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World War One HW Grid
You must complete at least three of these tasks, including the starred task in the middle (why not be growth minded and do more?!). You are expected to complete all homework by the deadlines set. Homework can be handed in at any time before then. If you are unsure of ANYTHING, please come and ask me.
The Road to War
Create a flow-chart or time-line describing the events leading to the
start of WW1
Write a diary extract
No man
Describing the experiences of a soldier who has spent a night stuck in no-
man’s land.
Or
A day in the life
Describing a day in the life of a soldier living in the trenches.
Be sure to include sights, sounds and
smells!
The Front lines
Draw a realistic yet fictional map of a section of the Western Front.
Include accurate and authentic zig zag trenches, redoubts, strong
points, machine gun emplacements and barbed wire lines.
Ext: Annotate your map as if you
were an officer planning an attack on the German lines
Find a Source
Find 5 sources about the First World War.
Identify their provenance, Whether
they’re primary or secondary, whether they are pictorial, cartoon etc. and explain what they tell you
about the War.
How Times Change
Explain how WWI changed the face of modern warfare. Looking at the
disappearance of the Calvary charge and the onset of mechanized
warfare.
WWI Statistics
Find out the following statistics for WW1 (quote your sources)
Bloodiest Battle
Number of British Dead Number of German Dead Number of French Dead
Miles that the Frontline moved over the course of the Somme Battle
Number of shells fired on the first day of the Somme Battle
The number of lives lost per km gained in the Somme battle Size of the Armies involved
I have been learning....
Keep a History Diary:
Write a few sentences to describe what you have learnt in History each lesson.
What level do you think you are
working at? Give examples of evidence that shows this.
Propaganda
Google search “World War One Propaganda Posters”.
Create an annotated poster,
presentation or summary of your top three.
Bonus Task: Write a War Poem for WW1
Create a revision poster or leaflet
covering everything from this term…
Inter War HW Grid
You must complete at least three of these tasks, including the starred task in the middle (why not be growth minded and do more?!). You are expected to complete all homework by the deadlines set. Homework can be handed in at any time before then. If you are unsure of ANYTHING, please come and ask me.
Thunk
If Britain and America had allied with Hitler would he have committed the
atrocities he did?
Who was worse?
Stalin or Hitler?
Justify your decision.
A day in the life
Write a diary extract for poor person who was living during the revolution
explaining what life was like.
Obituary
Create and obituary for Lenin.
WW2 Overview
Create a Mind-map or Spider
Diagram for the Russian Revolution.
Research
Find out about Trotsky and create a biography which covers:
Who he was D.O.B
Upbringing Political beliefs
Involvement with the communist party Death
Glossary
Find the definitions for the following communist related terms, names and key-
words:
Communism Leninism Marxism Bolshevik
Proletariat Dictatorship
Propaganda
Create two propaganda posters, one designed at promoting communism
and the other designed by Americans wanting to destroy
communism..
Create a revision poster or leaflet
covering everything from this term…
World War Two HW Grid
You must complete at least three of these tasks, including the starred task in the middle (why not be growth minded and do more?!). You are expected to complete all homework by the deadlines set. Homework can be handed in at any time before then. If you are unsure of ANYTHING, please come and ask me.
Thunk
What would Britain be like now if Hitler’s Germany had won the war?
Which was better?
Spitfire or Messerschmitt?
Justify your decision.
D-Day diary
Write a diary extract for a British soldier who has just survived the D-
Day landings.
Ranking
Rank the following events in order of how important they were in winning
the second world war
1. The D-Day Landings 2. The Dunkirk Evacuation
3. The Battle of Britain 4. The Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbour 5. The dropping of atomic
bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Explain your decision
WW2 Overview
Create a Mind-map or Spider Diagram for the Second World War.
Research
Find out how Russia was important in winning the second world war.
Clues:
Some Historians state that Stalin felt that Russia paid the price for winning the war
in Blood. Stalingrad was one of the most significant
battles of the second world war
Glossary
Find the definitions for the following WWII related terms, names and key-
words:
Blitzkrieg The Final Solution
Evacuation Eisenhower
Appeasement Anschluss
Lebensraum Luftwaffe
Wehrmacht Holocaust Rationing The Blitz
Propaganda
Compare and contrast the Propaganda used by the Axis powers
and the Allies. You can present this work in any
format you choose.
The Holocaust HW Grid
You must complete at least three of these tasks, including the starred task in the middle (why not be growth minded and do more?!). You are expected to complete all homework by the deadlines set. Homework can be handed in at any time before then. If you are unsure of ANYTHING, please come and ask me.
Dear Diary
Imagine you are a Jewish child in Germany 1938. Write a letter to a friend explaining how Hitler has
affected your life and that of your family.
Thunk Which groups face discrimination
in the world today? What should be done to stop this?
Reference your sources.
Anne Frank
Design a storyboard for a film about Anne Frank.
Think about what events to portray. Write a brief description
of each scene. Provide a simple sketch to show what will be in each
scene.
Key words
Find the definitions to the following key words;
Anti-Semite Holocaust
Persecution Synagogue
Concentration camp Ghetto
SS Crematorium Extermination
Timeline Create a timeline summarizing the treatment of Jews from 1933 to the
end of the Second World War.
Teacher Training
Create a lesson activity to teach your year group about any aspect
of the Holocaust.
Resistance
List all the different ways the Jews resisted the Nazis.
Can you explain each one?
Remember The British government has made it
a legal requirement for all secondary schools to teach students
about the Holocaust. In 2001 Holocaust Memorial Day was
introduced.
How and why should we remember the Holocaust?
The Cold War HW Grid
You must complete at least three of these tasks, including the starred task in the middle (why not be growth minded and do more?!). You are expected to complete all homework by the deadlines set. Homework can be handed in at any time before then. If you are unsure of ANYTHING, please come and ask me.
NATO
What was NATO? What was its purpose?
Choose… Choose one of the following events
and use the 5 W’s to find out as much as you can about it.
The Berlin Crisis 1948-49 The Korean War 1950-53
The Bay of Pigs 1961 The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
The beginnings
Create a flowchart/mind map which shows the steps that led to
the Cold War.
Key words
Find the definitions to the following key words;
Capitalism
Communism Superpower
Bloc Détente Socialist
Guerilla warfare Ostpolitik
Perestroika Glasnost
Timeline Create a timeline summarizing the
main events of the Cold War.
Teacher Training
Create a lesson activity to teach your year group about any aspect
of the Cold War.
UN
In the 50 years after 1945 there were around 300 wars. In 1993 the UN had 60,000 peacekeepers in 14
different countries costing two billion pounds a year. Was the UN a
success of failure? Explain your answer.
‘Cold’ Map
Create a map showing the divisions in Europe and beyond.
Poverty Explain how the Cold War has contributed
to the following: War, Poverty, the
destruction of human
JFK HW Grid
You must complete at least three of these tasks, including the starred task in the middle (why not be growth minded and do more?!). You are expected to complete all homework by the deadlines set. Homework can be handed in at any time before then. If you are unsure of ANYTHING, please come and ask me.
JFK
Write an obituary for JFK explaining all the great things he
did in his life and who he was as a person.
Choose… Choose one of the following events
and use the 5 W’s to find out as much as you can about it.
The Berlin Crisis 1948-49 The Korean War 1950-53
The Bay of Pigs 1961 The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
The beginnings
Create a flowchart/mind map which shows the reasons why JFK
was assassinated.
Key words
Find the definitions to the following key words;
Patsi
Conspiracy Assassination
Coup Treason
Timeline Create a timeline summarizing the
main events of the JFK assassination and the court cases
after.
Teacher Training
Create a lesson activity to teach your year group about any aspect
of the JFK assassination.
UN
‘The FBI were responsible for the murder of JFK’ how far do you
agree with this statement. Explain your answer.
JFK Map Create a 3D model of Dealey Plaza
showing your theory on the JFK assassination.
Empathy Write a diary entry
reflecting on the events of Dealey Plaza from the perspective of Jaqueline Kennedy.
Following the Battle of Britain
Winston Churchill said:
“Never was
so much owed by so many to so
few”
Use PEE and the
knowledge gained
throughout the topic to
explain what Churchill
meant by this statement.
How and why did
the Holocaust happen?
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