A LEVEL HISTORY
Summer Task 2015
Deadline : Tuesday 6th September
Overview: Germany Task (Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany 1919-63)
= Research & Understanding
In May 1945 the Nazis surrendered unconditionally to the Allies.
1. Explain why the Nazis lost the Second World War – complete this as a
powerpoint of no more than 6 slides. Be prepared to present it to the
class and to print off one copy for CP to assess.
2. How do you think Germany should have been punished for starting the
Second World War? Bear in mind the problems created in 1919. Write
no more than 500 words.
Further Reading Books for History A Level
Germany 1919-1963
Factual
Alan Bullock – Hitler: A Study in Tyranny [a good basic introduction to the rise
and rule of the Nazis]
Joachim Fest – The Face of the Third Reich [pen portraits of the leading Nazis]
Ian Kershaw – The Hitler Myth: Image and Reality in the Third Reich [a new
view on the Nazi regime by the leading expert]
Anna Funder – Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall [stories from
inside East Germany and its secret police]
Fiction
Markus Zusak – The Book Thief
Binjamin Wilkomirski – Fragments
John Boyne – The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Autobiography
Albert Speer – Inside the Third Reich [autobiography of Hitler’s friend and
architect]
Cioma Shonhaus - The Forger
Primo Levi – If This Is A Man
Elie Wiesel – Night
Zvi Kolitz – Yosl Rakover Talks To God [good for those doing Philosophy too]
The Early Stuarts and the Origins of the Civil War 1603–1660
The unit you will be studying for British History in Y12 is The Early Stuarts and
the Origins of the Civil War 1603–1660.
This summer induction task has been designed to help you demonstrate and
develop some of the essential skills you will need for the study of A Level
History.
Assessment Objective:
(what skills will you
demonstrate)
 Interpretation of source
material
 Conduct independent
research on a new topic
 Using different types of
source material to
support an extended
written answer
Outcome:
(what will you have
produced/learnt at the end of it)
 A greater depth of 17th
Century vocabulary
 Annotated set of sources
which show how your 17th
century literacy skills have
developed
 Modern day
interpretations of the
sources which show that
you have understood the
context of each source
 An extended written
answer which uses source
material to support
conclusions
“SPEAK LIKE A STUART”
RATIONALE:
The purpose of this is to simply get you used to how people spoke in the 1600s.
In your exam you will have lots of contemporary (from the time) sources and
unless you spend time getting used to the language, you may struggle to
understand them. It’s time to get 17th Century literate!!
To complete Part A of the summer task complete the following activities listed
below. The timings for each activity are approximate, but it is expected that
this is the MINIMUM length of time you will spend completing it.
1. Read through the TEN sources included in the ‘Speak like a Stuart’
source pack. Highlight or underline ANY word that you do not
understand; either in terms of its meaning OR the context it is set in.
(30 minutes)
2. Now go back through the sources and find the meanings of the words
you have highlighted. You can ‘google’ these, but may also find it useful
to have a dictionary to hand. Annotate your sources to show that you
have found its meaning. (30 minutes)
3. Now, to prove that you have developed your 17th Century literacy skills,
convert each source into modern day language. You must use the
@Stuartspeak #Igetit sheet provided! Convert each source into a single
Tweet, no more than 140 characters long. This means you need to
summarise and condense the information of each source! (30 minutes)
4. Now, using the source material in the pack and any additional research
of your own (you may use the links provided below if you wish) write an
answer to the following question: (1 hour)
WHAT IMPRESSION DO YOU GET ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF MAN OLIVER
CROMWELL WAS? Use the sources and any other information of your own to
write your answer.
Useful Websites for essay question:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqi0Wd68Mio (Timelines TV video)
http://www.olivercromwell.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zttpsbk
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-big-question-wascromwell-a-revolutionary-hero-or-a-genocidal-war-criminal-917996.html
http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/uk/cromwell/background/crombackgro
und.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/cromwell_01.shtml
Speak like a Stuart: Source Pack
Source A: Cromwell to Elizabeth St John, wife of Oliver St John, 13 October 1638
To honour my God by declaring what He hath done for my soul, in this I am confident ...
Truly, then, this I find: that he giveth springs in a dry and barren wilderness where no
water is ... God had mercy on me. Oh the riches of His mercy.
Source B: Cromwell to Colonel Valentine Walton, 5 July 1644
[The battle of Marston Moor] had all the evidences of an absolute victory obtained by
the Lord's blessing upon the godly party ... We never charged but we routed the enemy
... God made them as stubble to our swords ... Give glory, all the glory, to God.
Source C: Cromwell to Robert Hammond, 25 November 1648
We have not been without our share of beholding some remarkable providences, and
appearances of the Lord ... Let us look into providences; surely they mean somewhat.
They hang so together; have been so constant, so clear and unclouded.
Source D: Cromwell to Barebone's Parliament, 4 July 1653
Truly God hath called you to this work by, I think, as wonderful providences as ever
passed upon the sons of men in so short a time ... It's come therefore to you by way of
necessity; by the wise providence of God ... Therefore, own your call!
Source E: Cromwell to the first Protectorate Parliament, 22 January 1655
It is my duty to God and the people of these nations ... to tell you that it is not for the
profit of these nations, nor fit for the common and public good, for you to continue here
any longer.
Source F: Richard Overton, The Hunting of the Foxes (1649)
You shall scarce speak to Cromwell about any thing, but he will lay his hand on his breast,
elevate his eyes, and call God to record, he will weep, howl and repent, even while he
doth smite you under the first rib.
Source G: Cromwell's Instructions to the Major-Generals, October 1655
Encourage and promote godliness and virtue, and discourage and discountenance all
profaneness and ungodliness ... enforce the laws against drunkenness, blaspheming and
taking of the name of God in vain, by swearing and cursing, plays and interludes, and
profaning the Lord's Day, and such-like wickedness and abominations.
Source H: Cromwell to the first Protectorate Parliament, 4 September 1654
A nobleman, a gentleman, a yeoman; the distinction of these, that is a good interest of
the nation, and a great one.
Source I: Cromwell to the representatives of the second Protectorate Parliament, 13 April
1657
Truly the Providence of God hath laid aside this title of King providentially de facto; ...
God hath seemed providentially, seemed to appear as a Providence, not only to strike at
the Family but at the Name ... God hath blasted the very Title ... I will not seek to set up
that which Providence hath destroyed and laid in the dust, and I would not build Jericho
again.
Source J: Cromwell to the representatives of the second Protectorate Parliament, 3 April
1657
If anyone whatsoever think the interest of Christians and the interest of the nation
inconsistent, or two different things, I wish my soul may never enter into their secrets ...
And upon these two interests, if God shall account me worthy, I shall live and die.
@Stuartspeak #Igetit
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SOURCE B:@Stuartspeak
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