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Year 9 History homework

In this booklet you will find all of your homework for this year. You will also find your end of unit knowledge tests, these will test all of the things that you have learnt about one topic. In Year 9, you will learn about the following topics:

Year 9

How did one man change the lives of so many people?

WWI

Why did people vote for Hitler?

Why should we remember the

Holocaust?

What was the impact of WWII?

How did the world change after WWII?

How has Terrorism

impacted the World?

Name: Form: Teacher:

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How did one man change the lives of so many people?

Date due in Activities Re-read class notes on the LONG TERM CAUSES and GAVRILO PRINCIP Read through your knowledge organiser focusing on the causes of WWI. Create a revision mind map about what you have studied so far. Knowledge test questions:

1. Which key term is defined by ‘countries building up their armed forces’? 2. Which key term is defined by ‘agreements between countries to support each other’? 3. What is the definition of Imperialism? 4. Which key term refers to people wanting to rule their own countries? 5. Name the countries in the Triple Alliance. 6. What is the name of the agreement between France, Britain and Russia? 7. Where was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated? 8. When was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?

Space to complete the activities and make your revision notes

Knowledge test to be completed in class with your teacher

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Question Response Which key term is defined by ‘countries building up their armed forces’?

Which key term is defined by ‘agreements between countries to support each other’?

What is the definition of Imperialism?

Which key term refers to people wanting to rule their own countries?

Name the countries in the Triple Alliance.

What is the name of the agreement between France, Britain and Russia?

Where was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?

When was Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated?

Total out of 8

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Date due in Activities Read through article below taken from Spartacus History; I would like you to highlight the key facts about how, why and how many men joined up to fight in WWI and then answer the questions below: On the outbreak of war in August 1914, Britain had 247,432 regular troops. About 120,000 of these were in the British Expeditionary Army and the rest were stationed abroad. It was clear that more soldiers would be needed to defeat the German Army. On 7th August, 1914, Lord Kitchener, the war minister, immediately began a recruiting campaign by calling for men aged between 19 and 30 to join the British Army. At first this was very successful with an average of 33,000 men joining every day. Three weeks later Kitchener raised the recruiting age to 35 and by the middle of September over 500,000 men had volunteered their services.

In 1914 David Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was given the task of setting up a British War Propaganda Bureau (WPB). Lloyd George, appointed the successful writer and fellow Liberal MP, Charles Masterman as head of the organization. The WPB arranged for journalists like Bottomley to visit the Western Front. To persuade young men to join the armed forces Horatio Bottomley gave the impression that the war would be over in a few weeks. In a speech at the Bournemouth Winter Gardens in September, 1915, he argued: "Ladies and gentlemen, I want you to pull yourselves together. I want to assure you that within six weeks of to-day we shall have the Huns on the run. We shall drive them out of France, out of Flanders, out of Belgium, across the Rhine, and back into their own territory!”

During the first few months of the war the War Propaganda Bureau published pamphlets such as the Report on Alleged German Outrages, which gave credence to the idea that the German Army had systematically tortured Belgian civilians. Other pamphlets published by the WPB that helped with recruitment included To Arms! (Arthur Conan Doyle), The Barbarism in Berlin (G. K. Chesterton), The New Army (Rudyard Kipling) and Liberty, A Statement of the British Case (Arnold Bennett). The British government also began a successful poster campaign. Artists such as Saville Lumley, Alfred Leete, Frank

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Brangwyn and Norman Lindsay, produced a series of posters urging men to join the British Army. The desire to fight continued into 1915 and by the end of that year some two million men had volunteered their services.

Why do you think the Government thought it was important to recruit new men to the armed forces? Use the article and your contextual knowledge to help you.

Explain how the Government used Propaganda to try and help recruit soldiers to the Army.

How far were the government’s recruitment methods successful between 1914 and 1915?

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Date due in Activities Re-read class notes on the topics you have studied so far and through your knowledge organiser highlighting information about what the fighting was actually like. Create a revision mind map about what you have studied so far. Knowledge test questions:

1. How many soldiers from across the British Empire fought in the British army? 2. What is the main area of trenches in the Great War known as? 3. How far did the trench system stretch? 4. What two medical conditions do we associate with Trench warfare? 5. Which force had the better trenches? 6. What was the main cause of Trenchfoot? 7. Give an example of someone who was suffering with Shellshock? 8. Name one part of the Trench system?


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Question Response How many soldiers from across the British Empire fought in the British army?

What is the main area of trenches in the Great War known as?

Name one part of the Trench system?

Which force had the better trenches?

What two medical conditions do we associate with Trench warfare?

What was the main cause of Trenchfoot?

Give an example of someone who was suffering with Shellshock?

How far did the trench system stretch?

Total out of 8

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Date due in Activities Read through the article below about The Battle of the Somme. Then I want you to complete exam skills below. The Battle of the Somme was one of the defining events of the First World War, resulting in over one million casualties. 2016 marks the centenary of the battle. The Battle of the Somme began on 1 July 1916. It is one of the most famous battles of the First World War because of the loss of 19,000 British troops killed in a single day (from a total of 58,000 casualties) – the first day of the battle. No other conflict, before or since, can state such a statistic. The battle began with an attack on a 25km front in France, north of the Somme river, between the towns of Arras and Albert. Fighting raged for almost five months, from 1 July to 18 November 1916. Originally planned as a joint British and French offensive, its aims were both to exhaust the German forces and to gain territory. At the start of 1916, however, the Battle of Verdun had drained France of most of their troops, thus the Somme attack became predominantly British and, in addition, was brought forward from August to relieve the pressure on the French. Sir Douglas Haig, the new British Commander in Chief, took over the planning and execution of the attack and worked with General Rawlinson, whose Fourth Army was to lead the assault. In preparation, the British bombarded the German lines for eight days in June 1916. They intended to destroy the German defences so that the British could attack over ‘no man’s land’ and capture the German lines.

The Germans, however, had built heavy concrete bunkers together with ferocious barbed wire barriers – the British bombardment failed to destroy either. Many of the poorly constructed British munitions failed to work and the eight-day British assault alerted the Germans to the impending attack – they were armed, ready and solidly defended by concrete and barbed wire. The British, having been led to believe there would be little enemy opposition, were pushed back by the German machine guns or simply mown down as they crossed no man’s land, leading to the infamous statistics relating to the highest number of deaths ever on a single day of battle. Despite the losses, the British and French continued the attack. German troops were reinforced from Verdun and despite occasional Allied victories (Pozieres was captured by the Australians in July) most advances were rarely followed up and were quickly lost again. Poor weather, including snow, finally stopped the Somme offensive on 18 November 1916. During the attack, the Allies had gained approximately 12km of ground at an estimated cost of 620,000 casualties (420,000 British, 200,000 French). The Germans lost around 500,000 men.

http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/ww1-centenary/somme-100/

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TASK 1: Read through and annotate the key parts of the question:

“The main reason for the initial failure at the Battle of the Somme was the fact that the French were not able to take part”. How far do you agree with this statement?

Now add your response (you WILL need to go onto some lined paper):

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You are now at the end of your unit of study. In your next lesson you will complete a knowledge test on everything you have learnt. This will ask you the following questions below. You should use your knowledge organisers and your class notes to be able to answer all of these.

1 What are the four long term causes to WW1? 11 How many shells did British artillery fire before the Battle of Somme?

2 Who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand? 12 Name three weapons from WW1.

3 Who did Austria-Hungry declare war on in 1914? 13 What did the Germans use to bomb Britain in WW1?

4 What is patriotism? 14 How many ‘boy soldiers’ fought in WW1?

5 What were battalions made up of friends and work colleagues called?

15 Who are the members of the Triple Entente?

6 Who were the members of the Triple Alliance? 16 Name 2 reasons why Britain wanted an empire

7 What was the land between the two lines of trenches called?

17 Who died at the 1913 Derby?

8 Who was in charge of the British Army during the Battle of the Somme?

18 Where was William II killed?

9 What is shellshock? 19 What was the religion in England in the Middle Ages?

10 How many soldiers were shot for cowardice? 20 When did Thomas Becket become Archbishop of Canterbury?

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Knowledge test

1 What are the four long term causes to WW1? 11 How many shells did British artillery fire before the Battle of Somme?

2 Who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

12 Name three weapons from WW1.

3 Who did Austria-Hungry declare war on in 1914?

13 What did the Germans use to bomb Britain in WW1?

4 What is patriotism?

14 How many ‘boy soldiers’ fought in WW1?

5 What were battalions made up of friends and work colleagues called?


6 Who were the members of the Triple Alliance?

16 Name 2 reasons why Britain wanted an empire

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7 What was the land between the two lines of trenches called?

17 Who died at the 1913 Derby?

8 Who was in charge of the British Army during the Battle of the Somme?

18 Where was William II killed?

9 What is shellshock?

19 What was the religion in England in the Middle Ages?

10 How many soldiers were shot for cowardice?

20 When did Thomas Becket become Archbishop of Canterbury?

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End of unit Self-Reflection

Complete the self-reflection based on your end of unit assessments and your class and home work:

End of unit test score

End of unit knowledge test score

What do you think has gone well this unit?

What do you think you need to work on next unit?

What help do you think you need to improve?

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Why did people vote for Hitler?

Date due in Activities Re-read class notes on the Treaty of Versailles Read through your knowledge organiser section about the Treaty of Versailles and the German reaction to it. Make some revision materials based on this information. Knowledge test questions: What were the military conditions? What were the Territorial conditions? What were the Economic conditions? Who had to take the blame for the war? How would you summarise the German reaction?


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Question Response What were the military conditions? (4)

What were the Territorial conditions? (4)

What were the Economic conditions? (1)

Who had to take the blame for the war? (1)

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How would you summarise the German reaction? (2)

Total out of 12

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Date due in Activities Read through the article below about Democracy, Dictatorship and Europe in the 1920s and 1930s. Then I want you to complete questions below. A dictator is a political leader that holds absolute power over a country. No one is allowed to oppose their leadership and they are allowed to handle any national situation without approval from anyone. Many dictators rule with violence or force to avoid opposition, and in some places, anyone who opposes a dictator is killed. Dictatorships usually deny people basic freedoms, they control their citizen’s attitudes and beliefs. The whole point of a dictatorship is to have absolute governmental control. The type of dictatorship used in Nazi Germany and the USSR was totalitarian dictatorship, which was a much stricter type of dictatorship. The government controlled all aspects of life including beliefs and attitudes of the citizens. The Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini ruled with Fascism. This is in contrast to democracy, which is where people vote for their chosen leader. These systems tend to have more checks and balances to make sure laws and policies are fair. During the 1920s and 30s, political and economical issues allowed dictatorships to begin in Germany, Italy, Russia and Japan. WWI left many countries in poverty, which caused panic among the citizens, who looked to powerful people they thought could solve the problems. After WWI, Communists took control of Russia, and Lenin (a communist leader) took control of Russia. After Lenin died, there was a huge conflict over who would take his place, eventually, Joseph Stalin eliminated the other competition and became the dictator of Russia. Meanwhile, in Germany, the Nazi party was gaining a lot of support because of the Great Depression, In the elections of September 1930 the Nazis got an astounding 6.5 million votes! Hitler was made chancellor of Germany in 1933. Hitler vowed that he would ignore the treaty of Versailles and bring Germany back to power. Hitler said that Germans were a superior race, and that Jews and Slaves were inferior. Hitler began a campaign against Jews and Communists and started trying to get rid of them. Because people were so panicked, Hitler’s nationalism was very appealing. Also, it helped people to have a group of people to blame for their own misfortune. In Italy, economic problems led to rebellions. As a result of the violence, a group called the Fascists gained a lot of support. The leader of the Fascists was Mussolini. Mussolini gained support by publishing a rebel newspaper called the arditi, Mussolini used the profits he made from the newspaper to arm his men and soon took control as the leader of Italy. Mussolini controlled his people by making them afraid, and telling them that the problems

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Italy was having could only be fixed under his rule. Mussolini promised that he would make Italy prosperous again.

What is the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship?

What reasons are there for the rise of Dictatorships in the 1920s and 30s?

What examples of Dictatorships were there in Europe in the 1920s and 30s?

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Date due in Activities Re-read class notes on the topics you have studied so far Read through your knowledge organiser section about the causes and events of the Nazis rise to power. Create a revision mind map about what you have studied so far. Knowledge test questions: What skills helped Hitler to gain control of the Party? What tactics did Hitler and the Nazis use to gain publicity for their events? When did Hitler and the Nazis try to start a revolution? What percentage of the vote did Hitler get in the July 1932 election? When did Hitler become chancellor of Germany? Which group were purged in 1934? Who died in August 1934?


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Question Response What skills helped Hitler to gain control of the Party?

What tactics did Hitler and the Nazis use to gain publicity for their events?

When did Hitler and the Nazis try to start a revolution?

What percentage of the vote did Hitler get in the July 1932 election?

When did Hitler become chancellor of Germany?

Which group were purged in 1934?

Who died in August 1934?

Total /7

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TASK 1: Read through and annotate the key parts of the question:

How significant was the impact of the Nazi party on the lives of ordinary German citizens?

Now add your response (you WILL need to go onto some lined paper):

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1 What was the treaty called which ended WW1? 11 How many children did a woman have to have to be awarded a Gold Motherhood Cross?

2 What was the British Prime Minister in 1918? 12 What does ‘kinder, kirche and kuche’ mean?

3 How much money did Germany have to pay in war reparations?

13 Who was French leader at the end of WW1?

4 How many battleships was Germany allowed after WW1?

14 What organisation was formed at the end of WW1?

5 When was the German Workers’ Party formed? 15 When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?

6 Who was the leader of the Nazi Party? 16 Who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

7 What did SS stand for? 17 Who are the members of the Triple Entente?

8 What is the name of the symbol for the Nazi Party?

18 Who started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

9 What was the size of Germany’s army after WW1? 19 When did people first go on Crusade?

10 How many children was a German wife expected to have?

20 Which tax was expanded, unfairly, by Charles I?

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Knowledge test

1 What was the treaty called which ended WW1?

11 How many children did a woman have to have to be awarded a Gold Motherhood Cross?

2 What was the British Prime Minister in 1918?

12 What does ‘kinder, kirche and kuche’ mean?

3 How much money did Germany have to pay in war reparations?


4 How many battleships was Germany allowed after WW1?

14 What organisation was formed at the end of WW1?

5 When was the German Workers’ Party formed?

15 When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?

6 Who was the leader of the Nazi Party?


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7 What did SS stand for?


8 What is the name of the symbol for the Nazi Party?

18 Who started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

9 What was the size of Germany’s army after WW1?

19 When did people first go on Crusade?

10 How many children was a German wife expected to have?

20 Which tax was expanded, unfairly, by Charles I?

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The Holocaust

Date due in Activities Read through the article below and the notes that you have made in class. Then complete the task below.

Ever since the Middle Ages, persecutions of Jews took place all over Europe. This was mainly due to the

Christian Church’s persecution of Jews and Jewry, which was frequently followed by public pogroms. Jews

were seen as strangers who represented a different religion in Christian medieval Europe. According to the

Christians, the Jews were brash enough to deny that Jesus Christ was the Son of God.

Accordingly, the Church and the people frequently accused the Jews of all sorts of misfortunes: The Jews were

accused of being responsible for the death of Christ, they were accused of killing Christian children, and they

were accused of causing natural catastrophes. When the Plague (The Black Death) broke out in Europe in

1348, the Jews were also accused of having caused that to happen.

Often the anti-Semitic waves were rooted in economic problems. In the early Middle Ages, Christians were not

allowed to work in the money lending business, and the Jews consequently took over this “dirty business”. But

this meant that Christians came to owe money to the Jews, and this led to the Jews being viewed as loan

sharks. Such sentiments were widespread even in Hitler’s days. Towards the middle and end of the medieval

period, due to economic development and internationalisation, the Jews’ monopoly in the money business and

their economic importance diminished. During the 19th century the conditions for Jews in Europe were greatly

improved. Among the reasons for this were the Enlightenment philosophers’ plea for liberty and equality. The

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Jews were liberated under the impression of the ideals of the Age of the Enlightenment, and a process of

assimilation commenced.

Simultaneously, however, the 19th century marked the rise of nationalism, which in turn aggravated the

hatred of the Jews. The number of pogroms increased all over Europe. In the name of nationalism, ethnic and

religious minorities were looked down upon. Also, the word ‘anti-Semitism’ was coined for the first time in

1879. In Russia the Jews were strongly persecuted, often in the form of state-sponsored pogroms, following

the murder of Tsar Alexander II in 1881. The result was that many Jews were murdered and a large number

of Jews fled to Western Europe. Around 2 million Jews went to the United States, while Argentina, Canada and

Great Britain received around 300,000 Jews. Anti-Semitism gained ground in Germany during the 19th

century. Anti-Semitic libels were published everywhere, and the economic crisis of the early 19th century was

blamed on the Jews. Thousands of Jews fled to Germany from the pogroms in Eastern Europe at the end of

the 19th century – thus keeping up the level of German xenophobia. In a climate of economic crisis in

Germany towards the end of the 19th century, Jewish bankers were blamed. The Jews were seen as evil and

exploiting capitalists, and several anti-Semitic parties were founded.

After Germany’s defeat in World War I (1914-1918), anti-Semitism reached new heights in that country.

Defeated German soldiers returning from the front – among them Adolf Hitler – accused those on the home

front of being responsible for the defeat. They accused social democratic politicians, revolutionaries and

especially the Jews of having “stabbed” the army in the back. At the time of the Nazi takeover in 1933, Jews

made up about 0.8% of the German population, 500,000 out of a total population of approximately 62 million

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(according to a public census in 1933). The Jewish population was largely concentrated in urban areas.

Most of Europe’s between 9 and 11 million Jews lived in Eastern Europe. But Germany had the largest number

of Western European Jews. In general, the German Jews were better educated and assimilated than was the

case with the Jews in the Eastern European countries. Many felt more German than Jewish. But in spite of the

high degree of assimilation of the German Jews, they fell victim to the Nazi regime’s policies of persecution

and extermination.

From what you have learnt and the article create an annotated timeline of persecution of the Jews in Europe. You may wish to do this on some A3 paper:

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Date due in Activities Read through the article below and the notes that you have made in class. Then complete the task below.

On January 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb

of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question”.

The "Final Solution" was the code name for the systematic, deliberate, physical annihilation of the European Jews. At

some still undetermined time in 1941, Adolf Hitler authorized this European-wide scheme for mass murder. Heydrich

convened the Wannsee Conference; to inform and secure support from government ministries and other interested

agencies relevant to the implementation of the “Final Solution” and to disclose to the participants that Hitler himself had

tasked Heydrich and the RSHA with coordinating the operation. The men at the table did not deliberate whether such a

plan should be undertaken, but instead discussed the implementation of a policy decision that had already been made at

the highest level of the Nazi regime. At the time of the Wannsee Conference, most participants were already aware that

the Nazi regime had engaged in mass murder of Jews and other civilians in the German-occupied areas of the Soviet Union

and in Serbia. Some had learned of the actions of the Einsatzgruppen and other police and military units, which were

already slaughtering tens of thousands of Jews in the German-occupied Soviet Union. Others were aware that units of the

German Army and the SS and police were killing Jews in Serbia. None of the officials present at the meeting objected to

the "Final Solution" policy that Heydrich announced. Heydrich indicated that approximately 11,000,000 Jews in Europe

would fall under the provisions of the "Final Solution." In this figure, he included not only Jews residing in Axis-controlled

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Europe, but also the Jewish populations of the United Kingdom, and the neutral nations (Switzerland, Ireland, Sweden,

Spain, Portugal, and European Turkey). For Jews residing in the Greater German Reich and holding the status of subjects of

the German Reich, the Nuremberg Laws would serve as a basis for determining who was a Jew.

How was the final solution decided?

What was decided?


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What was the long term result of this decision?

What are your thoughts and feelings about these events so far?

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1 What is anti-Semitism? 11 When did the Nazi party come to power?

2 Who wrote Mein Kampf? 12 Who raised awareness of the Holocaust in Britian?

3 Who were to two people who came up with the idea of Nazi Concentration camps?

13 Which organisation was Reinhard Heydrich chief of?

4 Which fours areas of life were Jews persecuted? 14 What year was the ‘Final Solution’ agreed?

5 What is the name given to areas Jews were forced to live?

15 How many people were killed in the Holocaust.

6 What was the ‘Final Solution’ a code name for? 16 Who was French leader at the end of WW1?

7 Who was leader of the SS? 17 Who was Henry VIII’s second wife?

8 What method did the Nazi’s think was most effective to kill Jews?

18 Who won the Battle of Hastings?

9 Name one of the six Nazi extermination camps in Poland.

19 When was Mary, Queen of Scots executed?

10 What did Eva Kor do to the Nazis? 20 Who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?

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Knowledge test

1 What is anti-Semitism?

11 When did the Nazi party come to power?

2 Who wrote Mein Kampf?

12 Who raised awareness of the Holocaust in Britian?

3 Who were to two people who came up with the idea of Nazi Concentration camps?

13 Which organisation was Reinhard Heydrich chief of?

4 Which fours areas of life were Jews persecuted?

14 What year was the ‘Final Solution’ agreed?

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5 What is the name given to areas Jews were forced to live?

15 How many people were killed in the Holocaust.

6 What was the ‘Final Solution’ a code name for?


7 Who was leader of the SS?

17 Who was Henry VIII’s second wife?

8 What method did the Nazi’s think was most effective to kill Jews?

18 Who won the Battle of Hastings?

9 Name one of the six Nazi extermination camps in Poland.

19 When was Mary, Queen of Scots executed?

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10 What did Eva Kor do to the Nazis?

20 Who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?

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Was WWII a glorious victory?

Date due in Activities Re-read class notes on your first lessons about the steps to war Read through your knowledge organiser section about the key events of the steps to war. Create a revision mind map about what you have studied so far. Knowledge test questions: In which text did Hitler outline his aims for Germany? What process did Hitler begin in 1935? Which area of land was remilitarised in 1936? What is the term for the union of Austria and Germany? When did Hitler annex the Sudetenland? Which two countries were invaded in 1939?


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Question Response In which text did Hitler outline his aims for Germany?

What process did Hitler begin in 1935?

Which area of land was remilitarised in 1936?

What is the term for the union of Austria and Germany?

When did Hitler annex the Sudetenland?

Which two countries were invaded in 1939?

Total out of 7

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Date due in Activities Read through the Source below and the notes that you have made in class. Then complete the task below.

Winston Churchill giving a view on the policy of appeasement in 1938:

Is it the new policy to come to terms with the totalitarian Powers in the hope that by great and far-reaching acts of submission, not merely in sentiment and pride, but in material factors, peace may be preserved. A firm stand by France and Britain, under the authority of the League of Nations, would have been followed by the immediate evacuation of the Rhineland without the shedding of a drop of blood; and the effects of that might have enabled the more prudent elements of the German Army to gain their proper position, and would not have given to the political head of Germany the enormous ascendancy which has enabled him to move forward. Austria has now been laid in thrall, and we do not know whether Czechoslovakia will not suffer a similar attack.

Using the source above and your contextual knowledge including your knowledge organiser, plan an answer to the following question using the help points for guidance:

The source is against Appeasement, how do you know?

Help points: 1. What is inside the box? What does the content of the source teach us? How does this relate to the question?

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2. What is outside the box? What does the ascription teach us? How does this relate to the question?

3. What contextual knowledge do you have? Does this support the source? How does this relate to the question?

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Date due in Activities Read through the article below about the home front:

World War 2 - The Home Front During the Second World War as British men and women signed up to serve in the Armed Forces the civilian population found they also had an important role to play in the protection of their homeland from the Nazi threat.

Britain's Home Front is remembered for many things including: Air Raid Shelters, Gas Masks, ARP Wardens, the Women's

Voluntary Service, Rationing, The Black Out, Evacuation, The Blitz, Winston Churchill plus morale boosting films such as

'Went The Day Well?'. Even radio programmes such as'Workers Playtime', 'Make do and Mend' all had their part to play in

firing the stoicism of the population against seemingly overwhelming odds. Life on the Home Front played an important

part of the war effort for all involved and had a positive impact on the outcome of the war. The British Government

became involved with a raft of new issues, new policy making, complete reviews and overhauls of the policing, fire and

ambulance services, transport, communications, internment of aliens, food production and rationing, manpower

allocation, home defence, child evacuation and planning for the frightening possibility of occupation by the enemy.

British men, women and children for the most part endured extreme hardship and distress in one form or another. Few

people escaped the rigors of life in wartime Britain and only survived due to their extraordinary spirit, tenacity,

determination and courage. Women were mobilised to an unprecedented degree on the Home Front, fighting the daily

battle of rationing, recycling, reusing, and cultivating food in allotments and gardens. From 1941, women were called up

for war work, as mechanics, engineers, munitions workers, air raid wardens and fire engine drivers. In order to prevent

Britain from being ‘starved out’ more than 80,000 women joined the Women’s Land Army, enduring extremely

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hard conditions and long hours in isolated rural outposts. Meanwhile back in the cities, the Women’s Voluntary Service

prided itself on doing ‘whatever was needed’, mainly providing support to victims of the Blitz and those sheltering from

enemy bombing raids in underground stations. Their success in mobilising economic output was also a major factor in

supporting combat operations. In addition, a major new Home Front construction programme for military installations,

airfields and roads began in earnest. Requisitioning of county houses and estates, land for training use, billets for

members of the Armed Services also had to be taken into consideration and implemented within in a matter of weeks.

The morale and psychology of the people responded well to the leadership and propaganda which was disseminated

often though subtle means such as films and radio shows. The war on the Home Front is estimated to have cost Britain in

excess of £30 Billion (many hundreds of £billions at todays value). Great technological advances were made during the

period 1939 to 1945 plus huge social changes meant that life after the war would and could never be the same again.

Using the information above, your contextual knowledge and your knowledge organiser, write an account of how life for ordinary people in Britain was changed by the war. Remember to focus on changes made on the Home front

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1 When did Hitler start to re-arm Germany? 11 What is an evacuee?

2 When did Germany reoccupy the Rhineland? 12 What date was D Day?

3 In 1938 Germany reunited with which country? 13 What are the names for the beaches Britain attacked on D Day?

4 When did Germany invade France? 14 Where was the first nuclear bomb used?

5 Where were 400,000 soldiers trapped in France? 15 Which country lost the most casualties in WW2?

6 What was the codename for Germany’s invasion of Britain?


7 Who was the Russian leader during WW2? 17 Which French leader signed a concordat with the Pope?

8 What two British planes became famous in the Battle of Britain?

18 What does NUWSS stand for?

9 What name was given to the German bombing of London?

19 How many people did Jack the Ripper kill?

10 What is censorship? 20 Name one long term cause of the French Revolution.

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Knowledge test

1 When did Hitler start to re-arm Germany?

11 What is an evacuee?

2 When did Germany reoccupy the Rhineland?

12 What date was D Day?

3 In 1938 Germany reunited with which country?

13 What are the names for the beaches Britain attacked on D Day?

4 When did Germany invade France?

14 Where was the first nuclear bomb used?

5 Where were 400,000 soldiers trapped in France?

15 Which country lost the most casualties in WW2?

6 What was the codename for Germany’s invasion of Britain?


7 Who was the Russian leader during WW2?

17 Which French leader signed a concordat with the Pope?

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8 What two British planes became famous in the Battle of Britain?

18 What does NUWSS stand for?

9 What name was given to the German bombing of London?

19 How many people did Jack the Ripper kill?

10 What is censorship?

20 Name one long term cause of the French Revolution.



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How did the world change after WWII?

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Date due in Activities History Extended learning Objective: To learn about instances of modern genocide. Task: You need to research and create an information poster about one of the modern genocides. You should refer to the UN, their work against genocide and possible actions we can take in your poster. You should stick to the facts and websites listed below- often information about Genocide is actually stronger when it does not include images of violence.

• Explain what happened in your genocide using your notes and knowledge organiser • Explain the actions and role of the UN in your chosen genocide • Explain the significance of your chosen genocide and the work of the UN in general • Include some advice that could make the UN a more powerful force against genocide

Websites:

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1 What officially started up in October 1945? 11 Name the Serbian military leader involved in the massacre in Bosnia?

2 In which year did Britain agree to Indian self-government? 12 Which word means a system of government run by elected representatives?

3 Which city was split by a wall in the Cold War? 13 How many member countries are in the United Nations?

4 How many battleships was Germany allowed after WW1? 14 When did Queen Elizabeth II take the crown?

5 Which group were responsible for the Cambodian Genocide?


6 When was the Cambodian Genocide? 16 When was the first recorded Viking raid?

7 What was the name of the first man on the moon? 17 What is then name of the council who selected a king in 1066?

8 Which two countries were the main protagonists in the Cold War?

18 Name one Viking God.

9 Name the first female prime minister of the UK? 19 Name the cruise ship that brought immigrants from Jamaica to Britain in 1948.

10 When was the first moon landing? 20 What massacre occurred in Manchester in 1819?

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Knowledge test

1 What officially started up in October 1945? 11 Name the Serbian military leader involved in the massacre in Bosnia?

2 In which year did Britain agree to Indian self-government? 12 Which word means a system of government run by elected representatives?

3 Which city was split by a wall in the Cold War? 13 How many member countries are in the United Nations?

4 How many battleships was Germany allowed after WW1? 14 When did Queen Elizabeth II take the crown?

5 Which group were responsible for the Cambodian Genocide?


6 When was the Cambodian Genocide? 16 When was the first recorded Viking raid?

7 What was the name of the first man on the moon? 17 What is then name of the council who selected a king in 1066?

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8 Which two countries were the main protagonists in the Cold War?

18 Name one Viking God.

9 Name the first female prime minister of the UK? 19 Name the cruise ship that brought immigrants from Jamaica to Britain in 1948.

10 When was the first moon landing? 20 What massacre occurred in Manchester in 1819?

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