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World War OneTest Revision

Knowledge

Key places: pre-war Europe, including political and geographic divisions.

Key historical terms: imperialism, alliances, militarism, nationalism

Key individuals: Kaiser Wilhelm II, Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip

Key Events: assassinations, July Crisis

What metaphor is being used here to describe the war?

What aspects of Nationalism are evident here?

How is America characterised here?

What evidence of catastrophy appears in this poster?

Europe in 1914

Skills

Visual document analysis

Geography

Identify, analyse, interpret and use evidence to forward your historical understanding

Contextualise knowledge

Provide a symbolic reading, and translate this into historic understanding. While Germany did not invade America, the trampling on the word 'America' is symbolic of the threat posed by German militarism.

Use the specific evidence present in the document to launch into specific historical considerations. This poster, calling upon American men to enlist in the US Army, is representative in its fear mongering tone of other propaganda of World War I that seeks to dehumanise the enemy.

Many of you are only providing an overview. Symptoms include vague language, lack of evidence, superficial use of terminology.

Use evidence properly. Analyse it, interpret it, understand it. Show how it supports your wider contention

Define terminology, then move on.

Always link to the topic

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Europe at 1914