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PRESENTATION TOPICS FORSECOND HALF OF SEMESTER

15 minutes maximum (that means 4-5 slides! no death by PowerPoint please)Provide and illustrate three (3) main points; must be easy for your colleagues toremember; use visuals, multimedia; make it entertaining; where appropriate,provide comparisons with other periods/personalities/topics we have covered thissemester

HISTORY IN SCHOOLS SHOULD NOT BE ABOUT MEMORIZINGFACTS, BUT ABOUT

HISTORICAL INVESTIGATIONAND INQUIRY SKILLS

Those who give a presentation need not take the quiz in Week 12

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Suggested topics:

TUE, 2 Feb:1. Who was Bismarck? What was his personal story? What was his role in the

unification of Germany?

THU, 4 Feb:1. Who was Garibaldi? What was his personal story? What was his role in the

unification of Italy?2. The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867; summarize, BRIEFLY, its content

and meaning, as well as its effect on Slavic peoples living in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (some additional/online research may be required)

TUE, 9 Feb:1. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905; Russias Bloody Sunday, 19052. Russia in Asia: Siberia in the 19th century3. Rasputin a mystical figure (some additional/online research may be required)

THU, 11 Feb:1. European colonialism in Africa in the late 19th century BRIEFLY summarize,

contrast with situation in Malaya at the time2. Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 and its ramifications for the present

TUE, 16 Feb:1. A brief introduction to the Balkans

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2. Sarajevo 1914, and again 1992-1995: What happened?

THU, 18 Feb:1. Introduce the British King, German Emperor and Russian Czar during WWI;

what was their common family history?

2. New military technology in WWI: Verdun 1916

TUE, 23 Feb:1. Lenin and his ideology; who were the Bolsheviks?2. February 1917; provisional government; October 19173. Why did the October Revolution take place in November?

THU, 25 Feb:1. Explain the evolution of Russia to Soviet Russia to Soviet Union (USSR). How

many republics became members of USSR, and which were they?2. Stalin: his personal story

TUE, 2 March:1. Italian corporatism and Fascism; also, what about Italian Fascists in 2010?2. Hitler: His personal story3. The Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis

THU, 4 March:1. Hitlers inner circle: Goebbels, Goering

(additional/online research may be required)2. Nazi art and architecture; 1936 Berlin Olympics; filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl

and her legacy(additional/online research may be required)

3. The Nazis Jewish problem

TUE, 9 March:1. Compare the military conflict in WWII with WWI and with Napoleonic wars2. The Battle of Dunkirk

THU, 11 March:1. The Battle of Stalingrad; Hitlers vs. Napoleons Russian adventure2. The Warsaw Uprising3. Outline the end of WWII in Asia/Malaya

TUE, 16 March:1. NATO vs. Warsaw Pact2. USSR / eastern Europe after Stalin (1953--)3. 1960: The Year of Africa; contrast with Malaysias 1957 Independence

THU, 18 March:1. Berlin Wall: 1961-19902. How the Cold War affected Asia