Revision Notes: Why did the Liberals win a landslide victory in 1906?

This four page study guide deals with the topic of why the Liberals won a landslide victory in 1906, by looking at the mistakes made by the Conservative Party in the period 1899 - 1906. If you are studying GCSE Modern World History, this topic was added into the new specification in 2013, but there are no text books dealing with this important part of the new specification. These notes are suitable for GCSE and A Level students.

The resource includes information and sources on the election campaign in 1906 as well as the following topics which contributed to the Conservatives defeat: Boer War, Chinese Slavery, Social Reform, New Liberalism and Free Trade. The notes that included have been bullet pointed and written in a style that is accessible to the full ability range at KS4 or ages 14 to 16. I have tried to include sources that stand a good chance of coming up in the exam on Chinese labour, free trade and lack of social reform.

In terms of activities, I have included a thinking skills review triangle activity which could be completed in groups or pairs and then fed back to the rest of the class. Ideally, I would recommend doing mind map exercise on this topic with your students with each issue being a separate branch.

The aims and objectives for this revision lesson are:

Theme: Liberal Reforms
Know: Why did the Liberals win a landslide victory in 1906?
Understand: What role did the issues of Free Trade, the Boer War, Chinese Slavery and lack of social reform play in making the Conservative Party increasingly unpopular?
Understand: How far was New Liberalism responsible for the Conservative defeat in 1906?
Evaluate: What was the most important factor in the Conservative election defeat in 1906?

WILF: What Am I Looking For?
Identify and describe: Why did the Liberals win a landslide victory in 1906?
Explain: What factors contributed to the unpopularity of the Conservative Party in 1906?
Analyse: Why was New Liberalism more attractive to working class voters?

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