Frances Kelsey Secondary

History 12 Course
Unit 1: Conflict and Challenge: The World of 1919; Russia
1917 to 1939
Learning Guide 1
Topics: Course Introduction; Theories of History; Ideologies + Causes of World
War One
READINGS:
*=Requir Title
ed

Pages

Falk: Student Workbook

3-6

Howarth: The World Since 1900

First Edition

8-10; 18-top
of 23

Howarth: The World Since 1900

Second Ed

6-8; 16-20

Demarco: The World This Century 6-12

Mitchner and Tuffs: Global Forces 9-top of 12;

Catchpole: Map History of the
Modern World

12-15

The above readings will be completed on your own time outside of class
readings must be completed to gain full understanding of the Seminars
and to be successful and to complete the assigned vocabulary and
questions.
For vocabulary include all the significant information/details including
dates.
1. Nationalism

10.

Kaiser Wilhelm II

2. Imperialism

11.

Tsar Nicholas II

3. Colonialism

12.

4. Militarism

13.

Austria-Hungary

5. Entente Cordiale

14.

German Colonies

6. Triple Entente (Allies)

15.

British Empire

7. Triple Alliance

16.

Ottoman Empire

8. Central powers

17.

Dardanelles

9. King George V

18.

Balkans

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Frances Kelsey Secondary

History 12 Course
Unit 1: Conflict and Challenge: The World of 1919; Russia
1917 to 1939
19.

Serbs

23.

20.

Slavs

24.

21.

Berlin-Baghdad Railway

22.

Schlieffen Plan

Armistice
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

The Causes Of WW1 (M.A.I.N.) What does this acronym mean and how
might you use it to answer the following questions?
Written Questions:
1. Explain how members of the Triple Entente (Britain, France and Russia) can be
held responsible for the outbreak of World War One.
2. Explain why Germany could be held responsible for the outbreak of World War
One.
HOW TO DO THE QUESTIONS: in paragraph form (8-10 sentences) using
complete sentences, typed or written in pen, preferably double-spaced,
address the entire subject matter that the questions asks you use
details/specifics. Be sure you understand the question(s) + the command
term(s).
Make sure you indicate in your title which week you are addressing (i.e. LG
One Written Questions).
OR
Focus Paragraph/Essay
1. Evaluate the significance of Nationalism and Imperialism in the world up to 1914.
Write in proper ESSAY FORMAT.
HOW TO RESPOND TO Focus Paragraph/Essay: in proper essay format
(when indicated) using four or five paragraphs with an original title, an
introduction, thesis, body paragraphs, and conclusion. Otherwise, when
instructed, the Focus Questions may be done thoroughly in point form or in
any manner you choose to display your understanding.
Use proper mechanics (spelling, grammar, punctuation etc.), typed or written
in pen, preferably double-spaced, and of course, address the entire subject
matter that the questions asks you use details/specifics, and make sure you
understand what the command term is asking you to do with the question.
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History 12 Course
Unit 1: Conflict and Challenge: The World of 1919; Russia
1917 to 1939

DOCUMENT ANALYSIS: CHAPTER 2

Document I

1. Identify the nations represented in the cartoon:

A
B
C
D
E
F
2. Explain how the cartoon illustrates how the Alliance System in Europe led to the outbreak of the First World War.

Frances Kelsey Secondary

History 12 Course
Unit 1: Conflict and Challenge: The World of 1919; Russia
1917 to 1939
Learning Guide 2 (Unit 1)
Topics: Conclusions of WWI; Versailles and the Paris Peace Treaties;
Wilsons Fourteen Points; League of Nations
READINGS:
*=Requir Title
ed

Pages

Falk: Student
Workbook

8-22

Howarth: The
40; 44-49, 52-61
World Since 1900
First Edition
Howarth: The
35-36; 39-50
World Since 1900
Second Ed

Demarco: The
World This
Century

27-36; 80-85; 104-112

Mitchner and
Tuffs: Global
Forces

22-25; 23; 24; 29-42

Catchpole: Map
History of the
Modern World

26-27; 30-31; 34-35; 54-55

Make Germany
Pay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=43yc2xITl4s

VIDEO

Vocabulary:
1. Treaty of Versailles
2. The Big Three
3. Fourteen Points
4. Self-Determination *
5. War Guilt Clause
6. Collective Security *
7. League of Nations
8. Hoare-Laval Plan
9. The Locarno Pact
10.
Kellogg-Briand Pact
11.
Washington Conference

12.
13.

Mandate
Dawes Plan

14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.

Kapp Putsch
Freikorps
Occupation of the Ruhr
Invasion of Abyssinia
Reparations
Gustav Stresemann
Spartacists
Alsace-Lorraine
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History 12 Course
Unit 1: Conflict and Challenge: The World of 1919; Russia
1917 to 1939
22.
23.

Polish Corridor
Sudetenland

24.
Demilitarization of the
Rhineland

Written Response Questions

1. The Paris Peace Settlement solved some problems but created many new
ones.
A. How did the Paris Peace Settlement of 1919 attempt to solve the
problems that had led to the First World War?
B. Explain what new problems (key issues) were created as a result of
the Paris Peace Settlement.
C. To what extent were the terms of the Paris Peace Treaties of 1919
unfair to Germany?
D. What happened to Germany politically and economically between
1919 and 1923 as a result of the Treaty of Versailles?
2. National Self Determination was a guiding principle for the peacemakers of
1919.
A. Define National Self Determination and explain why it was a
guiding principle at the peace talks of 1919.
B. To what extent were the territorial terms of the Paris Peace Treaties
of 1919 based on the principle of National Self Determination?
C. Explain how the concept of self-determination was applied in the
Paris Peace Settlement in the interests of the victorious powers
(aka The Big Three).
3. The League of Nations was a noble idea, but flawed from the start.
A. Account for the failure of this noble idea in the interwar years.
Explain the international crises caused by Japan (1931) and Italy (1935) and
discuss how each demonstrated the weaknesses of the League of Nations.

IN-CLASS ACTIVITY:

Re-negotiation of the Paris Peace Settlement (Group

Activity)
If you do not do group activity you must see the teacher for an alternate assignment
Focus Question: Choose One to answer in a multi-paragraph form.
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History 12 Course
Unit 1: Conflict and Challenge: The World of 1919; Russia
1917 to 1939
1. Identify the key issues, for the Big 3, in the peacemaking process
at the end of World War One.
2. Explain why the French did not feel secure after The Paris Peace
Treaty. What steps did they take to feel more secure. (At least 3
ways)

What is your interpretation of this cartoon from 1920?

Who are these men? Who is the child weeping?
What is the meaning of this cartoon?
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History 12 Course
Unit 1: Conflict and Challenge: The World of 1919; Russia
1917 to 1939

Learning Guide 3 (Unit 1)

Topic: Russia: Revolution to 1941
READINGS:
*=Requir Title
ed

Pages

Falk: Student Workbook

22-42

Howarth: The World Since 1900 33-38; 61-63; 140-151

First Edition
Howarth: The World Since 1900 31-34; 54-57; 128-138
Second Ed

Demarco: The World This

Century

37-66

Mitchner and Tuffs: Global

Forces

69-83

Catchpole: Map History of the

Modern World

36-37

Vocabulary (Define - 56 Marks):

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Karl Marx
Communist Manifesto
Bourgeoisie
Proltariat
Exploitation
Utopia
Socialism
Communism

9. Capitalism
10.
Cadet
11.
Bolshevik
12.
Menshevik
13.
Petrograd
14.
Tsar Nicholas II
15.
Bloody Sunday
16.
Fundamental Laws
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History 12 Course
Unit 1: Conflict and Challenge: The World of 1919; Russia
1917 to 1939
17.
18.
19.
20.

October Manifesto
Duma
Rasputin
Provisional Government

34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.

Whites
Allied Intervention
Cheka
War Communism
New Economic Policy
Comintern
Treaty of Rapallo
Kolkhoz
Kulak
Five Year Plans
Mass Repression
Command Economy
Collectivization
Nationalization
NKVD/GPU
The Purges
Constitution of 1936

21.
Soviet
22.
Petrograd Soviet
23.
V.I. Lenin
24.
Joseph Stalin
25.
Leon Trotsky
26.
April Thesis
27.
Alexander Kerensky
28.
General Kornilov
29.
USSR/Soviet Union
30.
Peace, Land, Bread
(slogan)
31.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
32.
Russian Civil War
33.
Reds
Written Response Questions in Small Groups (10 Marks):

1. Summarize the cause and effects of the 1917 Russian Revolutions (you can
answer this question via a two-column chart or list form).
2. Evaluate the methods used by Stalin to transform the USSR into a world
power.
Answer BOTH PLO Questions in either PARAGRAPH/OR POINT FORM (be
thorough though!).
Focus Activity:
Exercise: Timeline of Russian Revolution 1905 to 1941
Create a timeline poster of major events in Russia beginning with SECTION III. RUSSIA IN WAR AND
REVOLUTION. Your timeline should include:
1. The dates and names of all major events, and their key players
2. A description of each event and its significance
3. Captions and pictures to highlight your timeline in a poster format
At minimum, your poster should include:

Frances Kelsey Secondary

History 12 Course
Unit 1: Conflict and Challenge: The World of 1919; Russia
1917 to 1939

Revolution of 1905
March 1917 Revolution
Provisional Government
April Thesis
Kornilov Affair
Bolshevik Revolution
Lenins Government
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
War Communism
New Economic Policy

Civil War
Treaty of Rapallo
Five Year Plans
The Purges
Kellogg-Briand Pact
League of Nations
Rapprochement
Nazi-Soviet Pact

Unit 1 Test or Unit film study