1. The ability to link ideas or events based on a causal relationship.
Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Cause & Consequence
The ability to link ideas or events based on a causal relationship.
This assignment will ask you to examine a specific event and determine its cause.
In our topic about World War Two, we learned about the causes of the war.
The four causes we learnt were the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, Hitler’s Aggressive Policies, & the Nazi-Soviet Pact.

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Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Cause & Consequence
The ability to link ideas or events based on a causal relationship.
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This assignment is due:
Friday, 21 November at the beginning of your History Lesson.
In one well developed paragraph, research and respond to the following question:
“Why might some people say that the cause of World War Two was World War One?”

3. Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Continuity & Change
Examining the people/events/concepts that contributed to or prevented change.
This assignment will ask you to consider how World War II changed people’s lives in Britain.
Your answer must explain how an individual’s life was changed as a result of World War II taking place. They could have been directly involved in the war, or had a family member.
Use the internet to help you find information about this. You can find primary sources (real documents) from people that lived during this time.
Here’s a HINT

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Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Continuity & Change
Examining the people/events/concepts that contributed to or prevented change.
Write this in your planner!
This assignment is due:
Friday, 21 November at the beginning of your History Lesson.
Find an example of someone whose life was changed by World War II.
Write a one-paragraph summary of the changes that this person experienced.

5. Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
The Ethical Dimension
Evidence
The ability to analyse sources to support ideas about the past.
Examining historical enquiries through the lens of morals and ethics.
This assignment will ask you to consider an ethical question about World War II.
Ethics are what people use to decide what is right and what is wrong. In modern war, killing civilians is considered wrong.
In World War II, many cities were bombed and many innocent people lost their homes, properties, and even their lives. These people did not enlist to fight in the war, but war was brought to their cities.

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Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
The Ethical Dimension
Evidence
The ability to analyse sources to support ideas about the past.
Examining historical enquiries through the lens of morals and ethics.
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This assignment is due:
Friday, 26 November at the beginning of your History Lesson.
In one well developed paragraph, answer the following question:
“Was The Blitz ethically right or wrong?”

7. This is historically significant because …
Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Historical Significance
Evidence
The ability to analyse sources to support ideas about the past.
Why events / people / concepts are important to history.
This assignment will ask you to consider a concept that we learned in lesson.
Remember, historical significance is about why something is important to a certain time in history.
_____________ means ...
This is historically significant because …

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Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Historical Significance
Why events / people / concepts are important to history.
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This assignment is due:
Friday, 5 December at the beginning of your History Lesson.
In one well developed paragraph, define and explain the historical significance to WWII.
“Censorship”

9. The ability to analyse sources to support ideas about the past.
Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Evidence
The ability to analyse sources to support ideas about the past.
This assignment will ask you to look at a source that reveals something about the Blitz.
In our topic about World War II, we learned that many English cities were bombed during
A historical source is anything that contains information or images about the past.
These include books, videos, diaries, maps, pictures, tools, artefacts and much more.

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Year 9 History: Contextual Homework
Evidence
The ability to analyse sources to support ideas about the past.
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This assignment is due:
Wednesday, 10 December at the beginning of your History Lesson.
Read the source and explain three key facts about how people took shelter from bombs during the blitz.