English and History Cross Curricular ActivityEnglish and History Cross Curricular Activity

This is an activity that you will be developing between now and May to help you think about historical characters using English language arts like drama, role play, interview, poetry etc.

Historical Period to be studied in History lessonHistorical Period to be studied in History lesson

Between the the World Wars i.e. from World War 1 to World War 2

Idea to be developed in English lessonIdea to be developed in English lesson You can choose any major historical figure from

between the wars using role play ,interviews , video , drama ,poetry , historical news report, poetry etc .

Explore through one of these methods either the historical figure (person ) or the time that they lived and ruled.

You can make a drama about people who lived during that time to try to give some idea about what it was like.

This will count for your course mark in English and History subjects

Time LineTime Line

The rise of the Fascists (Nazis) in Germany and Italy between WW1 and WW2

The rise of the Fascists (Nazis) in Germany and Italy between WW1 and WW2

The Great Economic Depression and the rise of the Nazis /Fascists

The Great Economic Depression and the rise of the Nazis /Fascists The Great Depression meant that people were

very poor and had no jobs and very little to eat so strong ,powerful leaders such as Hitler, Mussolini were able to take power.

They became so powerful that they thought they could rule the world and this resulted in WW2

The Holocaust : Over 2 million Jewish people were murdered by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in Concentration camps

The Holocaust : Over 2 million Jewish people were murdered by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in Concentration camps

Some of the major figures between the warsSome of the major figures between the wars Adolf Hitler Fascist dictator and lead

er of Germany throughout the 1930’s.

He killed himself in 1945 as the Americans were going to capture him

Winston Churchill Leader of the UK during

WW2 . He helped defend western Europe from Nazi attacks and rule.

Hideki Tojo He was general of the Ja

panese air force that invaded Pearl harbour and he led the Japanese in their invasion of Asia .

Japan was supported by Germany and Italy

                 

       

Josef Stalin Leader of the Communists in

Russia He helped to beat Hitler and t

he nazis during WW2 Like Mao Tse Dung in China ,

many of his own people died because of his policies

Benito Mussolini He was the fascist

dictator of Italy during WW2

He supported Germany and Japan during WW2

Franklin D Roosevelt President of the USA During the Great

Economic Depression and the start of WW2

He helped America and the world recover from hunger and the depression

Major Events and the People involvedMajor Events and the People involved

The Rise of Fascism in Germany and Italy The Holocaust The Great Depression Attack on Pearl Harbour Fighting the Nazis from Western Europe Fighting the Nazis from Eastern Europe

Can you match the events with the leaders involvedCan you match the events with the leaders involved The Rise of Fascism in G

ermany and Italy The Holocaust The Great Depression Attack on Pearl Harbour Fighting the Nazis from

Western Europe Fighting the Nazis from E

astern Europe

Winston Churchill General Hideki Tojo Josef Stalin Hitler and Mussolini Franklin D Roosevelt Adolf Hitler

The Rise of Fascism(Nazis) in Germany and ItalyThe Rise of Fascism(Nazis) in Germany and Italy

The HolocaustThe Holocaust

The Great Depression in the USA and all over the world“ When America sneezes the whole world catches a cold”

The Great Depression in the USA and all over the world“ When America sneezes the whole world catches a cold”

Franklin D Roosevelt

Japanese Attack on Pearl HarbourJapanese Attack on Pearl Harbour General Tojo

Fighting the Nazis (Fascists) from Western Europe

Fighting the Nazis (Fascists) from Western Europe Winston Churchill

Fighting the Nazis from Eastern EuropeFighting the Nazis from Eastern Europe Josef Stalin

Recap /Revision Make sure you understand the following words and expressions

Recap /Revision Make sure you understand the following words and expressions Great depression Nazi Fascist Dictator The holocaust Jews Jewish people

Concentration camps The Allies (USA ,

UK ,Russia, France ,China etc)

The Axis Powers (Germany, Italy ,Japan )

Questions Questions

What do you think it was like to be German and live during Hitler’s time in Germany?

What do you think it was like to be Jewish and live during Hitler’s time in Germany?

Japan under Tojo USA under Roosevelt

Try to imagine living during the time of Hitler , Mussolini and Tojo

Try to imagine living during the time of Hitler , Mussolini and Tojo

E.g. If I had lived in Germany under Hitler , my life

would have been very hard

Group Discussion Group Discussion

Your History Teacher has asked you to chose a historical figure or country , from between the wars which you are most interested in. Discuss the time which they lived and give reasons for your choice.

I’ll get the job done!.I’ll get the job done!. Compare Donald Tsang

with any of the leaders mentioned before ie

Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, Stalin , Roosevelt

Neville Chamberlin

WW2 Vocabulary puzzleWW2 Vocabulary puzzle Across 1. Superior 3.Hitler Inferior Concentration camps Nazis

Down Race Holocaust

Home workHome work

The Nazis The Holocaust You have to produce a drama or a newscast

about one of the above subjects. Can you come up with any ideas that you could turn into a drama or a newscast. Try to think about what it was like to be a child during WW2.

Which person from History did you choose?Which person from History did you choose?

How did this person influence ordinary people’s lives?

Try to think about what it was like to live during this person’s time in power?

Story : ordinary people in extraordinary times in history

Story : ordinary people in extraordinary times in history

Anne Frank : she was a thirteen year year Jewish girl who went into hiding with her family.

She kept a diary every day and was almost caught by the Nazis .She survived and her diary became famous all over the world.

A Christian family brought her family food every day for 3 years.

Jack MandelbaumJack Mandelbaum He was taken from his mother and father to a

concentration camp in Germany when he was only 15 years old. He lived there with almost no food for 2 years and he escaped .He later joined the British army and fought against the Nazis.

Little Orphan Annie(Fictional)Little Orphan Annie(Fictional) She was a little girl with no parents who lived dur

ing the Great Depression in the USA. Her life was very hard but she was always optimistic. She was adopted a the most famous business man in America. President Rooseveld helped many poor people like Annie when he introduced welfare for the first time in the US. People became confident again and the world economy recovered . His idea was called ‘The New Deal’

Lily Marlane(Fictional)Lily Marlane(Fictional) She was a famous singer who was popular all

over Germany in the 1920s. When Hitler and the Nazis came to power in the 1930s ,she was arrested and taken to a Concentration camp because she was Jewish. She died there but her story gave hope to many people and a famous song was written about her.