Key Questions |
Activities |
Resources |
What was the Spanish Civil War? An
introduction. |
What is the link between the following 4
sources?
Make an electronic copy of the summary diagram in
Knight page 7. Read pages 1-6 filling in the detailed content as you
go.
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Source 1,
Source 2,
Source
3 and Source 4.
More about the anthem Cara
al Sol
Patricia Knight - The Spanish Civil
War Chapter 1.
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on this topic
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What was Spain like before the Civil
War?
How successful was the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera? (Higher
Level only) |
Make a electronic copy of the summary diagram in
Knight page 26. Read 8-25 filling the detailed content as you go
using both textbooks. |
Patricia Knight - The Spanish Civil
War Chapter 2.
Andrew Forrest - The Spanish Civil War (Chapter 1 esp. 3-6)
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What were the long-term causes of the
Spanish Civil War? |
Read the relevant sections of the
textbooks and compile a table that explain the
long-term causes of the
war. |
Knight Chapter 2.
Farmer 183-184.
Culpin and Henig
221-225.
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What were the short-term causes of the Spanish Civil
War? an alternative way phasing this question is to ask 'why did the
Second Republic of 1931 fail?'.
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An essay plan on
the failure of the
Second Republic.
You also need to explain the failure of the
attempted military coup in 1936. If Franco had been successful there
would not have been a civil war. Make a electronic copy of the summary diagram in
Knight pages 8-25 filling the detailed content as you go.
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Knight Chapter 3.
Farmer 183-184.
Culpin and Henig
226-229.
Forrest The Spanish Civil War chapter 2.
Chapter 3 of Forrest deals with the question of the military
uprising.
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How was the war fought and what was its
impact on the Spanish people? |
This is a key section because the way the
war was fought marked a turning point in 20th century warfare. The
most obvious focus point is Guernica.
Watch the film: Land and
Freedom
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Farmer 183-184. Culpin and Henig 229-236.
Forrest Chapters 4 and 5
Spanish Civil War: Literature, Art and
Cinema.
Ken Loach's Land and Freedom (Library)
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Why did the Nationalists win? |
There are two aspects to this
question: the relative strengths
and weaknesses of the Nationalists and Republicans and the
importance of foreign intervention. |
Farmer 190-193. Culpin and Henig 229-235. Forrest 56-62,
73-78.
'Did the Nationalists win, or Republicans lose the Spanish Civil
War?' Forrest (112-114)
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