Term 3 Week 4: Just For 4E History Professors

Task One: [25 minutes]

Answer the following question on colonial rule and its impact, 1870 - 1900 in your revision bookket.

How different were the ways in which European powers governed their Southeast Asian colonies in the period 1870 - 1900? Explain your answer. [12]

Term 3 Week 6 Japan's Militarism & War in Asia Pacific

Task 1: Essay Writing [20 minutes]

Write the following essay and email your work to your History teacher by 9 August 2009 at the following email address below.

Japanese Militarism

(a) How far was the weak Japanese government the most important reason for the rise of militarism in Japan? Explain your answer. [12]

Task 2: More Essay Writing Practice [20 minutes]

Choose ONE of the following essays to write on; email your work to your History teacher by 9 August 2009 at the following email address below.

War in Asia Pacific

(a) 'Japan's difficult relations with the USA resulted in the Pacific war'. Do you agree with this judgement? Explain your answer. (13)

(b) 'Without the atomic bomb, Japan would have won the war'. Do you agree with this judgement? Explain your answer. (13)

Email Address:
Mrs Catherine Chan Khoo_Heng_Oi_Catherine@boonlaysec.edu.sg
Mr Desmond Tan Tan_Junhao_Desmond@boonlaysec.edu.sg
Mr Harbhajan Singh Harbhajan_Singh@boonlaysec.edu.sg
Ms Elaine Lim Elaine_Lim_Mei_Mei@boonlaysec.edu.sg

Term 3 Week 5 Stalin's Five Year Plan

Task 1: Source-based Question [25 minutes]

Study the following Sources and type your answer using mircrosoft word. You should email your History teachers at the following address:

Mrs Catherine Chan Khoo_heng_oi_catherine@boonlaysec.edu.sg
Mr Desmond Tan Tan_Junhao_Desmond@boonlaysec.edu.sg
Mr Harbhajan Singh Harbhajan_Singh@boonlaysec.edu.sg
Ms Elaine Lim Elaine_Lim_Mei_mei@boonlaysec.edu.sg

Remember to type in the question in your answer.

Stalin's Russia

Source A: A Communist poster on Stalin, the leader of Russia.

(a) Study Source A. Why do you think this poster was created? Explain your answer using details of the source and your own contextual knowledge. [6]

Source B: A Communist photograph showing the efforts taken to industrialise Russia in the 1930s.



(b) Study Source B. How reliable is Source B in showing that Stalin's industrial efforts was a success? You should use your contextual knowledge to help you evaluate the source. (7)

Task 2: Essay Writing [20 minutes]

Write the following essay using microsoft word. Send it to your History teachers at the above email address when you have completed your work.

'Stalin became the leader of Russia because of his schemy nature'. Do you agree with this judgement? Explain your answer. [13]

Term 3 Week 4 Stalin's Russia

Task 1 [15 minutes]

Source A: A anti-Stalin photographer's attempt at showing Stalin's man-made famine in the early 1930s.



Study Source A. How far does the source prove that Stalin's policy of collectivisation was a failure? Explain your answer [7].



Task 2 [20 minutes]

'Stalin's collectivisation policy was a complete disaster'. How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer [13].



Using microsoft word, complete both tasks and email them to your History teachers at the following email addresses by 24 July 2009:

Mrs Catherine Chan Khoo_heng_oi_catherine@boonlaysec.edu.sg
Mr Harbhajan Singh Harbhajan_singh@boonlaysec.edu.sg
Mr Desmond Tan Tan_junhao_desmond@boonlaysec.edu.sg
Ms Elaine Lim Elaine_lim_meimei@boonlaysec.edu.sg


Remember to copy both questions and indicate your name and class on this piece of work.

Term 3 Week 1 Rise of the Nazis

Complete the following essay in 20 miutes using mircrosoft word. Please email your essay to the respective History teachers by 16 July [12pm] at the latest.
Mrs Catherine Chan Khoo_heng_oi_catherine@boonlaysec.edu.sg
Mr Harbhajan Singh Harbhajan_Singh@boonlaysec.edu.sg
Mr Desmond Tan Tan_junhao_desmond@boonlaysec.edu.sg
Ms Elaine Lim Elaine_lim_meimei@boonlaysec.edu.sg

Remember to type the issue below in your work and include your name and class at the top lefthand corner of the essay.

'The weaknesses of the Weimar Government was the most important reason for the rise of the Nazis'. How far do you agree with this judgment?Explain your answer. [12]

Term 3 Weeks 2 & 3Weimar Republic

Task 1:

Study the cartoon on TB p. 40 on the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany. Using the information in this cartoon, explain how it would have worsened the political and economic conditions in Germany in the early 1920s. Write your response on foolscap paper.

Task 2:
Study the following comment on Gustave Stresemann; post your views on the comment in this blog.

"The Weimar Government would not have collapsed had Stresemann lived".

Note: You should include your name and class as your post your views on this issue.You are also free to comment on your friend's views on this issue.