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Unit 1: The British Empire
- What was the British Empire?
How and why did the British Empire develop?
Did people benefit from being part of the empire?
What role did explorers have in gaining the empire?
Related activites:
Benefits of Empire - created
using classtools.net
Benefits of Empire 2 -
created using classtools.net
The Empire in 1897 - created
using classtools.net
Empire Wordshoot
Unit 2: Black peoples of America
- What does it mean to be free?
- What does it mean to be a slave?
- Why was there an increase in the number of Black people in America?
- What was the reality of the Atlantic Slave trade?
- What was life like on a plantation?
- Was the civil war fought to free the slaves?
- Did the civil war achieve freedom for the slaves?
- What did the Civil Rights movement achieve?
- Which individuals had a significant role to play in gaining equal rights?
Related activities
Slaves left to die - created
using classtools.net
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- Unit 3: Warfare in the Twentieth Century
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- What were the main features of warfare in the twentieth century?
- What were the causes of warfare in the twentieth century?
- Why did war break out in 1914?
- In what ways has warfare changed in the twentieth century? (Part 1, this
theme is returned to later)
- What was it like to fight in the First World War?
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- Unit 4: Democracy and Dictatorship
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- What are the key differences between a Democracy and a Dictatorship?
- Why did some countries become dictatorships in the 1920's and 30's?
- In what ways did European dictatorships threaten peace?
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- Unit 5: How has warfare changed in the Twentieth Century?
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- What were the major differences and similarities in warfare in the First
and Second World Wars?
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- Unit 6: The civilian experience of war
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- What has been the impact of war on civilians in the Twentieth century?
- What was it like for children in the Second World War?
- Why did the government introduce evacuation?
- How successful was evacuation?
- What were the experiences of evacuees?
- How were civilians threatened in the Second World War?
- What measures were taken to protect civilians during the Second World War?
- How did the gvernment ensure that people were able to eat during the war?
- What impact did the war have on the lives of women?
- How did the Second World War affect York?
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- Unit 7: The Cold War
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- What were the causes of the Cold War?
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