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CLIL history activities. Cross curricular resources for subject and language teachers. Con materiali per il docente. Con espansione online
 9788842112174

Table of contents :
Module 1. Nation and nationalism
UNIT 1 Defining the idea of nation
What is a nation?
What makes a nation, a state or a nation-state?
UNIT 2 Nationalism and patriotism in the 19th century
Between patriotism and nationalism
The case of Germany
The case of Italy
The case of France
UNIT 3 Right-wing nationalism and fighting for independence in 19th and 20th century Europe
Irish independence
The proclamation of the Irish Republic
Political propaganda
Propaganda during the Second World War
UNIT 4 Nationalism: contemporary trends
Europe’s ‘nationalist populists’ and the far right (November 2011)
Module 2. Empire and imperialism
UNIT 1 Frame of reference: empire, imperialism and colonization
Who is an imperialist?
UNIT 2 The time machine: ancient and modern empires
The Roman Empire
The British Empire
Trading and industrial superiority
Capitalism and military expansion
UNIT 3 Imperialism and post-imperialism
1935: the Italian colonization of Ethiopia
Italy vs. Libya: contemporary international trends
Module 3. Post-imperialism: the case of India
UNIT 1 Post-colonialism: a definition
The fight for independence in the post-imperial period
Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948). A biography
UNIT 2 1942. India vs. Britain: the political debate
Mohandas K. Gandhi. Speech to the All India Congress Committee, Bombay, August 8th, 1942
Sir Stafford Cripps, Statement on India, August 6th, 1942
UNIT 3 Past history and contemporary problems
Postcard from Kashmir
India to be the fastest growing exporter and importer: HSBC
Module 4. Modern warfare: from trenches to blitzkrieg, the experience of war
UNIT 1 The trench system
The Western Front during the First World War
Letters from the trenches
The Italian Front 1915-1918
UNIT 2 Technology at war
The development of the tank
The battle at sea: the Dreadnought, a truly enormous ship
Submarines warfare in World War 2
Military aircraft
Robert Watson-Watt, the inventor of radar
UNIT 3 Espionage during the World Wars
The Zimmermann telegram
Russian secret service agencies
Origins of the Cheka
American secret intelligence: inside the CIA
Module 5. Political parties: the case of Great Britain
UNIT 1 The British political system
United Kingdom: piecing history together
The British government
UNIT 2 British politics: the political debate
Tories and Whigs: etymology
A touch of political satire: James Gillray (1757-1815)
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
From Whigs to Liberals
Accountability and contemporary irony
UNIT 3 Political speeches during the World Wars: Sir Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill: a biographical outline
Winston Churchill: the Blood, Sweat and Tears speech
Winston Churchill: the post-war period and the Cold war
Winston Churchill: at the House of Commons, March 1st, 1955
UNIT 4 Contemporary wars: new reasons for old arguments
War with Iraq. A speech by the Prime Minister Tony Blair
Module 6. The economy in the 20th century: the cases of the USA and the USSR
UNIT 1 USA: the economic situation at the beginning of the 20th century
An economic history of the United States
UNIT 2 USA: driving the change
Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), 28th President of the United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd President of the USA
Speaking to the world: Wilson on oratory. The old order changeth
Woodrow Wilson’s economic initiatives
The birth of the New Deal
UNIT 3 USA: the Great Depression and its economic consequences
The Great Depression: An Overview by David C. Wheelock
UNIT 4 USSR: Russian society at the beginning of the 20th century
Russian empire and population
Russia in the mid-1920s. Industrialization and after
UNIT 5 USSR: from NEP to collectivization
Lenin and the New Economic Policy
Collectivization under Stalin
Contemporary Russia: fact sheet. The Russian economy today
Module 7. Women’s rights and women’s duties
UNIT 1 The status of women from the ancient world to the Enlightenment
Athenian women
Women in ancient Rome
Women in the Medieval age
Women in the Renaissance
Women under the influence of the Enlightenment
UNIT 2 The 20th century: fighting for a change
The Suffragettes
Emily Davison
Christabel Pankhurst
UNIT 3 Women at war
Women during World War II
‘Rosies’ in the work force
UNIT 4 Women under totalitarian regimes
What did the Nazis want from German women?
A Communist woman’s opinion
Women under the Fascist regime
UNIT 5 Women in politics
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
Angela Merkel (born 1954)
Module 8. Youth and education under totalitarian regimes
UNIT 1 Hitler and education
Education in Nazi Germany
Readings from Mein Kampf
The Nazi curriculum
UNIT 2 Education in Fascist Italy
The Gentile reform
Children’s comics in the “age of Mussolini”
Football and Fascism.The national game under Mussolini
UNIT 3 Education and Soviet society
Soviet schools and education
Totalitarianism and sport in Russia
The ordinary life of a young girl under the Soviet regime

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