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Topic 09: Early modernization and imperial decline in East Asia (1860–1912)
This Topic follows on from Topic 7 and provides an interesting comparison between China and Japan and their efforts to deal with Western threats and incursions. While Japan was successful in modernising...
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2. Case study: Ghana Free
Ghana was the first African country south of the Sahara to achieve independence from colonial rule. It was thus a watershed movement in twentieth century Africa. And as it appeared a peaceful, democratic...
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1. Italian Unification
Italy finally became a unified country in 1870 when Rome was handed over from the Pope. The unification movement is known by Italians as the Risorgimento ('rebirth' or 'resurgence'); however, as you will...
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7. PS3 Move to Global War: Quizzes
See below for multiple choice interactive quizzes that students can do online with student access as well as for 'paper quizzes and activities' that you can print off for students. Here are some...
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Napoleon in the news (September 2017)
Read the this newpaper article from The Guardian newspaper....
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Castro: Essay planning for Paper 2
Essay planning using Castro as a case study This page contains ATL to improve essay writing for using Castro as a case study when discussing authoritarian states. See also the essay page on plans for...
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2. Case Study 2: Kosovo (1989–2002)
The Kosovo War lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999; it was fought between the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which controlled Kosovo before the war, and the Kosovo Albanian fighters...
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Case Study 1 Free
Below you will find full source papers, mark schemes and sample answers, marked by an examiner, for Case Study 1 on the civil rights movement in the United States. ...
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8. The Soviet Union: Graded student essays Free
On this page you will find sample essays on this topic, written by students. There are also some suggested activities that you could do with the essays. To what extent were Stalin's domestic policies...
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4. Second World War-Europe: How was peace established?
See below for the lines of inquiry exploring how peace was established at the end of the Second World War in Europe. The ATL activities will guide you to think critically about the different lines of...
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3. Pilgrimage, Preaching and the Crusade (ATL)
ATL: Pilgrimages, Preaching and the Crusades In this page, you will find ATL activities on the pilgrimage and religious preaching and their relation as a cause of and tool within the crusades. ATL: Thinking...
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Case Study: Second World War Free
The Second World War is a cross-regional case study. It is also an example of a conflict where the theatres of war: land, sea air, new technology and the extent of human and economic mobilisation could...