A-level History Unit 1 – Britain 1930-1997 Unit 2 – The French Revolution and the Rule of Napoleon 1774-1815 Unit 3 – Russia and it’s Rulers 1855-1964 Unit 4 – Topic based essay
A-level Quiz In pairs work out the Historical figures.
NAME THAT PERSON A C B 56 49 36 D E F 13 24
NAME THAT PERSON G H I 87 11 J K L 39
Answers Winston Churchill Lord Halifax Gandhi Harold Wilson Joseph Stalin Margaret Thatcher Nicholas II Lenin Franklin D. Roosevelt Blair Sir Alan Brooke Napoleon
Unit 1 – Britain 1930-1997 Churchill 1930-1951 Create a mind map in your groups on the sugar paper about what you know about Churchill and his career. What is your overall opinion of Churchill?
Churchill 1930 - National Government led by Ramsay MacDonald Churchill is excluded from office Liberal/Conservative WW1 campaign (Gallipoli) Attitude towards Communism Ireland Return to Gold Standard General strike and Trade Unions You will be researching each of these factors for your summer task but for today we will be focusing on WW1 and attitude to Communism.
WW1 and Rise of Communism Mind map – What can you learn from the information about the events? What can we learn from the source about Churchill’s view on the event? Comment on the provenance of the source. Is the source reliable? Do you have any questions about the source?
Mini-plenary Write down; 1 thing you have learnt about Churchill 1 thing that surprises you about Churchill 1 question you have about Churchill
Post-It-Plenary How far has your opinion on Churchill changed as a result of this lesson? Stayed the same Completely Changed
Summer Task Britain – Table using reading Britain – Timeline 1951-1997 Russia – Research task on leaders Russia – Historical reading. These tasks should take you around 4-5 hours. These tasks can all be found on the website. Teacher to talk through summer tasks and explain that ALL of the material can be found on the website.