Course Outline
History 12 review notes (pdf)
Term Essay TopicsMarking Rubric for Term Essay
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Paris Peace Conference
Russian Revolution
Interwar Germany
World War II
The Cold War
Treaty of Versailles Powerpoint
Woodrow Wilson's 14 point speech
Russian Revolution
Marx for beginners book (in pdf format)
Communist Manifesto Sparknotes guide
Capitalism poster
Complete history of Soviet Russia,
Arranged to the melody of tetris (video)
(bonus points if you memorise the whole song)
Interesting article about Rasputin
Rasputin: the song (Warning: a tad odd)
Animal Farm (see me if you would like to sign out a hard copy)
Interwar Period
Why the stock market crashed (BBC documentary)
Trader admits another crash is coming (video)
The Crisis of Capitalism (video)
World War II
Amazing World War II photos
Other World War II photos shown in class (ppt)
Donald Duck Propaganda on supporting the war effort
Donald Duck as a Nazi WWII Propaganda cartoon
Interesting story of German Pilot who wouldn't shoot down a plane
Story of a female Russian Sniper
Leningrad pics - then and now
Interview with an American GI about collecting beer in a helmet
Important Holocaust Facts + Timeline
North
Korea
Tragic
but interesting article about a man who was born in a North Korean Prison
(see me if you would like to borrow a novel about him)
Why dont we just invade? (Vice Article)
Interesting speech about North Korea and 1984
Vietnam
Hearts and Minds (Full documentary about Vietnam)
China
Ted talk about Chinese factory workers
Article about Hong Kong + China today
Images of Chinese factory workers
Collapse of the Soviet Union
Photos from the Fall of the Soviet Union
Metallica Concert in Russia a few days after the collapse
Middle East
Why We fight study guide
Interesting Ron Paul Speech about Iraq
Humans of New York: Refugee Stories
What Isis Really Wants (article)
Civil Rights Movement
MLK Jr. 'I have a dream speech: Video Text
Other
Carl Sagan 'frontier' series (youtube playlist)
Every Country in the world in less than 2 minutes song
(bonus points if you memorise this by the end of term)
Video clip about the future of education
Comparison of 1984 to Brave New World
Soviet liberation of Berlin, 1945
Mussolini's Fascist Headquarters, 1930s
Library in London after the Blitz , 1941
Christmas in the tube station during the Blitz, 1941
Dresden, after an allied bombing. 1944
J.F.K.'s son salutes his father's casket , 1963
Napalm attack, Vietnam. 1966
A Protester offers a flower, 1967
A lone protester halts tanks in tiananmen square, 1989
President Obama sits near the front of Rosa Park's bus