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 Resources can be found on this page for the following topics: Stalin, The American Civil Rights Movement, The Springbok Tour Protests, Passchendale, Stalingrad, and Exam Strategies and Advice

Stalin Resources

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Click on image for video
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Stalin Key Terms List  Click on highlighted terms for useful links

Capitalism                                           Coup                                     Proletariat

Communism                                      Cult                                        Purge

Civil War                                               Democracy                         Socialism

Menshivicks                                       Factionalism                       Scapegoat

Bolsheviks                                           Gulag                                    Soviets

Reds/Whites                                      Kulak                                     Totalitarian

Collectivization                                  Paranoia                              Zeks

Comintern                                          Patronage                           Czars

Revolution                                          Vladimir Lenin                   General Secretary

Leon Trotsky                                      Nadya                                   Show Trials

The Grerat Terror                            Five Year Plans                  Industrialization

Yezhov                                                 Beria                                      NKVD

Old Bolsheviks                                   Sergei Kirov                        Zinoviev

Kamenev                                             Vyshinsky                            Yugoda

Blood Purge                                       Leningrad                            Famines

Karl Marx                                             Comrade Card Index      Koba

Joseph Djugashvili                           Gori                                       Ukraine               

Stalin Essay

For Merit and Excellence be sure to review and memorise your practice work

To ensure achieved:

Intro:   Describing Stalins background, personality, physical description, rise to power, how horrible he was, define the Purges as a brutal example of his rule, 2 Causes: Nadya and threat of Kirov & Old Bolsheviks, 2 Effects: huge loss of life & military unprepared for WWII.

Paragraph:   Nadya
Paragraph:   Kirov, Military & Old Bolsheviks
Paragraph:   Controls- media, NKVD, military, etc..
Paragraph:   Huge loss of life and examples of victims- groups and individuals

Conclusion:  Stalin was REAL bad paragraph

Include as many names, facts, figures, quotes, and places as you can
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Click for vid on Show Trials and Purges

Methods of Control

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Click here for Stalin's "Methods of Control"

Student brainstorm for Stalin Essay format

This is the result of our classroom brainstorm before August Exams



Intro               Bio
                      Childhood
                      Personilty/Description
                      Rise to Power
                      Causes 3-4
                      Effects 3-4


Cause 1         Nadyas Death?   Growing Paranoia
Cause 2         Old Bolsheviks and Rivals?(include Trotsky & Kirov)
Cause 3         Rise and Threat of Hitler?
Cause 4         Phantom 5th Column?


Methods of Control
                     Media
                     Army
                     NKVD
                     Government


Effect 1         Millions of Deaths?
Effect 2         Weakened the Military?
Effect 3         Weakened Social Institutions?
Effect 4         Atmosphere of Fear 


Conclusion

Causes of the Great Terror

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Click on the Kitty Cat for causes of the Great Terror
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Click on image for power point of Great Terror effects

Stalingrad

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Click on picture for link to Stalingrad info
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Click on image for info on Vasily Zaytsev
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General Paulus- Click here for Primary Resource accounts of Stalingrad
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Click on General Zhukov for images of Battle for Stalingrad

American Civil Rights Movement Resources

Key Terms for the Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King                                  SNCC                                   Sit-ins 
Emitt Till                                                Lynching                              Freedom Rides
Roy and Caroline Bryant                        KKK                                      MIA
Jay Milam                                              NAACP                                  Bull Connor                       
Mamie Till                                             Thourgood Marshall              JFK      
Oliver brown                                           Integration                             LBJ
Segregation                                           Medgar Evers                       Jail Letter
John Davis                                             Separate but Equal              Malcolm X
Plessy vs Ferguson                                 Civil Rights                           Watts Riots
Legislative, Executive, Judiciary            SCLC                                   Civil Disobedience
Justice Vincent                                       Earl Warren                         Ghettos
Monroe School                                      Sumner School                    Vietnam
Governor                                                Jim Crow                              CORE                         
Brown vs Board of Education                 Constitution                          Little Rock Central HS
Washington DC                                      Rosa Parks                            Ernest Green
Emancipation                                        Emancipation/Civil War        Orval Faubus
Slavery                                                  Montgomery Bus Boycott      George Wallace
Bill of Rights                                          First Amendment                  Sherrif Jim Clark
Martin Luther King Jr                             Racism                                  Civil Rights Act 1964
Edmund Pettus Bridge                          Selma                                    Black Panthers    
Click on the event to access the video link
Montgomery Bus Boycott

Brown vs Board of Education 



Little Rock 9

Birmingham Campaign

Selma Campaign

Passchendale Resources

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Click on image for Paschendale video. Could be useful when considering descriptive language for an essay and what soldiers went through
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Click on image for information about the battle of Paschendale
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Click on the image for access to the Len Hart letter
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Click on image for info on the Newlove brothers
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Passchendale Vid 1
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Passchendale Vid 2
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Passchendale Vid 3
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Paschendale Vid 4
Passchendaele 
2-3 paragraphs
Describe the Event
Paragraph 1    Passchendaele was a major battle in WWI involving NZ soldiers. WWI was a conflict that started because....     And NZ was involved because.....

Paragraph 2   The battle of Passchendaele was decided upon to achieve certain military objectives.(explain reasons for the battle)

Paragraph 3       The battle began....

Discuss people involved, place names of the battle, conditions of battle, weapons involved, outcome. 

People or groups affected by Passchendaele
Len Hart  2 paragraphs
Len Hart was a veteran of the battle of Passchendael. 

Newlove family 2 paragraphs
The Newlove family was dramatically affected by the battle of Passchendaele

Significance of Passchendaele to NZ

The battle of Passchendaele was significant to New Zealand because...(and explain 3 or 4 effects on NZ)

All Short essay work be sure to include facts, place names, people names, units, people examples etc....
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Tips for 91006 To achieve Excellence: Part A – Describe what happened in your chosen event How much? 2-3 Paragraphs What to write? The description should be clear and concise – aim to cover why they were there, what happened and how it ended in three good paragraphs. You MUST include supporting evidence (at least three identifiable pieces) e.g. dates (month as well as year) names of people (generals?), place names, numbers of casualties, historical examples Part B – Describe TWO people or groups affected by the event How much? 1-2 paragraphs for each but not more than the space given (Half page) What to write? Clearly identify the person and how they were affected. In your description you need to include at least two pieces of supporting evidence. Part C – Explain why this was of significance How much? Roughly two sides, but remain focussed in your writing and don’t head off the topic – quantity doesn’t always equal quality!! What to write? You should include TWO ways in which your event is of significance and have at least TWO pieces of supporting evidence for each point you write about

Key Terms List
Passchendaele
WW 1   1914-1918
Franz Ferdinand
Gavirillo PrincipCommonwealth
Allies
Central Powers
Western Front
Somme
Gallipoli
Ypres
Flanders
Passchendaele
NZ Division
II Anzac Corp
Messines Ridge
Victoria Cross

Gravenstal Spur
Bellevue Spur
Polderhoek
Douglas haig
U- Boats
Eastern/Russin Front
Bite and Hold
Creeping Barrage
No Mans Land
Trench Warfare
general Gough
General Plummer
Dave Galaher
Andrew Russell
Len Hart
Newlove's
John McRae
Belgium

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Passchendaele's effects and significance to New Zealand

New Zealand Event  Passch/Spring Boks Essay Advice

Description-  In a page give a thorough description of the event. Be sure to stick mainly to the event itself. Background and Effects should not feature. Simply do a good step by step general account of the actual event. Be sure to use People and place names and facts and figures.

2 Groups or Individuals-   A good account of their involvement with the event. Their opinion towards the event and how it may have changed. Include facts and figures as much as possible. Example: Len Hart witnessed untold suffering like the bunker full of dead soldiers he encountered. They will have been among the roughly 2700 NZ dead at the battle...

Significance and Effect- 1-2 Pages must outline 2-4 major effects of the event and additional minor effects. Be sure to include facts, figures, and people names and examples. 

Springbok Tour Protests

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Click on image for effects on groups notes
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Click for info on Significance to New Zealanders

Key Terms List

"Our Kith Our Kin"
Bruce Robertson
Graham Mourie
Flour Bomb
1951 Waterfront Dispute
Minto Bars
CARE
NAAC
Ces Blazey
Old vs New
City vs Country
Women vs Men
Jock Phillips
Riot Squad
Red Squad
Blue Squad
Civil Disobedience
Rugby Park 25 July
Bob Walton
Ross Meurant
NZRFU          
DOC Craven
NZ Maori
National
Labour
Robert Muldoon
Agricultural
Conservative
Apartheid
Daniel Malan
Boycott
Gleneagles
HART
Honorary Whites
"No Maoris No Tour!"
John Minto
Norman Kirk
Montreal Olympics 76
Commonwealth Games 74
Pat McQuarrie
Springbok
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Click to see timeline of events on the tour

Exam Resource and Advice

Resource Interpretation Thoughts!

Resource Interpretation Thoughts!Be sure to give it a go!
For a good result budget at least 45 minutes to an hour.
*  Make sure you are identifying the key ideas in each resource
*  Make sure that you are identifying different perspectives and       why people would have these views. 
*  Make sure to frequently refer back to evidence in the resources: facts, figures, quotes etc..
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Essays!!!!!! Don't be frustrated! Use the adviced linked to the picture(click on the frustrated guy!)
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