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WRITTEN RESPONSE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 24
SEMINAR DISCUSSION THURSDAY + FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25/26
Seminar Discussion Video – Cuban Missile Crisis
READINGS AND INQUIRY QUESTIONS
NOTES
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LESSONS
September 4
Lesson 1: Causes of World War I – Part 1
Watch Video
Read
Article: The Top 5 Causes That Led to World War I (pdf)
OR
ThoughtCo: The Top 5 Causes That Led to World War I (web site)
Norwich University: Six Causes of World War I optional
Handout: The Causes of World War One GCSE (V2) p.8-11 The Murder of Franz Ferdinand optional
In Class Work
Document: General von Moltke on the Schlieffen Plan (1911) optional
Notes/Activity: Causes and Historical Events (V4)
Inquiry Question: What cause was most responsible for World War I?
Padlet – Inquiry Question: What cause was most responsible for World War I?
Optional
Types of Sources – History Skills optional
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand – Spartacus optional
PowerPoint
Causes and Historical Events (V2)
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Lesson: Historical Thinking Cause and Consequences
Notes: Cause and Consequence – Definition, Description, Criteria (V2)
PowerPoint
Causes and Consequences (V3) (SV3)
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September 5
Lesson 2: Causes of World War 1 – Nations – Part 2
Read
Article: 32 Problems in World History – Origins of World War I SB Fay
Article: German Responsibility for the Outbreak of the War optional
In Class Work
Primary Source Document: A German writer on the necessity of war (1914)
Activity/Video: Who was truly to blame for World War 1 optional
Inquiry Question: Which nation was most responsible for causing World War I (V6)?
Evidence: Causes of World War I – Fay and Scheck Evidence
World War One: 10 interpretations of who started WW1 optional
Padlet – Inquiry Question: Which nation was most responsible for causing World War I?
PowerPoint
Causes of World War I – Responsibility for the War
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September 8
Lesson 3: Paris Peace Conference – Objectives
Read
Article: The Consequences of World War I
Handout: Chapter 1 The Paris Peace Conference: the aims of the participants p.14-23
In Class Work
Activity: Paris Peace Conference – Objectives Reasonable and Not Reasonable Activity (V2)
Padlet: Which leader had the most reasonable objectives at the Paris Peace Conference?
PowerPoint
Paris Peace Conference – Objectives (V2)
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September 9
Lesson 4: Treaty of Versailles – Terms
Read:
Article: The 10 Key Terms of the Treaty of Versailles
Article: Versailles and Peacemaking optional
Global Forces Chapter 2 The First World War p.23-25 optional
In Class Work
Article: Why was there opposition in Germany to the Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles: How America, France & Britain Benefited
PowerPoint
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September 10
Lesson 5: Treaty of Versailles/Paris Peace Conference – Evaluation
Read
Article: Was the Treaty of Versailles Fair? – Helium
Article: John Maynard Keynes predicts economic chaos
Article: Was the Treaty of Versailles fair and reasonable? – Keynes and Birdsall (TCV)
In Class Work
Evidence/Notes: Keynes vs Birdsall
Article: The Paris Peace Conference and its Consequences
Article: A Ghost of War’s Past
Activity: Evaluating Major Terms of the Treaty of Versailles (V3)
Handout: Views on the Treaty of Versailles optional
Article: Did the Versailles peace treaty trigger another world war optional
PowerPoint
Treaty of Versailles – Keynes and Birdsall
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September 11
Lesson 6: The Successor States
Read
Global Forces Chapter 3 Reconstruction of Europe p.30-32 optional
PowerPoint
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Treaty of Versailles – Evidence
Evidence: Treaty of Versailles Evidence – Fair or Not Fair (V5)
Treaty of Versailles Essay Sources Part A V2 pdf
Treaty of Versailles Essay Sources Part A (V2) Zip Folder
The Treaty of Versailles: Brutally Unfair or Righteous Retribution?
PowerPoint: Treaty of Versailles Summary and Arguments
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September 16
Lesson 7: League of Nations
Read
Global Forces Chapter 3 Reconstruction of Europe p.32-39 (omit Case Study p.36, Bio p.38)
In Class Work
Activity: League of Nations Reasons for Failure Italy and Japan
Inquiry Question: Which reason was most responsible for the failure of the League of Nations (V4)?
Article: Why Did the League of Nations Fail?
Article: Dashed Hopes for a Peaceful Future How the League was Set Up to Failure
PowerPoint
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September 17
Lesson 8: Russia – March Revolution 1917
Read
Article: The February Revolution (V2)
Global Forces Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and the United States p.71-73
In Class Work
Inquiry Question: What factor was most responsible for the March 1917 revolution in Russia (V4)?
Article: The February Revolution
Article: Russian Revolution – February 1917
Padlet – Inquiry Question: What factor was most responsible for the March 1917 revolution in Russia?
Primary Source Document: The British ambassador views on Nicholas II (1923)
PowerPoint
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September 18
Lesson 9: Russia – November Revolution 1917
Read
Global Forces Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and the United States p.73-75
Article: The October Revolution (V2)
Spartacus – Russian Revolution optional
Inquiry Question: What factor was most responsible for the November 1917 revolution in Russia (V4)?
Article: The October Revolution
Article: Russian Revolution October 1917
PowerPoint
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September 22
Lesson 10: Russia – Lenin and the USSR 1917-1924
Read
Article: Your Guide to Karl Marx
Global Forces Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and the United States p.75-76
PowerPoint