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5. The Cold War: Videos and activities CNN Series
A great series of videos for teaching the Cold War: superpower tensions and rivalries is the CNN Cold War Series. This series has proved to be controversial with right-wing historians claiming that it...
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1. The impact of the First World War on Japan Free
The First World War saw Japan increasing its role on the world stage; it increased its territories and influence and, in the post-war years, entered into the Washington Treaties with the USA and Britain....
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1. Japanese expansion: causes
Japan's foreign policy shifted from working with the west and the League of Nations in the 1920s to a more expansionist foreign policy in the 1930s. The ATL activities below enquire into the causes of...
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4. Paper 1: Marked exemplars Free
Please see below for examples of marked student work for Paper 1's...
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5. PS3: Full source papers Case Study 1 Free
See below for full source papers and mark schemes for Case Study 1 on Japanese expansionism in East Asia (1931 - 1941) The pages for these source questions are set up so that only the teacher can see...
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1. Manchurian crisis (1931)
Question Paper Read sources I to L and answer questions 9 to 12. The sources and questions relate to case study 1: Japanese expansion in East Asia (1931–1941) — Events: Japanese invasion of Manchuria...
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1. The Sharpeville Massacre
Question Paper Source A An account of the Sharpeville massacre by Dr Vervoerd given in a South African newspaper, The Cape Times, 22 March 1960 Dr Verwoerd, the Prime Minister, making a further statement...
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1. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement
Question Paper The following source paper focuses on the role of Martin Luther King in the Civil Rights movement. Source A Adapted from a school text book. Martin Luther King was the driving force of...
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2. Invasion of Abyssinia
Question Paper These sources relate to the Abyssinia Crisis of 1935 - 36 Source I Extract from the Covenant of the League of Nations, 1919 Article 16 - Should any member of the League resort to war...
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5. Remilitarisation of Rhineland
Sources and Questions The following sources relate to the German challenges to the post-war settlements (1933–1938). Source I A report by British military chiefs to the British government. February...