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Key Words:Ultimatum = A demand that must be met by a certain point of time. If it is not met, there are consequences.Brain drain = When lots of skilled workers move out of a country, it leads to a shortage of skilled people to do work in that country. This means that the country isContinue reading “What was Khrushchev’s Berlin Ultimatum?”

Key Words:Policy = A set of actions a government wants to take in order to deal with something.Containment = The idea of containing something in a certain area. Following the collapse of Nazi Germany in May 1945, the USSR brought Eastern European countries under its control by ensuring governments that were sympathetic to communism andContinue reading “What was Truman’s policy of ‘containment’?”

Key Word:Policy = A set of actions a government wants to take in order to deal with something. Some people believe that the British government were unaware of the persecution of European Jews in the 1930s and 1940s, or that Britain went to war with Nazi Germany in an effort to save European Jews. NeitherContinue reading “How did Britain respond to the persecution of European Jews and the Holocaust?”

Read the following information to successfully complete the homework for this week. Leon Greenman’s life Leon was born in Whitechapel in the East End of London on 18 December 1910. He was brought up amongst a large Jewish family of five other siblings. Leon worked hard at school until he left at the age ofContinue reading “What does the experience of Leon Greenman show us about the Holocaust?”

You can download the worksheet for today’s lesson here. If you cannot download the worksheet, complete the tasks in the yellow boxes below. SUCCESS CRITERIA:– I can describe the details of England’s first colony in North America.– I can make two inferences on the consequences of England’s first colony from two historical sources. KEY WORDS:ColonyContinue reading “What drove England to colonise North America?”

You can download the worksheet here. If you are unable to download the worksheet, complete the tasks in the yellow boxes below. SUCCESS CRITERIA:– I can describe the methods of the abolition movement and who ended slavery in Britain.– I can explain why Britain’s abolition of slavery did not end slavery in the Americas.– IContinue reading “How did the abolition of slavery in Britain work?”

You can download the worksheet for today’s lesson here. If you are unable to download the worksheet, please complete the tasks in the yellow boxes below. SUCCESS CRITERIA:– I can describe how Jamaican slaves became Maroons.– I can analyse three sources to explain why the Maroons successfully resisted the British.– I can justify whether orContinue reading “How did slaves become Maroons in Jamaica?”

You can download the worksheet for today’s lesson here. If you are unable to download the worksheet, complete the tasks in the yellow boxes below. SUCCESS CRITERIA:– I can describe the typical experience of an African slave in the Americas.– I can explain how white slave owners kept control of their slaves in the Americas.–Continue reading “How did slave societies in the Americas work?”

You can download the worksheet for today’s lesson below. If you are unable to download the worksheet, complete the tasks in the yellow boxes. SUCCESS CRITERIA:– I can identify the key figures in the New World slavery business.– I can explain who profited and who lost out from New World slavery.– I can justify whyContinue reading “What was slavery’s impact on England and West Africa?”