Category Archives: WW1-Consequences

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to examine the Great Depression in more detail! Follow the instructions step by step: 1. In the previous lesson we discussed the Great Depression. Here is a quick reminder of what the Great Depression was… The Great Depression Explained in One minute. (1:29 minutes long) 2.Continue reading “Y9: 2-11. The Great Depression – continued”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to examine the Great Depression in more detail! Follow the instructions step by step: 1. In the previous lesson we learnt about the prosperous 1920’s. Unfortunately, “the roaring twenties” came to an abrupt end in October 1929. This was the start of the Great Depression. Let’sContinue reading “Y9: 2-10. The Great Depression”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to learn about the 1920’s. We will look at: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Task 5, p.37-39. 2. Let’s look at the 1920’s… League of Nations In 1919 the peacemakers who met at the Palace of Versailles (to draw up a peace treaty) alsoContinue reading “Y9: 2-9. The League & the 1920’s”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. p.48 – “The Treaty of Versailles” (questions) and p.53 – “Consequences of WW1” (questions) 2. Complete the table by making a comparison between events in Russia (1917) with events in Germany (1918 & 1919) when both monarchies wereContinue reading “Y9: 2-8. Revolutions – a comparison”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to learn about the German Revolutions… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Let’s see what the German revolutions were all about… The Abdication of the Kaiser. (3:25 minutes long) 2. Now, let’s see what your workbook can tell us about the German revolutions… read p.58-59Continue reading “Y9: 2-7. Revolution in Germany”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to: Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Task 3 on page 32-34. 2. Task 4 on page 35-37. 3. Explain the Theory of Communism to the rest of the class… 4. To refresh your memory, here is a quick overview of the Russian Revolutions: 5.Continue reading “Y9: 2-6. Revolution in Russia – continued”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to learn about the Russian Revolutions… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Let’s see what the Russian revolutions were all about… The Russian Revolution, 1917. (3:13 minutes long) The Russian Revolution, 1917. (5:15) 2. read p.54-55 3. What happened, in short: 4. Copy the RussianContinue reading “Y9: 2-5. Revolution in Russia”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to learn what Communism is… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Task 2 on p.29-31. ANSWERS: 2. “The Horrors of War, p.38” ANSWERS: 3. You learnt that one of the consequences of WW1 was the outbreak of revolutions. You also learnt that workers began toContinue reading “Y9: 2-4. Theory of Communism”

Year 9 Today you are going to look at the consequences of WW1 in a bit more detail. Follow the instructions step by step: 1. Watch Part 1 of “Consequences of WW1”. It discusses the increased power of Trade Unions as one consequence of WW1… Consequences of WW1 – Part 1: Trade Unions. (4:05 minutesContinue reading “Y9: 2-3. Consequences of WW1”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today you are going to examine the peace agreement that was made with Germany after WW1… Follow the instructions step by step: 1. As you have heard in the previous lesson, after WW1 representatives of the victorious countries met in France to draw up peace treaties that the defeated countriesContinue reading “Y9: 2-2. Treaty of Versailles”

Year 9A & Year 9B Today we are going to start our topic on The Consequences of WW1. We are going to look at an overview of 1918 (the last year of the war) and also look at how WW1 was officially brought to an end in 1919 when a peace treaty was signed… FollowContinue reading “Y9: 2-1. Official end of WW1”