International School History - European Schools - S6 2 hour option
 
S6 2hr History Last update - 26 September 2011 Official European School History S6 Syllabus: English, French, German
B Test 2 - War and Revolution
Key Questions Lessons Additional materials and external links
What were people's expectations about the nature of the Great War? Worksheet and PowerPoint

Walsh 14-15 GCSE Modern World History

 See the 1930 film version of All Quiet on the Western Front.
Why was the war not over by Christmas? Walsh 16-19 GCSE Modern World History See the outstanding BBC website on the First World War. And this animation in particular which graphically demonstrates how the war developed.
How did the nature of war change during the First World war? Walsh 20-29 GCSE Modern World History  Produce a revision diagram/essay plan of six important changes in how the war was fought. People's Century Killing Fields video Why was WWI a 'Second Generation' war?
What makes a source useful? A case study of WWI. What is the 'source matrix'? What is the difference between history and heritage? Worksheet. covering the 3Rs usefulness model and the 'source matrix'. Copies of all the source cards used in the lesson. A guide to using documents. This document introduces the 3Rs model and offers advice on using a range of different sources like statistics, autobiographies and cartoons.
What are some of the major historical 'issues' surrounding WWI? WWI as a 'total war'. (Diagram and case study of UK)
Women and WWI, (edited essay)
Leaders: 'lions led by donkeys' (edited essay)
Why was Germany defeated? (edited essay and diagram)
Women WWI (full essay), Leaders (full essay) and Germany's defeat (full essay)
What were the aims of the peace makers at the Paris Peace Conference? Summary sheet taken from James Mason Modern World history to GCSE.

Extract from Culpin and Henig - Modern Europe. Chapter 10 - Peacemaking... (pp. 137-151)
Cannon et al. IB 20th century world history course companion pp. 13-25
What were the terms of the Paris Peace Treaties? Role play activity The Paris Peace Treaties 1919.

Extract from Culpin and Henig - Modern Europe. Chapter 10 - Peacemaking... (pp. 151-163)

Lots of factual tests on the various peace treaties.

 Short BBC documentary film - Make Germany Pay.

John D Clare of the Paris Peace Treaties - an outstanding source with many useful links.

A fling the teacher quiz that includes 90 possible questions.
How effective were the peace treaties? Walsh 20-29 GCSE Modern World History Judgements of various 'historians' on the treaties compiled by John D Clare
Essay by Hans A. Schmitt Essay by Raffael Scheck
 
 

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