Some history notes here for educators, along with questions and exercises. ‘How the Nazis took power’ consists of 3 worksheets explaining how the notorious genocidal dictator and his party seized power. It is aimed at students aged 16-18. It is text-heavy, to be used along with the accompanying slides which include visuals and more exercises. There is also a brief explainer on anti-Semitism.
This is not on the history course in Ireland but it’s a brilliant topic for Transition Year or for Leaving Cert projects.
I uploaded this in Irish over the last week or two. Here is the whole lot in English.
First off, a presentation going over the main events and issues of the war.
An exercise involving an element of role play. Instructions are on one of the slides in the presentation.
An extract with questions from https://www.marxists.org/archive/morrow-felix/1938/revolution-spain/
A questionnaire to give some structure to online or library research
Finally, an extract from Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
Building on last month’s resources on the Middle Ages, here are linked notes and presentation: Strongbow: A Story from Ireland in the Middle Ages.
The history of Strongbow and the Norman conquest of Ireland is a great case study for Junior Cycle students to get to grips with life and politics in Medieval Europe. It’s also a crucial episode in Irish history.
A powerpoint presentation intended as an introduction to the topic. With linked video (on 1919 Review Youtube channel)
Apart from the logo at the end, I do not own the rights to the images used in this presentation
Below: a ‘People in History’ style short essay with comprehension questions
Three pages of questions covering most aspects of the Famine as a course topic
The 1919 Review 