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HTA Modern History Study Guide (2nd Edition) Editor Paul Kiem 2007 - Authors: Tom Cantwell, Beatriz Cartlidge, Daryl Le Cornu, Albert Marchetto, David Martin, Denis Mootz, Pamela Panczyk, Michael Pyne, Ken Webb 332 pages, HTANSW 2007 ISBN: 97808540361

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The HTA Modern History Study Guide (2nd edition) is written specifically for the NSW Modern History HSC syllabus first examined in 2006.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: World War I 1914-1919
Introduction and Background
Chronology
Topic Outline
1. War on the Western Front
2. The Home Fronts in Britain and Germany
3. Turning Points
4. Allied Victory
Resource List

Chapter 2: Germany 1918-1939
Introduction and Background
Key Features and Issues
Chronology
Topic Outline
1. The Weimar Republic
2. The Rise of the Nazi Party
3. Nazism in Power
4. Nazi Foreign Policy
Resource list

Chapter 3: Russia/Soviet Union 1917-1941
Introduction and Background
Chronology
Key Features and Issues
Topic Outline
1. Bolshevik Consolidation of Power
2. Stalin's Rise to Power
3. The Soviet State Under Stalin
4. Soviet Foreign Policy
Resource List

Chapter 4: China 1927-1949
Introduction and Background
Key Features and Issues
Chronology
Topic Outline
1. The Nationalist Decade 1927-1937
2. The Rise of Mao Zedong
3. Resistance to Japan
4. Triumph of the Chinese Communist Party
Resource List

Chapter 5: USA 1919-1941
Introduction and Background
Chronology
Key Features and Issues
Topic Outline
1. Politics in the 1920s
2. The Great Depression
3. US Society 1919-1941
4. US Foreign Policy
Resource List

Chapter 6: The Cold War 1945-1991
Introduction and Background
Chronology
Key Features and Issues
Topic Outline
1. The Origins of the Cold War 1945-1953
2. Development of the Cold War to 1968
3. Détente
4. Renewal and End of the Cold War
Resource List

Chapter 7: Arab-Israeli Conflict 1949-1996
Introduction and Background
Chronology
Key Features and Issues
Topic Outline
1. Origins of Tension
2. War and Peace
3. The Occupied Territories and Lebanon
4. The Peace Process
Resource List

Chapter 8: Conflict in Indochina 1954-1979
Introduction and Background
Chronology
Key Features and Issues
Topic Outline
1. Indochina After the French
2. The USA and Indochina
3. The Second Indochina War
4. Pol Pot's Regime
Resource List

Chapter 9: Conflict in the Pacific 1937-1951
Introduction and Background
Chronology
Key Features and Issues
Topic Outline
1. Growth of Pacific Tensions
2. Course of the Pacific War
3. Civilians at War
4. End of the Conflict
Resource List

Chapter 10: Conflict in Europe 1935-1945
Introduction and Background
Chronology
Key Features and Issues
Topic Outline
1. Growth of European Tensions
2. Course of the European War
3. Civilians at War
4. End of the Conflict
Resource List

Chapter 11: Personalities in the 20th Century
Ho Chi Minh
Leni Riefenstahl
Albert Speer
Sun Yixian (Sun Yat Sen)
Zhu De (Chu Teh)
Yasser Arafat
J Edgar Hoover
William Randolf Hearst
Alexandra Kollontai
Leon Trotsky

Chapter 12: Exam Questions
Exam Advice
Exam Questions
Sample Answers

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Contributor Details

Paul Kiem teaches History at Trinity Catholic College, Auburn. He is author of Chapter 9 Conflict in the Pacific 1937-1951, Chapter 10 Exam Questions and edited the HTA Modern History Study Guide.

Dr Tom Cantwell teaches History at St Patrick's College Sutherland and writes and speaks extensively on Modern History topics. He is the author of Chapter 8 Conflict in Indochina 1954-1979.

Beatriz Cartlidge is Head of History at St Catherine's School Waverley. She is author of Chapter 6 The Cold War 1945-1991.

Dr Daryl Le Cornu is Head Teacher of HSIE at Mount Annan High School He is the author of Chapter 4 China 1927-1949 and contributed to profiles of Sun Yat-Sen and Zhe De to Chapter 11.

Albert Marchetto is a former Board of Studies History Inspector and recently retired as Head Teacher of History at Normanhurst Boys' High School. He is author of Chapter 3 Russia/Soviet Union 1917-1941 and contributed the profiles of Alexandra Kollontai and Leon Trotsky to Chapter 11.

Dr David Martin teaches History at Sydney Grammar. He is author of Chapter 2 Germany 1918-1939 and contributed the profiles of Ho Chi Minh, Albert Speer and Leni Riefenstahl to Chapter 11.

Denis Mootz is Head Teacher of History at Randwick Girls' High School and lectures in History Method at the University of NSW. He is author of Chapter 1 World War I 1914-1919.

Pam Panczyk is Head Teacher of History at Jamison High School and President of the History Teachers' Association of NSW. She is author of Chapter 7 The Arab-Israeli Conflict 1948-1996.

Michael Pyne is recently retired as Head Teacher of History at Nepean High School. He is the author of Chapter 5 USA 1919-1941 and contributed the profiles of J Edgar Hoover, William Randolf Hearst and Yasser Arafat to Chapter 11.

Ken Webb teaches History at Pymble Ladies' College and writes and speaks extensively on Modern History topics. He is the author of Chapter 10 Conflict in Europe 1935-1945.

 

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