Uni t Let ' s get star ted LEARNING SITUATION Bui ld your understanding ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE BE A HISTORIAN Introduction to History 8 • Know the past to understand the present • Remember: The crisis of the Old Regime in the 18th century Liberal revolutions and the Restoration The Industrial Revolution Social change and workers' movements Imperialism Spain in the 19th century 1 A tough start to the 20th century. The First World War 24 Why is maintaining peace key to reducing inequalities? 1. H ow did World War I start? 2. T he outbreak of World War I 3. H ow did the war unfold? 4. L ife during World War I 5. P eace and the consequences of World War I 6. 1 905, the start of the Russian Revolution 7. F rom the 1917 revolutions to the Civil War Analyse border organisation after World War I using different documents Write Lenin's biography 2 The interwar years: economic crisis and totalitarianism 48 Why is cooperation necessary to preserve democracy? 1. T he fragile economic recovery of the 1920s 2. T he crash of 1929 and the Great Depression 3. Democracies in crisis 4. Fascist Italy 5. T he road to Nazism in Germany 6. Nazi Germany 7. T he creation of the USSR 8. T he USSR under Stalin's dictatorship Analyse a graph on the post-war crisis Create a timeline from a map Interpret an organisation chart showing the USSR's political system 3 World War II. The world on the verge of destruction 74 Why does remembering the horrors of the past help to prevent them from happening again? 1. T he causes of World War II 2. T he German offensive 3. The Allied counter-attack 4. The Holocaust 5. T he occupied countries: collaboration or resistance? 6. The end of the war and territorial changes 7. Other consequences of the war Analyse the Fascist and Nazi expansion Analyse the war in the Pacific regions 4 Spain: from the crisis of 1898 to the Civil War 98 How did gender equality advance in Spain in the first third of the 20th century? 1. T he decline in the reputation of the Restoration's political system 2. The proclamation of the Second Republic 3. A time of reforms (1931-1933) 4. The crisis of the Republic (1933-1936) 5. The beginning of the Civil War 6. The development of the Civil War 7. Life during the Civil War 8. Consequences of the war Analyse historical press Compare election graphs Analyse Civil War propaganda 5 The Cold War. A period that rocked the world 124 What technological legacy did the Cold War leave? 1. What was the Cold War? 2. The Cold War blocs 3. H ostility between the two great powers (1948-1953) 4. T he years of peaceful coexistence (1953-1962) 5. The return to maximum tension (1963-1973) 6. T he road to the end of the Cold War (1973-1991) Interpret a historical photograph Contents
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