Syllabus B Modern World History.

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Causes of the First World War.          The First World War.         Germany 1918-1939..

Causes of the Second World War.     The Second World War.     Coursework.

USA 1918-1941.                              The Cold War                     GCSE revision guide



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Causes of the First World War.

ASSASSINATION AT SARAJEVO
Maps, photographs, accounts, biographies of the assassins.

CAUSES OF WORLD WAR ONE
An essay on the causes of the war. No copying!

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The First World War.

FIRST WORLD WAR DOCUMENT ARCHIVE
Primary sources [documents and photographs] from WW1.

TRENCHES ON THE WEB
A superb site, covering many many aspects of the war. Really well presented and east to use.

THE LUSITANIA
A basic account of the sinking of the famous ship..

THE BATTLEFIELDS
Made by pupils at Hinchingbrooke School who visited the battlefields of France and Belgium.

MAJOR BATTLES OF WW1
Includes the battles of the Marne, Somme and Ypres among others.

PUNCH : BRITISH PROPAGANDA FROM 1914-1915
A collection of articles, poems, stories and cartoons from Punch magazine.

THE ZEPPELIN LIBRARY
Very detailed and well presented.

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
Statistics, pictures, maps and accounts of the battle.

THE WW1 AVIATION PAGE
A very detailed site which details the aces, aeroplanes and airships of WW1.

GALLIPOLI
A detailed account of the battle.

TREATY OF VERSAILLES
The Treaty in its entirety. Excellent bed time reading!

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Germany 1918-1939

WEIMAR REPUBLIC
Very detailed, with headings such as Hitler, the Reichstag Fire, Rosa Luxemburg.

REICHSTAG FIRE
Very detailed, with headings such as Hitler, the Reichstag Fire, Rosa Luxemburg.

WHO`S WHO IN NAZI GERMANY
This is an advert for a book, but it contains biographies of all the main Nazi leaders..

NAZI GERMANY
Covers most stages in Hitler`s life story..

THE HISTORY PLACE : THE RISE OF ADOLF HITLER
A good summary of Hitler`s life..

DEUTSCHE MUSEUM, BERLIN
Documents about German History..

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Causes of the Second World War.

TO WAR OR NOT TO WAR?
Looks at the causes of war, from the perspective of different countries.

THE CAUSES OF WW2
Quite heavy going, but detailed.

THE MUNICH CONFERENCE
A detailed examination of the conference.

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The Second World War.

COMPARISON OF WW1 AND WW2
This is a major topic on the GCSE exam.

EVENTS OF WORLD WAR TWO
This site was made by Grolier Publishing, who make many of the CD Roms we use in school.

WORLD WAR TWO LINKS
This site has got links to sites covering all aspects of the war.
It has got a special section with soldiers` memories of the war.

NORMANDY 1944[THE D-DAY LANDINGS]
From a Canadian perspective.

WW2 COMMEMORATION
Events of WW2, photos, films and a history test!

A-BOMB MUSEUM
1st hand accounts of the bombings.

PEARL HARBOUR REMEMBERED
A virtual tour of the Pearl Harbour museum in Hawaii.

THE ROYAL NAVY IN WW2
Information about ships, submarines and famous battles.

"THE GREATEST BATTLE IN HISTORY"
Details of many of the major land, sea and air battles.

U BOAT NET
A massive site containing details, pictures, maps of submarines, their commanders and major battles.

WORLD WAR TWO PROPAGANDA POSTERS
Colour reproductions of many propaganda posters.

THE DROPPPING OF THE A BOMB ON HIROSHIMA.
Lots of documents about Truman`s decision to use the bomb.

SEATTLE TIMES TRINITY WEB
This American newspaper has made available its newspaper` accounts of the first atomic explosion.

ARGUMENTS AGAINST USING THE A-BOMB
Again, lots of documents to read.

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Coursework : the Jews 1880 to the Present Day

US HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
Contains the story of the Holocaust.

ART SPEIGELMAN
An interview with the author of MAUS.

SCHINDLER`S LIST
A very good site with lots of information and pictures of the Schindler story.

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
Very well presented with lots of good information..

HOLOCAUST PICTURE EXHIBITION
A large number of photographs of concentration camps..

AUSCHWITZ
An extremely detailed description of the largest extermination centre..

ANNE FRANK ONLINE
A page totally devoted to the memory of the famous diarist.

AUSCHWITZ ALPHABET
Deals with familiar material in an different way.

THE JEWISH MUSEUM
London`s museum of Jewish life.

L`CHAIM - A HOLOCAUST WEB PROJECT
A virtual tour of Dachau concentration camp.

SURVIVORS OF THE SHOAH
This is Steven Spielberg`s project to make an archive of survivor`s testimony. The site is still under construction.

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USA 1918-1941

THE WALL ST CRASH
A detailed account of how it happened!

THE FLAPPERS
A detailed explanation of Flapper culture and style, included some individual stories.

THE NEW DEAL NETWORK
A superbly presented and professional site, covering the whole topic.

THE ROARING TWENTIES
The social history of this period. Again, very well designed.

THE CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
A detailed text explanation.

ROOSEVELT MUSEUM
The FDR museum in the USA...

ROOSEVELT CARTOONS
Praactice your skills at interpreting cartoons. Recommended by the History Channel

PROHIBITION
Selected documents about Prohibition. Recommended by the History Channel

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The Cold War

COLD WAR HOT LINKS.
Links to all the information you could possibly want about the Cold War. A little too much detail for GCSE.

SOVIET ARCHIVES, MOSCOW.
A Russian view of American-Russian relations during the Cold War.

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS - 14 DAYS IN OCTOBER
Very detailed, but an original approach to the topic..

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS.
Provides links to lots of sites on this topic.

THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
Another archive of sources.

THE VIETNAM WAR.
Lots of photographs, documents and links..

THE COLD WAR : BERLIN, CUBA-THE SPACE RACE.
Very good information on the Berlain Airflift and the Berlin Wall.

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