GCSE Modern World History - League of Nations Interactive CD-ROM

Subject: History
Level: Secondary
Age Group: 14-16
Order Number: 7151

This is an interactive Power Point Presentation written to fulfil requirements for GCSE Modern World History syllabuses. This is no ordinary PowerPoint Presentation.

The resource be used in different way.

• It can be used as an independent learning resource for pupils.
Use it as part of your lessons to cover the content for the Modern World History course. Pupils study the information in the PowerPoint presentation. They choose the appropriate work booklet to match their ability. Completing all sections, homework, tests and written tasks should provide pupils with a good level of knowledge and understanding of the key issues and ideas.
• It can be used as a teaching resource.
The independent learning module can also be used for whole class teaching when displayed on a screen through a data projector or interactive whiteboard.
• It can be used as a revision resource

Pupils can use all or part of the module to revise and research essential content. The module fulfils aspects of the assessment for learning curriculum with opportunities for peer assessment, understanding mark schemes, target setting, self evaluation and review.

It includes 40 slides introducing pupils to the essential and key issues related to the League of Nations.

The areas covered are:

The origins of the League

Aims and structure of the League

Membership of the League

Methods used to deal with aggressive nations

Handling disputes in the 1920’s

How the Wall Street Crash and Depression affected the League’s work

Failure in the 1930s Manchuria and Abyssinia

Overall assessment of the League

Key skills, cartoon analysis and essay writing

The material is presented in an attractive and lively manner with text, images, audio, internet links, advanced materials for the brightest, keywords and interactive maps in order to keep pupils interested and engaged.

This programme will run on a school network that has minimal multimedia capabilities, running Microsoft Office, Word and PowerPoint. Access to the internet is also required.

Once purchased, the CD can be freely copied and networked throughout the school.
There are more resources in the GCSE Modern World History series - The Paris Peace Conference and The Causes of the Second World War