Year 9 History Set 2 - Unit 2: Causes, Experiences and Key Events of World War
Two. The Consequences of WW2
Key Concept: Source Skills
Key Focus:
Key War Moments 1939-1940: Blitzkrieg, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, Blitz
Life on the British Home Front
Pearl Harbour
Key War Moments 1942-1945: Battle of Midway, Russian Front, D-Day landings, Fall of Berlin,
Atomic Bomb
What were the origins of the cold War?
Key Questions/Areas for this unit are:
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What is a ‘Turning Point’ in history? How significant were Pearl Harbour, the Battle of
Stalingrad, D Day and the dropping of atomic weapons on Japan in ensuring the victory of the
allies in WW2?
What were the other key events that turned the war around and helped Britain to win?
What is meant by the term ‘Cold War’? How did the Cold War emerge from WW2?
How can we use and evaluate evidence from source material?
Assessment Question: Source based assessment
Key Homework for this half term (at least 2 to be completed this half term)
Week 1-3: Experiences and Key Events of World War Two
Task
Increase the Challenge
1. Produce some revision materials (posters, mind maps, cards) to help you remember why the Allies
won WW2 and what were the longer term consequences of this victory.
2. What happened at the Battle of Stalingrad?
2. How did the Battle of Stalingrad change the
Produce a detailed account of events.
course of WW2?
3. Research the development of key weapons
3. Which of these weapons do you think was the
during the course of WW2. Produce a fact
most deadly? Explain your answer.
file on at least 3 of these weapons.
HAND IN DATE FOR FIRST HOMEWORK – WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY 7th MARCH
Week 4-5: Experiences and Key Events of World War Two and its aftermath
Task
1. Find out as many details as you can about D
Day. Produce a poster that highlights the
achievements of D Day..
2. Create a newspaper front page which covers
the events of the Nuremberg trials. Think
carefully about a suitable headline. The
newspaper must reflect the Allies point of
view.
3. Find out and write about ten facts about the
Cold War.
Increase the Challenge
1. Why was D-Day so important? Write a
paragraph with your ideas.
2. Could the defendants at Nuremberg expect a
fair trial? Explain your answer.
3. How did the emergence of the Cold War
affect the history of the 20th century?
HAND IN DATE FOR SECOND HOMEWORK – WEEK BEGINNING MONDAY 21st MARCH