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Year 11: The Wall Street Crash
May 20th
Year 11, here is the revision powerpoint notes from the lesson. You can also get them as a pdf. The BBC bitesize video clip is here:
Finally, can you remember all the key words on this picture puzzle and what they have to do with the Wall Street Crash?
Year 11: How far did US society change in the 1920s?
May 15th
In our lesson on Monday, we began to review the ways in which US society changed in the 1920s. We used the picture to the left to remind ourselves of some of the key events. Click on the picture to open it full size, and with the person sitting next to you see what you can remember about each event.
In today’s lesson we are going to be revising some of the key information from the powerpoint set of notes. If you haven’t got them with you, then you can open an electronic copy.
You should then try to find the following key facts on the notes.
We will then look together at some example exam style source questions. Your answers to these should be returned to me by Monday.
And finally, here is a word shoot out game based on the key facts from today’s lesson.
Year 11: Why did the USA boom?
May 8th
Year 11, I was really pleased with the work you did today looking at the example answers to the GCSE exam. The key messages about technique that you identified were spot on:
- Answer the question set
- Attempt every question
- Use details from the sources and own knowledge
If you want to look at it again, here is the exam paper [on the OCR website] and here are the example answers from the boys.
If you want to deepen your understanding about the boom then have a look on the Boom and Bust page.
Why did peace collapse?
May 3rd
Year 11, the final aspect of International Relations for you to revise is the collapse of peace in 1939. The handout from the lesson will really help you answer the practice exam questions. However if you are looking to deepen your understanding it would be worth listening to this podcast about appeasement and this one about Hitler’s foreign policy. There are also some useful BBC bitesize videos on this topic, I have put links to them at the bottom of the international relations page.
REVISION TIMES
History revision: Thursday lunch and after-school
RE revision: Monday lunch and after-school
REMEMBER
I am also available to provide tutoring at lunchtime or afterschool during the rest of the week. This is particularly useful if a small group of you have missed revision and want to catch up, or feel unsure about something that we have already looked at in lessons.
COMING SOON:
The second holiday ‘boot camp’ will be taking place from Monday to Thursday of half term.
Why was there no major war in the 1920s?
May 1st
In today’s lesson we revised the reasons why there was no major war in the 1920s. As part of this you need to consider:
Aims of the League
Strengths and weakness of the the League’s structure
Humanitarian work
Border disputes in the 1920s
International agreements
Disarmament
Impact of the economy
Manchuria
Abyssinia
The useful document that I gave out at Easter ‘boot camp’, and again today, can be downloaded here. If you want to practise or repeat the reading race we did in lesson, the questions can be found here. Finally, if you are looking to break up your revision here are the revision games that we played at the end of the lesson.
