Preliminary+course

= Welcome to Year 11 Modern History! = Thank you all for making the smart choice to study this subject. There will be times when you will question your wisdom and/or sanity, but overall, you should find this a rewarding time.

Let's begin with our first **//Case Study//** (time to learn BOS-speak) -

**//Case Study #1: The Decline and Fall of the Romanov dynasty//**.

Here's a link to your **//study guide//** for the topic:

And a link to **Sergei Eistenstein's** pro-Bolshevik film about a naval rebellion, //Battleship Potemkin:// //http://video.google.com.au/videosearch?hl=en&ei=49ucSbCqKYbDkAWZiZGpBQ&resnum=0&q=battleship%20potemkin&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iv#//

As well as the Boney M song 'Rasputin' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDMlk3kSYg

//There's a// **revision quiz** //on the topic://

//And a// **revision essay** //with rubric:// A research and powerpoint task on the //**1905 revolution**//: Source Questions on the **//aftermath// of 1905**:

// Research fact sheet on the **impact of World War I**: // Summary table on the lead-up to the **//February/March revolution//**:

And a copy of the //**assessment task outline**//: Case Study #2 - //Decolonis////ation in Indochina// An outline of the **//assessment task//**

A **revision quiz//://**

And a **revision essay**: Download a copy of the summary table on traditional culture and history:

Notes on **opposition to French rule** before World War II:

A link to a youtube clip of the Lumiere brothers' footage of **French women participating in** // **'la mission civilatrice'**: // []

A research fact sheet on the **//impact of World War II on the French colonial system//**:

And a sheet to help you summarise **//Pierre Asselin's article on the importance of Dien Bien Phu//**:

Other useful resources on Indochina: The role of Confucianism in French imperialism: [] Images of French colonial Vietnam: [|http://www.vietspring.org/history/history.html#] Extract from a book on Vo Nguyen Giap: []

Part II: Historical Investigation
 * Assessment task notice and outline:**

A youtube clip on how **//not//** to do powerpoint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbSPPFYxx3o

Useful links to help you with your research: http://www.historytoday.com http://scholar.google.com.au http://www.jstor.org

Part III: Core Study - The World at the Start of the Twentieth Century A link to a documentary on //**Belgian colonialism in the Congo**//: http://www.teacherlinx.com/view-lesson-plan/1168.html

Download a copy of the //**class mini-doc task**//: And of the accompanying //**reflection sheet**//:

Links to **//revision notes//** on these two key areas of the topic: [] []

A handout on //**answering the source analysis question**// in the exam: