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Exploring Modern History: From Renaissance to Revolution and Contemporary World Studies

Join our S2-3 History course to delve into the Renaissance, French Revolution, World Wars, and more. Develop critical thinking, research, and presentation skills. Engage with topics like suffragettes, fascism, and the Cold War. Gain insights into Scotland's history. Prepare for advanced studies in S4 and beyond.

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Exploring Modern History: From Renaissance to Revolution and Contemporary World Studies

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  1. Welcome to S2 History

  2. What topics are you looking forward to doing in S2-3 History?

  3. S2 HistoryCourse OutlineYou will study 2 Units: 1 From Renaissance to Revolution 2 Challenge and Change: A World Study after 1900

  4. In S1 you have focussed on Ancient History and Medieval History. You have also looked at some Early Modern History. The S2-3 course is all about Modern History. Later Modern History Ancient History The Middle Ages / the medieval period Modern History 2013 410 AD End of Roman Empire 1450 AD Early Modern History = late Middle Ages to about 1800

  5. Part 1: From Renaissance to Revolution From Early Modern History to the Modern World

  6. What was the Renaissance? The topics you will cover are:

  7. How did Europe discover the World? - Voyages of Discovery -

  8. The Reformation, Mary Queen of Scots and James Vl

  9. Union of Scotland with England

  10. The Jacobites

  11. How did Scots invent the Modern World? -the Enlightenment -

  12. The French Revolution

  13. The Wild West and the Native Americans

  14. Part 2: Challenge and Change:A World Study after 1900

  15. The World in 1900 The topics you will cover are:

  16. Suffragettes: Was Mrs Pankhurst right?

  17. The Russian Revolution

  18. What is fascism? and Nazi Germany

  19. World War Two unit the Road to War How the Second World War was won – the atomic bombing of Hiroshima - the Holocaust

  20. End of Empire

  21. End of Apartheid

  22. The Cold War

  23. The Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War

  24. S3 course – National 4 The Atlantic Slave Trade, 1770-87 Free at Last? Civil Rights in the USA, 1918-1939 The Era of the Great War, 1910-1928

  25. S2 – 3 COURSE WORK

  26. Take part in discussions and debates Contribute to group and pair work Work on your own Undertake research using a range of resources Develop your presentation skills Evaluate different types of sources and evidence Explore local history Develop your essay writing skills Develop your knowledge and understanding of the history of Scotland and of the world, and of our heritage Gain a firm foundation for studies in S4 onwards During the S2-3 course you will:

  27. Working in the History Class Bring a pen, pencil, rubber and ruler to every class. Keep work in order in your ring binder. File loose sheets neatly. Use your best handwriting. Use a rubber to get rid of mistakes. Do not use Typex. Put the date in the left hand margin at the top of your work. Always give your work a title. Underline your title with a ruler. Answer questions using proper sentences. Use a ruler to draw graphs and tables. Catch up on work missed through absence. It is your responsibility to do this. REMEMBER THESE ARE YOUR REVISION NOTES FOR THE FUTURE. To make sure you are giving your best it is vital that you:

  28. Introduction Tasks Collect the timeline showing the last 2000 years. Glue it into the centre of the first page in your jotter. Using a coloured pencil, carefully shade the area after 1450 AD. Write the words ‘Modern History’ above or below this area. Colour and label the areas for ‘Middle Ages’ and ‘Ancient History’. (See slide if you need help). You may be able to add some key events to your timeline, from the topics that you have already studied. You may also be able to add other events that you know about.

  29. Later Modern History Ancient History The Middle Ages / the medieval period Modern History 2011 410 AD End of Roman Empire 1450 AD Early Modern History = late Middle Ages to about 1800

  30. Some key events Battle of Hastings Battle of Bannockburn 1707 Treaty of Union (Scotland joins with England)

  31. Team Quiz – What do you know about Modern History? Where, in 1969, was astronaut Neil Armstrong the very first to make footprints? Which war began with the invasion of Poland in 1939? Which ocean liner sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912? What terrible event happened in New York on September 11, 2001? Remembrance Day is traditionally 11th November. Which war ended on that date? Who was crowned queen in England in 1953 live on TV? Whose effigy is burned on 5th November when remembering the ‘Gunpowder plot’? In which US city did the Capone gang rule in the 1920s? In 1914 the Panama Canal linked which oceans? Revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in Paris in 1789, but what was the Bastille?

  32. ANSWERS Where, in 1969, was astronaut Neil Armstrong the very first to make footprints? THE MOON Which war began with the invasion of Poland in 1939? WW2 Which ocean liner sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912? THE TITANIC What terrible event happened in New York on September 11, 2001? THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTRE Remembrance Day is traditionally 11th November. Which war ended on that date? WW1 Who was crowned queen in England in 1953 live on TV? ELIZABETH ll Whose effigy is burned on 5th November when remembering the ‘Gunpowder plot’? GUY FAWKES In which US city did the Capone gang rule in the 1920s? CHICAGO In 1914 the Panama Canal linked which oceans? PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC Revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in Paris in 1789, but what was the Bastille? A PRISON

  33. Team Quiz 2 – What do you know about Modern History? HARDER QUESTIONS! Which King of England was beheaded in 1649? Who was the only British King to abdicate? What King of Scotland was also the first to be King of England too? Which king could speak almost no English, only German, on taking the throne? Which canal, completed in 1869, links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea? Which South African settlers did Britain fight? Which American President was assassinated in 1865 while at the theatre? Against which country did Britain and her allies go to war in the Crimea in 1854? What name was given to the Protestant people who favoured plain styles of dress and led lives of strict morality? In which war were British and Allied servicemen rescued from Dunkirk’s beaches?

  34. ANSWERS Which King of England was beheaded in 1649? CHARLES l Who was the only British King to abdicate? EDWARD Vlll What King of Scotland was also the first to be King of England too? James Vl OF SCOTLAND AND l OF ENGLAND Which king could speak almost no English, only German, on taking the throne? GEORGE l Which canal, completed in 1869, links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea? SUEZ Which South African settlers did Britain fight? BOER Which American President was assassinated in 1865 while at the theatre? LINCOLN Against which country did Britain and her allies go to war in the Crimea in 1854? RUSSIA What name was given to the Protestant people who favoured plain styles of dress and led lives of strict morality? PURITANS In which war were British and Allied servicemen rescued from Dunkirk’s beaches? WORLD WAR 2

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