PowerPoint (with 6 slides) and two Word Documents that covers the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War including the establishment of the Second Reich at Versailles in 1871 and the Treaty of Frankfurt that ended the war.

Activities include

• Quick Quiz on prior learning
• Highlighting activity on evidence of German unity and division in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War.
• Source analysis task on the extent of unity at the ceremony that took place at Versailles.
• Source based discussion exercise on the long term consequences of the war for Franco-German relations.
• Interpretation of a historian’s argument to establish the consequences of the Franco-Prussian War on the nature of German nationalism.
• Summative comparison exercise with table on the Seven Weeks War and the Franco-Prussian War to identify continuity and change.

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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