week 1-2

History-KS3

GRADE 8C - TEAM ECHO

COURSEWORK FILE

Term 3

~Week 1~

-Semester planning and reflection week-

Homework

work on portfolio :http://8cteamecho.blogspot.com/

~Week 2~

CLASS 3, 12th January 2014

DAY 1

Lecture

Mr Rick discussing, that we're in level 2 of Bloom's taxonomy

Everyone in the group except Grace is not present.

Discussion and Reflection

Homework

CLASS 4, 15th January 2014

DAY 2

Lecture

we are squeezing two topics in one day since we don't on monday.

The Netherlands colonized Indonesia in 1603.

Causal relationship. Domino effect.

before, there were only Germanic states and than put together to form a german empire.

the german empire; They started building a fleet (navy).

topic 2

Ottoman empire is the last muslim empire. They attack the christian part and the pope called for help and the europeans just sent knights to keep them early in the 1180s and they just disappeared. then appear again.

-Domino effects

-emperor of Germany once said, ”our future lies upon the ocean.”

-the two countries race to build new battleships, this was called “race of the dreadnoughts”.

-1906, Britain launched the HMS DREADNOUGHT.

-everyone has their own alliances.

-the chain reaction: 28 july, Austria blames the Serbian due to the assassination.

29 july, Russia promise to protect Serbia and so they prepared lots of armies

1 august, the Germans heard about Russia’s preparation.

Discussion and Reflection

-large empire was important for trade and prestige.

-italy and Germany became united in the 1870s.

-competition between colonies caused conflicts.

-1900, britains navy was the largest in the world.

-july 1914, world war 1.

Homework

Research about:

-What was the Prussian war, why is it a key point?

- Prussian war is referred as war of 1807 in France. [wikipedia]

-“ Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, 1870–71, conflict between France and Prussia that signaled the rise of German military power and imperialism. It was provoked by Otto von Bismarck (the Prussian chancellor) as part of his plan to create a unified German Empire.” [http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/history/franco-prussian-war.html]