| S7 4hr History |
Last
update -
17 May 2023 |
Official European
School History S6 Syllabus:
English,
French,
German |
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Compulsory Core - Europe 6 Europe from
dictatorship to democracy (1974 - 1995)-
syllabus |
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Key Questions and syllabus references. |
Lessons |
Additional materials and external links |
| What is
authoritarianism and democracy? What is
the difference between democratic transition and democratic
consolidation?
What are the factors that help explain the
‘how and why’ of democratic transition?
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The Transition to
Democracy - Theories and models.
Worksheet 1.
Revision
diagram to be completed.
What are the different types of authoritarian
regime?
Infosheet |
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How and why was there a transition to democracy
in southern European states from 1974?
Key words:
Democracy, Communism,
Dictatorship, Coup d’état, Constitution,
Monarchism, Civil Rights, Rule of Law, Liberalisation,
Social democracy.
Possible Reference Points:
Turkey invades Cyprus (1974)
Parliamentary democracy established in Greece (1974) Carnation
Revolution (1974) Death of Franco (1975) |
Southern Europe 1970s: The Transition to Democracy: Portugal,
Greece and Spain
Worksheet 2
Revision
diagram to be completed,
also available as downloadable
Word Document. |
A
brief but flawed comparative
essay by an undergraduate student comparing Spain and
Portugal. Applying democratisation
theory to southern Europe in the 1970s and the Balkans after
1989 -
Academic paper.
The Spanish ambassador to China provides a very
clear
explanation of the Spanish transition.
Guardian 2016 on how Spain is coming to terms with its civil
war past. Matt Barrett's excellent
History of Greece explains the rule of the
junta and the
transition.
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The brilliant Wikipedia provides very
clear summaries of the three transitions:
Greece,
Portugal and
Spain. |
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| How and
why did the communist regimes of central and eastern Europe
collapse in 1989? Possible Reference Points:
Charter 77 (1977) Martial Law in Poland (1981) |
Worksheet 3
- Czechoslovakia and Poland 1970-81. Central and Eastern
Europe - The Transition to Democracy - Part 1.
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Prezi presentation Czechoslovakia and Poland 1970-81. |
Videos on
Charter 77 and Solidarity.
Walsh 412-15.GCSE Modern World History
This is an excellent explanation of the significance of
Solidarity. |
Importance of Catholic Church in Poland?
Look at this
interactive map of religious belief in 2015.
Importance of Solidarity by Ben Walsh
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See
the dedicated section of
ISH
for an extended multimedia version of the material in the
lesson worksheet worksheet. |
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| Possible Reference Points:
Collapse of Communism (1989)
Lithuanian independence (1990), Latvian and Estonian
independence (1991) |
Worksheet 4
- 1989 Central and Eastern Europe -
The Transition to Democracy - Part 2
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People's
Century
Video -
People Power examines the events of 1989.
Website for the series. |
Revision
table to be completed and also available as downloadable
Word Document.
Walsh 410-21. Ben Walsh.
GCSE Modern World History
What happens when an historian is also an
eyewitness?
Garton Ash on
1989 |
A short
video explanations of Glasnost and Perestroika.
Short
video on the end of the Berlin Wall.
A short
video about the Velvet Revolution and how it was reported in
the USA at the time. More on the
Velvet Revolution for Czech and Slovak students.
News
report
video collection from
1990 that shows how events were reported in the USA at the time.
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How successfully did the newly democratic states meet
the challenges of transition? Possible Reference Points:
Greece joins EEC (1981)
Spain and Portugal join EEC (1986), Yugoslav Civil War begins
(1991), Velvet Divorce (1993), Dayton Accords (1995),
International Criminal Tribunal former Yugoslavia (from 1993),
Historical Memory Law – Spain (2007).
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Worksheet 5
and revision
table to be completed or as downloadable
Word Document.
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Prezi presentation
on the consolidation of democracy |
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BBC - On the ongoing controversy of the Spanish amnesty law.
Wikipedia on the 'pact
of forgetting'.
Historian David Rieff challenges the view that
remembering the past is always a good thing -
2016 article.
Excellent animation on
Balkanisation. |
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