Model Essay: Analyse the Causes of the Korean War A model essay focusing closely on the use of historiography and making particular reference to the role played by the Chinese and the Soviet Union.
Month: December 2020
Is the greatest hindrance to peace the UN, Israel, or the Palestinians? | Teacher Answers
Is the greatest hindrance to peace the UN, Israel, or the Palestinians? | Teacher Answers To bring the topic fully up-to-date, students consider the divisions in the PLO (Hamas / Fatah), the UN (Security Council / General Assembly) and in Israel (Likud / Labor) and decide based on this information who is most responsible for…
Detailed Summary Sheet: The Arab-Israeli Conflict since 1945
Detailed Summary Sheet: The Arab-Israeli Conflict since 1945 This summary sheet is completed up to 1978. The remaining rows are left deliberately blank for students to complete based on the most recent lessons in the unit.
Events since 1979: Decision Making Exercise | Multimedia Slideshow
Events since 1979: Decision Making Exercise | Multimedia Slideshow Students are provided with a detailed breakdown of the key events which took place after Camp David, and for each one students are presented with a decision point from either an Israeli or an Arab perspective to discuss before being provided by the teacher in the…
The Camp David Agreement | Teacher Presentation
The Camp David Agreement | Teacher Presentation “The stalemate which resulted from the Yom Kippur war produced a balance of power between the two sides that made genuine compromise possible. Conduct your own research on each of these questions. Your teacher will lead a feedback session using a PowerPoint presentation afterwards”.
Factual Test: The October War
Factual Test: The October War Twenty questions in a gap-fill exercise, complete with teacher answers.
Events / Consequences of the October War
Events / Consequences of the October War Students are provided with 20 essential points of information which they need to categorise into three rows (Why were the Arab armies initially so successful? / Why did they nevertheless fail to secure an outright victory? / What were the consequences?) and then subdivide into different categories (USA…
Causes of the October War
Causes of the October War “As a result of the 1967 war, Egypt lost Gaza and Sinai, Syria the Golan Heights; Jordan lost the West Bank and East Jerusalem. UN Security Council Resolution 242(1967) told Israel’s to return these lands, and for Arabs to respect the right of Israel to exist. However, the Arabs refused…
Computer Simulation: Was Cortes a Hero, or a Villain? | Student Worksheet
Computer Simulation: Was Cortes a Hero, or a Villain? | Student Worksheet A major simulation complete with multimedia and a leaderboard, designed to take students up to two hours to complete. The accompanying worksheet helps students to build up evidence to decide whether Cortes was a hero, or a villain: “In 1519, Hernan Cortes marched into deepest Mexico with…
