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Year 8: Half-Term 1 – Edwardian Britain: Answer Booklet

Homework set - week beginning

Homework due - week beginning

Task

1 – 11/09/2017 1 – 18/09/2017 Spelling Test2 – 18/09/2017 2 – 25/09/2017 Quiz Revision

3 – 25/09/2017 3 – 02/10/2017Know the

Individual/Event

4 – 02/10/2017 4 – 09/10/2017 Spelling Test5 – 09/10/2017 5 – 16/10/2017 Quiz Revision

6 – 16/10/2017 6 – 30/10/2017 Homework Menu

Week 1: Spelling Test

Use the ‘Look, Cover, Say, Write, Check’ method to learn these spellings ready for a spellings test next lesson. There will be bonus positive points if you are able to remember what each word means – you do not need to remember each word by word, you may summarise*.

Artefact - an object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.

Captain - the person in command of a ship.

Edwardian - relating to or characteristic of the reign of King Edward VII.

Government - the group of people with the authority to govern a country or state.

Iceberg - a large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea.

Microcosm - a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristics of something much larger.

Poverty - the state of being extremely poor.

Servant - a person who performs duties for others, especially a person employed in a house on domestic duties or as a personal attendant.

Technology - machinery and devices developed from scientific knowledge.

White-Star Line - a prominent British shipping company.

*Summarise – Break down an idea into its main points and put into your own words.

Week 2: Quiz Revision – The Titanic – read the questions and learn the answers.

1. What events made the 20th century so different from any other? (give 2 examples) Sinking of the Titanic, Campaign for women’s rights, Two World Wars, Dropping of the Atomic

Bomb and 1st man on the moon

2. Name two of the famous individuals form the 20th century. Martin Luther King, Jr., Emily Davison, Adolf Hitler, Marilyn Monroe, Al Capone

3. Who was King at the start of the 20th century? Edward VII

4. When did he die? 6th May 1910

5. Where was the Titanic built? Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast

6. Where in Britain did the Titanic leave on its maiden voyage? Southampton, 10th April 1912

7. What two stops did the Titanic make before heading on to its final destination? Cherbourg, France and Queenstown, Ireland

8. How many people were aboard the Titanic? 2, 208

9. Where was the Titanic heading when it collided with the Iceberg? New York

10. What was the date the Titanic sank? Between 14th April, 1912 and the early hours of the 15th April, 1912

Week 3: Know the individual and events that shaped the 20th century

You have 16 famous individuals or events that shaped the 20 th century. You will need to learn who or what they are ready for a class quiz next week. Remember to use different methods to learn them – try getting a friend or family member to cover the name and test you or look at the name of the individual or event and describe the image. Make sure you try lots of different methods to see which works for you.

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. 2. My Lai Massacre 3. President JFK 4. First World War

5. Hiroshima 6. Adolf Hitler 7. Emily Davison 8. The Titanic

9. Alphonse Capone 10. Mahatma Ghandi 11. The Second World War 12. The Russian Revolution

13. The Moon Landing 14. The Beetles 15. Marilyn Monroe 16. 9/11 – New York

Week 4: Spelling Test

Use the ‘Look, Cover, Say, Write, Check’ method to learn these spellings ready for a spellings test next lesson. There will be bonus positive points if you are able to remember what each word means – you do not need to remember each word by word, you may summarise*.

Ballot - a system of voting secretly and in writing on a particular issue.

Fanatic - a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, especially for an extreme religious or political cause.

Martyr - a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.

Parliament - (in the UK) the highest legislature (able to make laws), consisting of the Sovereign (King or Queen), the House of Lords, and the House of Commons,

Protest - an organized public demonstration expressing strong objection to an official policy or course of action.

Suffrage - the right to vote in political elections.

Suffragette - a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest.

Suffragist - a person advocating the extension of suffrage, especially to women.

Tactics - an action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end.

Women’s Rights - rights that promote a position of legal and social equality of women with men.

*Summarise – Break down an idea into its main points and put into your own words.

Week 5: Quiz Revision – Suffrage – read the questions and learn the answers.

1. What does the word ‘suffrage’ mean? The right to vote in political elections

2. What did the Women’s Suffrage Movement want to achieve? The right for women to have the vote

3. Who started the suffragette movement? Emmeline Pankhurst, 1903

4. What tactics did suffragettes use to make their point? (give two examples) Chained themselves railings, disrupted public meetings, damaging public property

5. What tactics did suffragists use to make their point? (give two examples) Non-violent demonstrations, petitions, writing letters to MPs

6. What does W.S.P.U stand for? The Women’s Social and Political Union

7. When suffragettes were arrested what was a common tactic to get out of prison? Many women would go on hunger strike to force an early release

8. Where was Emily Davison educated? Why was this unusual? Royal Holloway College and Oxford University – It was unusual for a women to be so well

educated especially at university level

9. Where and how did Emily Davison die? Epsom, 4th June 1913 when the King’s horse collided with her at the Epsom Derby – she

died 4 days later

10. What items were found on Emily Davison the day she died? 2 WSPU flags, Race card, Ticket to a suffragette dance, Return train ticket to Victoria

Station

Week 6: Homework Menu