How WW1 Shaped the Modern World

This is an ambitious and thought provoking set of lessons which focus on developing the second order concept of significance. All lessons demand pupils to consider the wider significance of post World War actions. The lessons are as followed:

1. How the war shaped Britain
2. How the war shaped Liverpool/Kirkby
3. How the collapse of Empires shaped the modern world: This lesson look at the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empire and links both collapses to current day conflicts in Ukraine and Israel and Palestine
4. How the War caused revolution: Focus of this lesson was on the Bolshevik revolution and the rise of the Nazi party
5. How the War made the world pay attention to Asia: Case studies on China/Japan/Vietnam. The significance question considers how the post war environment developed further conflict in Vietnam and how postwar settlements left still unresolved issues in Taiwan
6. Significance assessment: How WW1 was immediately significant - How it was significant over time - How it is significant to this day