Year 9

Topic 6: Snapshots of the USA

Meanwhile elsewhere - Apartheid click here

Nelson Mandela death: The man who destroyed apartheidAfter being jailed for life in 1964, Nelson Mandela became a worldwide symbol of resistance to apartheid. But his opposition to racism had begun many years before.

F.W. de Klerk | Biography, Accomplishments, Nobel Prize, & FactsF.W. de Klerk, politician who as president of South Africa (1989–94) brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country. He and Nelson Mandela jointly received the 1993 Nobel Prize for Peace.

Topic 5: Snapshots of the USA

Meanwhile elsewhere - Berlin Wall click here

Dioramas of Checkpoint Charlie and Fall of Berlin WallVisiting Miniatur Wunderland (famous for its railways and airport) in Hamburg I found 7 fascinating dioramas of the fall of Berlin Wall.

Fall of Berlin Wall: How 1989 reshaped the modern worldThe wave of revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe helped shape the continent for decades to come.

Topic 4: The changing world

Meanwhile elsewhere - Suez Crisis click here

BBC - Learning, The Suez Crisis: The Empire HumiliatedDan Snow explores the Suez Crisis and its disastrous results for the British Empire.

BBC World Service - Witness History, Suez canal invasion 1956In November 1956 Britain and France invaded Egypt - to regain control of the Suez canal

What Was The Suez Crisis?Find out why the Suez Canal in Egypt became the focus for controversial British military action in the 1950s.

Do You Know What Events Led up to the Suez Crisis?

Topic 3: The Holocaust

Meanwhile elsewhere - Cambodia click here

The Cambodian Genocide - United to End Genocide

Topic 2: WW2

Meanwhile elsewhere - Pearl Harbour click here

BBC World Service - Witness History, Pearl HarborAdolph Kuhn remembers the day Japan launched an attack on the American naval base.

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, that was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Just

What Happened At Pearl Harbor?On the morning of 7 December 1941, at 7.55am local time, 183 aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the United States Naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.

Topic 1: From war to peace and back again

Meanwhile elsewhere - The spanish civil war click here

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