PowerPoint (with 9 slides) and two Word Documents that covers the main events of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 and the reasons Prussia/Germany was victorious.

Activities include

• Quick Quiz on prior learning
• Source analysis exercise on the nature of the French mobilisation
• Matching exercise on the attitudes of other European powers to the conflict.
• Reading, comprehension and highlighting exercise on a narrative of the conflict.
• Matching exercise on the key battles of the war to emphasis key information.
• Cardsort activity to identify factors in Prussian/German victory
• Ranking activity of the factors that have been identified.
• Plenary discussion on the extent to which Prussia won the war or whether France lost it.
• Source analysis exercise on the extent of German unity during the conflict.
• Synopsis exercise of a historian’s view to aid exam skills for the Interpretations question.

Designed for the teaching of OCR History Y314 The Development of German Nationalism 1789-1919.
Lesson Length: 2hrs depending on pace.

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