1. The World in 1900

2. Eric Blair born in Burma (1903)

3. Imperialism in the Modern World

4. British Imperialism

5. The ‘true’ face of British Imperialism

6. Adopts the pen name George Orwell 1984 was written between 1947-1948 & published in 1949

7. Eaton College

8. Orwell and Socialism

9. Karl Marx “ Communist Manifesto ” Proletariat – from Latin (offspring) -no wealth -working class ***(PROLES)

10. World War I: 1914-1918

11. World War I map

12. WWI images (soldiers and bombs)

13. Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) Head of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republic Communist politician

14. LEON TROTSKY

15. Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) “Man of Steel” Became the authoritarian leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death

16. Adolph Hitler ( leader of the Nazi party)

17. Spanish Civil War July1936- April1939

18. Real face of Spanish Civil War

19. World War II World Map September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945

20. Winston Churchill

21. WWII images

22. London Blitz

23. Atomic Bomb (end WWII)

24. The Cold War (lasting from the mid-1940’s to the early 1990’s)

25. Cold War Map of the World

26. Spheres of Influence

27. Fictional Map of the World According to 1984

28. Europe post-Cold War

29. Post Cold War Map

30. Our world is a post-911 world…

31. …that still has its fair share of conflict… Image from global awareness.org

32. …but are we living in ‘Orwellian times’?