Dawood Public School

Course Outline 2017-18

World History

Class IX

Course Books:

Mc Aleavy, Tony. (2013). Twentieth Century History, International Relations since 1919. Dubai:

Cambridge University Press.

Yearly Syllabus:

Month Contents

August The First World War

The Treaty of Versailles

September Inter War Years

The Great Depression

October

Rise of Hitler

Second World War

The Cold War

November The United Nations and recent world affairs

Revision for Mid-Term Exam

December Mid-Term Examination 2017

January

Germany 1918-1939

Italy 1918-1939

Spain and the Civil War

February

Britain and France, 1919–45

Move towards European Integration

USA in the ‘Roaring Twenties’

The Great Depression and The New Deal

March

USA after Second World War

Struggle for civil rights in USA

Latin America after Second World War

April Revision for Final Exam

May Final Examination Exam 2018

Syllabus Contents:

August:

Causes of the First World War

The First World War (Tony McAleavy)

Causes of the First World War

Long Term Causes 1; The Rise of Germany

Long Term Cause 2; The new Kaiser and World Power.

Long Term Cause 3; The Arms Race.

Long Term Cause 4; The Two Alliances.

Short Term Causes 1; The Killing in Sarajevo.

Short Term Causes 2; The German decision for War.

Short Term Causes 3; Confusion about the British position.

The Russian Revolution

Russia before Communism

The two Revolutions of 1917

The Soviets and the Bolsheviks

The treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The Civil War

World Revolution?

Paris 1919

Big Three

Differences between the Big Three

A ‘Just Peace’ or reparations

Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points

Clemenceau and a Harsh Peace

The other Peace Treaties (Tony McAleavy)

Saint-Germain: The Treaty with Austria 1919

Neuilly: The Treaty with Bulgaria 1919

Trianon: The Treaty with Hungary 1920

Sevres: The Treaty with Turkey 1920

Lausanne: Revising the Turkish Treaty 1923

The Treaty of Versaille (Tony McAleavy)

The Treaty of Self-determination

The Mandates

German loss of territory

War guilt and reparations

Aftermath: the immediate consequences of the treaties (Tony McAleavy)

The Weimar Republic

Trouble in Eastern Europe; Anger in Hungary

War and revolution in Poland

Ethnic tension in Czechoslovakia

Surf I.T

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/world-war-i-history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Versailles

https://www.britannica.com/event/Paris-Peace-Conference

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/the-treaty-of-

versailles/

Model Questions:

1. What was the Treaty of Versailles?

2. How were the defeated countries dealt after the Second World War?

September:

A Harsh treaty? (Tony McAleavy)

Was the Treaty of Versailles fair?

Conflicting interpretations

Assessing the Terms of the Treaty

Setting up the League of Nations (Tony McAleavy)

The organization of the League

A European club

America says ‘no’ to the League

Tension between Britain and France

World Public opinion

Reparations: the Dawes and the Young Plans (Tony McAleavy)

The spirit of Locarno

The Kellogg-Briand Pact

Rise of Hitler (Tony McAleavy)

Early life

Hitler tries to seize power 1923

The lean year

Mein Kamp: 1925

The Great Depression (Tony McAleavy)

The depression and the USA

Isolationism

America and the dictator

The Depression and Germany

The Depression and Britain

The Depression and France

Surf I.T

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1914-1920/league

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/league-of-

nations/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

http://www.biography.com/people/adolf-hitler-9340144#synopsis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression

http://www.history.com/topics/great-depression

Model Questions:

1. How far do you agree that Germany was not treated fairly by the terms of the Treaty of

Versailles?

2. Describe how the League of Nations tried to prevent future wars between nations?

3. What were the main weaknesses in the structure and organisation of the League of

Nations?

October:

Crisis in Manchuria (Tony McAleavy)

The rise of Japan

Attack on Manchuria

The missing powers

The worried Powers

Mussolini and Italian Fascism (Tony McAleavy)

Italy before Mussolini

Mussolini goes to War

The Conquest of Abyssinia (Tony McAleavy)

Mussolini looks South

The Stresa Front

The Hoare-Laval Pact

The Second World War

The causes of the war, including Hitler’s foreign policy, British and French appeasement of

Hitler, the Nazi-Soviet pact

The main phases of the war: German victory in the West and the survival of Britain, 1939–

40; Operation Barbarossa and the defeat of Germany in Russia, 1941–44; the War in the

Pacific,

1941–45; the defeat of Germany, 1944–45

The reasons for the Allied victory

The nature of ‘Total War’

The Holocaust

Surf I.T:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukden_Incident

http://www.johndclare.net/league_of_nations6.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini

http://www.biography.com/people/benito-mussolini-9419443#related-video-gallery

Model Questions:

1. Why did Japan invade Manchuria in 1931?

2. Why did the League fail to deal with Japanese aggression against Manchuria?

3. Why did Italy / Mussolini invade Abyssinia?

4. War in 1939 was caused more by the Treaty of Versailles than by anything else’. Do you

agree with this view? Explain your answer.

5. ‘World War II was caused by British-French mistakes 1938-1939.’ How far do you agree

with this view?

November:

The Cold War

The origins of the Cold War, including Yalta and Potsdam

Soviet foreign policy in Europe in the early post-war period, 1945–55

The foreign policy of America and its allies in Europe, 1945–55

The U2 spy plane incident and the building of the Berlin Wall

The globalisation of the Cold War, including Cuba and Vietnam

Détente

Gorbachev and the end of the Cold War

The United Nations and recent world affairs

The structure and organisation of the United Nations

The strengths and weaknesses of the United Nations

Successes and failures of the United Nations, including the Korean War and the Congo

Crisis, 1960–64

Saddam Hussein, the invasion of Kuwait and the First Gulf War

Surf I.T:

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history

https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

Model Questions:

1. ‘The attitudes of Churchill and Truman not Stalin caused the Cold War’. How far do you

agree with this statement?

2. ‘The Berlin Blockade brought Europe close to war’. How far do you agree with this

statement?

December:

Mid-Term Examination 2017

January:

Germany, 1918–39

The impact of defeat and the Treaty of Versailles

The Weimar Republic

The early years of the Nazi Party

The crisis of 1929–33 and the rise to power of Hitler

Hitler’s rule over Germany

Surf I.T:

http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/the-cold-

war/what-was-the-cold-war/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations

http://www.unfoundation.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar_Republic

https://www.facinghistory.org/weimar-republic-fragility.../why-study-weimar-german

http://alphahistory.com/weimarrepublic/

Model Questions:

1. Why was the Weimar Republic in danger of collapse in 1919–20?

2. ‘The Weimar Republic was a failure.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain

your answer.

February:

Italy, 1918–39

The aftermath of the First World War

Mussolini’s rise to power

The creation of the Fascist dictatorship

Mussolini’s rule over Italy

Spain and the Civil War, 1931–39

• The Second Republic

• Causes of the Civil War

• Main events of the war

• Reasons for Franco’s victory

Britain and France, 1919–45

• Political, economic and social consequences of the

First World War

• The British General Strike of 1926

• The Great Depression and its consequences

• The Popular Front government in France

• The Home Front in Britain in the Second World War

• France in the Second World War: Vichy, the impact of German Occupation

Moves towards European integration

• Impact of the Second World War, first steps to integration

• The creation of the European Economic Community (EEC)

• Economic cooperation, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Euratom, etc.

• The development of the EEC to 1992

• The Maastricht Treaty: the creation of the European Union, the single market and the

common currency

Surf I.T:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini

http://www.biography.com/people/benito-mussolini-9419443#related-video-gallery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Civil_War

https://www.britannica.com/event/Spanish-Civil-War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926_United_Kingdom_general_strike

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-13828537

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Front_(France)

https://www.britannica.com/topic/popular-front-European-coalition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire_in_World_War_II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_France_during_World_War_II

https://www.britannica.com/topic/European-Community-European-economic-association

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty

Model Questions:

1. Why did Hitler and Mussolini become involved in the Spanish Civil War?

2. Outline the main features of Mussolini’s domestic policies during the years 1925–39. To

what extent did Italians support Mussolini during these years?

3. What structures were established by the Maastricht Treaty?

4. How successful has the Maastricht Treaty been since 1991? Explain your answer.

March:

Section C: The Americas

The USA in the ‘Roaring Twenties’

Republican presidents and policies

Prohibition and its effects

Immigration, racial discrimination, the ‘Red Scare’, the ‘Monkey Trial’

Social changes: the ‘Jazz Age’, cinema, women’s roles and status

Economic developments: contrasting fortunes of different sectors of industry and

agriculture

Causes of the Wall Street Crash

The Great Depression and the New Deal

• The Great Depression and Hoover’s response to it

• The election of 1932

• The New Deal

• Opposition to the New Deal

• Successes and failures of the New Deal

The USA after the Second World War, 1945–89

• Eisenhower’s Presidency and the rise of the affluent society

• McCarthyism

• Kennedy’s and Johnson’s domestic programmes: the ‘New Frontier’ and the ‘Great Society’

• Nixon and Watergate

• Reagan’s presidency and ‘Reaganomics’

The struggle for civil rights in the USA from 1945

• Segregation and the situation in the Southern states after the Second World War

• The campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s

• The importance of the Federal government and the Supreme Court

• The work of Martin Luther King

• Malcolm X and Black Power

• The extent of progress made since the 1970s in politics and society

Latin America after the Second World War

• Cuba: Batista’s regime, Castro and the Cuban revolution, Cuba under Castro

• Chile: Allende, Pinochet, the return to democracy

• Argentina: Peron and Peronism, the influence of the military over Argentine politics, rule by

Junta and the ‘Dirty War’, the restoration of democratic politics after 1983

Surf I.T:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaring_Twenties

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1564.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_World_War_II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post%E2%80%93World_War_II_economic_expansion

http://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/BAIC/Historical-Essays/Keeping-the-

Faith/Civil-Rights-Movement/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America_during_World_War_II

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba_during_World_War_II

Model Questions:

1. ‘The greatest opposition to the New Deal came from the Supreme Court.’ How far do you

agree with this statement? Explain your answer.

2. How did President Hoover respond to the Wall Street Crash?

3. What was the Watergate Scandal?

4. ‘Martin Luther King deserves the most credit for bringing about improvements to civil

rights in the USA.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer.

5. Describe the rule of President Batista in Cuba.

6. How far did the lives of the people in Cuba improve under the rule of Fidel Castro? Explain

your answer.

April:

Revision of Final Exam 2018

May:

Final Examination 2018