PowerPoint (with 5 slides) and two Word Documents that covers the causes of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71 and the extent to which Bismarck/Prussia, France or wider circumstances were responsible.

Activities include

Quick Quiz on prior learning

• Discussion based activity with stimulus material on why Hohenzollern candidacy was a source of tension between France and Prussia.
• A chronology exercise on the outbreak of the war.
• A source analysis exercise on the Ems Telegram
• Independent work in which students add evidence to the table to support three different interpretations for the cause of the war; Bismarck, France or wider circumstances.
• Plenary discussion on whether the Franco-Prussian War was caused by accident or design.

Designed for the teaching of OCR History Y314 The Development of German Nationalism 1789-1919.
Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

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