topic3-promise&collapse;1919-1933
Topic 3 - Promise & Collapse; 1919-1933
In this unit we are concerned with the world in the aftermath of the Great War. From the post-war depression and the lethal flue pandemic, through the so-called Roaring 20's to the economic collapse of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, to the depths of the Great Depression, this was an era of hope and devastation.
Handouts & Assignments:
How did Hitler Come to Power in 1933?
Useful Resources:
SchoolHistory.co.uk International Relations (1919-1939) - GCSE study material, including interactive diagrams.
The League of Nations & Post War Treaties:
Full text of the Treaty of Versailles can be found at Yale University's Avalon Project
The League of Nations homepage
The Covenant of the League of Nations at the Avalon Project
Fascism:
Laurence Britt's Fascism Anyone? is an excellent description of the belief system
The Soviet Union:
Spartacus Schoolnet's The Russian Revolution page is a fine starting point.
Sparknotes (like Canada's Coles Notes) study guide on the Russian Revolution
Paul Vysny's site The Soviet Union; 1919-1991
The History Guide; Russian Revolution Resources - superb links to online resources
Paul Halsall's excellent Internet Modern History Sourcebook; The Russian Revolution
David Barnsdle's The Russian Revolution links page - excellent, though with many dead links.
SchoolHistory.co.uk Russia/USSR (1917-1953) - GCSE study materials, including interactive diagrams
The USA:
SchoolHistory.co.uk USA: Depression & the New Deal - GCSE Study materials including interactive diagrams
"The Roaring 20s and the Scopes Trial" An audio lecture by Professor Jennifer Burns of the University of California, Berkely.
"The 1920s; The Jazz Age" An audio lecture by Professor Jennifer Burns of the University of California, Berkely.
"The Great Depression and the New Deal" An audio lecture by Professor Jennifer Burns of the University of California, Berkely.
"The New Deal; Part 2" An audio lecture by Professor Jennifer Burns of the University of California, Berkely.
Lectures:
Germany Defeated - Reparations
Germany France & Britain in the 20s
The League of Nations & International Secourity
The British Empire in the Interwar Years
Hitler & the Rise of the Nazis
The Stalin Revolution - Collectivisation and Industrialisation
PowerPoint Resources:
Crowe: Background to the Russian Revolution
Susan Pojer The 1905 Russian Revolution
Fraser: Stalin & the Struggle for Power
Susan Pojer's Territorial Changes as a Result of World War I
Cliffe: Failures of the League
Moorhouse: Hitler's Rise to Power
Young: Dictatorship (Be sure to turn off the annoying sounds)
Susan Pojer's 1920's Europe
Harden: Isolation - Covers USA between 1919-1922
Young: Wall Street - The Wall Street Crash
Susan Pojer's The WPA
Susan Pojer's American Foreign Policy; 1920-1941
PBS Commanding Heights video clips on the Soviet Union
Music of the Era(expect a delay as the file downloads if it is an mp3):
Links page to Youtube videos of pre-Revolutionary Russia.
Benoy's Picks. Movies About this Period:
Russia & the USSR.
Nicholas and Alexandra. The last of the Romanovs. Great film.
Doctor Zhivago. Epic film about Russia before, during and after the Revolutions.
Stalin. Robert Duvall as the Red Tsar.
he Battleship Potempkin. Russian film about the Revolutions.
Reds. Hollywood tells the tale of American fellow traveller John Reed.
Anastasia. Disney does the Romanovs in animation. Best show this to the littlies in the family.
The USA:
The 1920's was the golden age of Silent film. Be sure to see something from the era.
The Untouchables. Elliot Ness takes on gangsters in prohibition era America.
Al Capone. 1950's film about the gangster.
Bonnie and Clyde. A romanticized look at a particularly nasty bank robbing couple.
Chaplin. Movie about the silent film star's life.
The Cotton Club. The people and the place. A Harlem night club.
The Great Gatsby. Love and life for the privileged few.
They Shoot Horses Don't They. Escapism through dance marathons in the Great Depression.
The Grapes of Wrath. Life among the Depression era drifters. The novel is better though.
Of Mice and Men. Tragic lives in the Depression. Steinbeck's book is better.
Britain & Ireland:
Chariots of Fire. Sport in another age.
To Serve Them All My Days. War vet becomes a teacher and headmaster at an exclusive school.
Gosford Park. Servants and masters in class bound Britain.
Brideshead Revisited. Life and the top of society.
Michael Collins. Life of the Irish revolutionary.
Angela's Ashes. Life at the bottom of the heap in Ireland.