussian War
worksheet 5 |
John Lowe
extract on the international situation after 1871. |
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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.
Great War documentary
video - Episode 1. The
classic 1960s series gives an excellent country-by-country
overview of Europe before 1914. |
| 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.
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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 |
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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
Wednesday 17h October 2012
How can we learn the causes of the Imperialism and the First World War? |
Timeline of essential events in Unit 1. Only facts on these
sheets 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. |
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