With your Critical Partner, you are going to create a presentation on the Abyssinian crisis using Google Presentations. You will then present this to the rest of the class on Thursday. If you already have a Google Mail (GMail) account, just sign in and click on 'Documents'. If not, create an account here.

One of you will need to create a presentation entitle The Absyssinian Crisis and invite his or her partner to collaborate on it. You'll also need to invite Mr Belshaw (mrbelshaw@gmail.com). Once you've done this, you should then both be able to work on the presentation at the same time on different computers! If you don't finish your presentation in the lesson, it is up to both of you to make sure it is done by Thursday.

The following will help you with your understanding of the Abyssinian Crisis:

• Pages 77-79 of your OCR textbook
• JohnDClare.net - The League in Abyssinia
• History Learning Site - Abyssinia
• Haywood History - Abyssinian Crisis
• BBC Bitesize - Abyssinia
• Learning Curve - Benito Mussolini and the Invasion of Abyssinia
  

Here are the five questions your presentation should answer. Remember that it should be as interesting as possible, but don't just cram lots of text or copy-and-paste things onto each slide!

1. Why did Italy invade Abyssinia?
2. What was Britain and France's role in the crisis? (including the Hoare-Laval Pact)
   
3. How did the League respond to Italy's invasion?
4. What was the outcome of the Abyssinian crisis?
   
5. What effect did the crisis have on the reputation of the League?

You should be aiming for at least five slides. The revision history of the presentation indicates who did what, so Mr Belshaw will know!

Due: Thursday 4 March 2009