Tangaroa College History

2011-06-06T18:09:00.001-07:00

I want to share an awesome series of links about Russian history suitable for all 2.1/2.2 projects from Bucknell University.

Royals and Revolutionaries: A Research Project Odyssey

2011-05-16T14:28:00.001-07:00

Year 12 students are now working on a research project using two assessments, 2.1 and 2.2, that will be worth eight credits. The focus of the research will be on an important figure involved in the revolutions of 1917 in Russia. Students may research Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, Rasputin, Lenin, or Leon Trotsky.

Students will then report the key historical information about their subject and how they influenced and were influenced by the March Revolution and/ or November Revolution of 1917. Students will write a script of an interview involving their research subject with the purpose of showing their actions and perspectives about these events.

Below are some links relevant to this project.

General historical research links:

There are guidelines and questions that any historian needs to ask in order to conduct a successful research project.

This is a great database and starting place for most historical research.

Russian History sites:

This has dozens of links to primary and secondary sources about Russian history. You may find information about individual figures like Nicholas II, events like the February-March Revolution, or political parties like the Bolsheviks.

Nicholas II and Alexandra and the Romanov dynasty links are here. There are also links to Rasputin's involvement with the Tsaritsa Alexandra here.

There are many secondary and some primary links about Rasputin.

Here a various biographical works and interviews of Lenin.

Here is a positive historical view of Lenin by a British scholar.

This interview with Richard Pipes, one of the leading Russian historians, gives more insight into Lenin's views and actions.

This transcript of a documentary about the Russian Revolution and Lenin's role has some useful information from important historians.

This website collects writing and speeches by Leon Trotsky, as well as numerous accounts of the Russian Revolution.

This is biographical site about Trotsky.

What is history?

2011-02-05T23:25:00.000-08:00

History explains who we are and how our society got here. Another way to look at history is that it helps us to understand other cultures and the world we live in. Finally, history also teaches us a set of skills that helps us to find out information and judge what is true and what is false. History is also a lot of fun!

Here is a short film about the history of the Haka.

After viewing the short film, write one paragraph explaining where the Haka comes from and what it means to Aotearoa. Post your paragraph in the comments section below.

Next is a history skills module from Durham University that helps understand some basic concepts about history.

Work through this website and complete the questions on the module worksheet.

Nazi Propaganda Links

2009-06-21T00:26:00.000-07:00

Here is a vast collection of primary sources of Nazi propaganda.

Another rich source of primary and secondary source information for Nazi propaganda is provided by this link from the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum website.

This extract from "Mein Kampf" provides Adolf Hitler's view of the value of propaganda.

Here is some information about Führerprinzip, German for "leader principle." This was belief was a major part of Nazi ideology and promoted heavily by Nazi propaganda.

2.1 and 2.2 Research Assessments- Nazi Propaganda

2009-06-20T23:41:00.000-07:00

We are currently working on the 2.1 and 2.2 research assessments (90465 and 90466) that judge a student's ability to conduct an inquiry of an historical topic and communicate the key information from their research. These two assessments are worth a total of 8 credits. 2.1 is due on Friday, July 24th and 2.2 is due Friday, August 14th. The focus of this research is on Nazi propaganda in 1920's and 1930's. This coincides with our unit on Weimar Germany and the Nazi State.

There are three assignments for 2.1. The first assignment is planning the inquiry project. Students must choose a specific topic, write at least three focusing questions, consider possible sources for their project and make a personal timetable.

The second assignment of the assessment is the collection and organization of evidence for the research. Students must collect at least three different sources for each focusing question. What do you do with these sources?

* Accurately record the source details.
* Organize the selected evidence to go with each focusing question in the folder.
* Highlight, or underline relevant information you will use from text.
* Include notes on your interpretation of any visual sources.
* Complete summary of information worksheet for each focusing question.

The last assignment for 2.1 is the evaluation of the inquiry process. In the coming weeks, I will include more specific information about the tasks involved with 2.2.

Viva Rasputin! Mad links for the Mad Monk!

2007-05-15T15:04:00.000-07:00

Since you can't have enough crazy people in history, I found a nice link to all kinds of resources about our favourite mad monk, Rasputin. Enjoy!

Rasputin Links

Historical Sources- Borscht, Bolsheviks and Blood!

2006-03-16T01:08:00.000-08:00

Our Level 2 History class at Tangaroa College is currently studying the history of the Russian Revolution. We are in the middle of their first big credit frenzy of the year with the 2.1 and 2.1 research assessments. Students have a choice of researching one of the major figures in the Russian Revolution like Nicholas II, or Lenin and producing a short biographical pamphlet that relates them to the main historical themes of the topic. One of the requirements for the project is for students to find at least three primary sources they can use for their research. A primary source is not a teacher, or historian writing about something that happened in the past. Think of a primary source as evidence collected from people directly involved in the events.

As a service to my wonderful and busy students, here are some links to primary and secondary sources for this topic. Watch this space for updates!

http://www.alexanderpalace.org/

http://it.stlawu.edu/~rkreuzer/imprus/rushist.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/txtindex.htm

Welcome to the Tangaroa College History Blog

2006-03-15T23:19:00.000-08:00

"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon."
-Napoleon Bonaparte

"'History," Stephen said, "is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.'"
-James Joyce

"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."
-George Orwell

"History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it."
-Winston Churchill

Welcome to the Tangaroa College History blog. This is not an official resource of the school, but it is intended to be a source of information for students. As you can see, I don't take a lot of these pretentious quotes about history seriously. Check this out:

"History is both the story of how we got here and set of tools to help you think and make your way in the world. Nothing more, nothing less."
-Brent Ericson

See? Anybody can come up with this stuff. Instead of boring you, I would rather make this a useful resource. I am going to use this space on the internet to give students some useful links, articles and loads of ridiculous pictures. Hope you enjoy.