THE
20th CENTURY
Tasks to be chosen from: |
| 1 |
Learn
key vocabulary |
| 2 |
Label
map to show European alliances - explain how the alliance system
could lead to war |
| 3 |
Extended
writing on Causes of the First World War |
| 4 |
Design
a recruitment poster for the First World War |
| 5 |
Research 2 war poets. What do they say about the war? What images
do they use? How do you think the general public would respond
to this poetry at the time? |
| 6 |
Write
your own diary from the Front. Include the weather conditions,
food, trench life, etc |
| 7 |
Research
Field-Marshall Haig and how he conducted fighting on the Western
Front. Does he deserve the nickname ‘Butcher of the Somme’?
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| 8 |
Visit
your local war memorial. How many names are on the 1914-18 section?
Are any of the surnames the same? Does this mean they are related?
What effect do you think such a loss would have on the village/town? |
| 9 |
Research
the Suffragettes and Mrs. Pankhurst. What did they want? How
did they campaign to get it? What did they do during the war?
Was the war a turning point for women? |
| 10 |
Write
a newspaper report about the Versailles Treaty and its terms.
Write the report either from a German or from a French point
of view |
| 11 |
Write a brief biography of Hitler and Neville Chamberlain. Explain
what the policy of appeasement was. Do you think it was a good
or a bad idea? Explain your answer |
| 12 |
Approximately
2 to 3 weeks homework: Project on the Home Front of the Second
World War. Topics to include:- Evacuation, the Blitz, Rationing,
the Home Guard (Dad’s Army), Morale and Propaganda, Women and
the War. Include pictures, maps, facts, etc |
| 13 |
Research project on episodes from the Cold War (to be determined
by class teacher) |
| 14 |
The Holocaust: You have been asked to design a museum exhibition
for school children on this topic. What message would you want
to put across? Write down also what you would want to include
or leave out and explain why |
| 15 |
Biography
of Winston Churchill: what were his strengths as a leader? |
| 16 |
Research events which have been happening around the world recently
(check the TV news, Teletext, foreign news pages in broadsheet
newspapers, etc.). Are there any examples of the United Nations
at work? If so, what are they doing? |
Useful websites:
1st World War
www.worldwar1.com
www.theaerodrome.com/index.html
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm
www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh.ww1
2 nd World War
www.battleofbritain.net/Contents.html
www.freecampus.co.uk/login/sec/history/raids/index/htm
www.remember.org
Women and the Vote
www.womenshistory.about.com
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWWomen.htm
www.lexcie.zetnet.co.uk/emmeline.htm
www.airspeed.com/~shydavid/fem.048htm
The Holocaust
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/gerholocaust.htm
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Homeworks
may be subject to change, at the teacher’s discretion. |
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| BLACK
PEOPLES OF AMERICA |
| A |
Learning of key words |
| B |
Draw Slave Triangle and label it |
| C |
Diary of Slave on middle passage |
| D |
Slave Action: poster or account |
| E |
Letter of Protest to government by white Northern States visitor
to a plantation about living and working conditions or justification
by plantation owner for ownership of slaves |
| F |
Research Abolitionists:
Sojourner Truth
Harriet B. Stowe
William Wilberforce
Frederick Douglas |
Must include assessment of their differing approaches |
| G |
Speech for the abolition of slavery |
| H |
Poster against slavery |
| I |
Empathy account - |
Underground
railway Wanted poster (for groups 5 - 8) |
| J |
Preparation
for debate on Civil War - research views of North/South |
| K |
Report on Civil War - either write a newspaper report on the
war or do a ‘live’ report onto audio tape/video tape |
| L |
As a black person, write to a Southern States newspaper explaining
why you are unhappy with segregation and Jim Crow Laws |
| M |
Poster on allowing black/white students to be educated at the
same school or letter to Governor of Arkansas explaining why
you should be admitted to white school (writing as a black student) |
| N |
Research on Martin Luther King and assessing why he is important |
| O |
Martin Luther King vs Malcolm X Worksheets |
| P |
Assessment Essay on topic |
Useful
websites: |
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www.xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/wpa/wpahome.html
www.thekingcenter.com
www.hombeats.co.uk/publications/rom.htm www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/thestoryofafrica
www.channel4.com/blackhistorymap/index.html www.mlk-online.net
www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/aapchtml/aapchome.html www.etext.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/African-American.html
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm www.stanford.edu/group/king
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilrights.htm www.melca.org/~crights/cyber.html
www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year9.html www.historychannel.com/exhibits/blacklist/
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilwar.htm
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