October 14, 2004
Global History 3 - Group Presentations Project
Group Presentations on the Causes
and Results of
Revolutions in the 20th Century
Introduction
For the last
couple of weeks we have been studying revolutions of the
18th and 19th centuries. The revolutions under study were historically
specific significant revolutions. Now, I'd like to us to study revolutions
in a more general way - to determine what causes revolutions and what are the
results of revolutions.
Secondly, I'd like us to investigate a specific 20th century revolution and find
out the specific causes, results and history of that experience.
Task
Part I
Study revolutions to find an understanding of the following questions:
1.
What is a revolution?
2. Who makes revolutions?
3. Why do
revolutions occur? What makes a state
vulnerable to revolution?
4. What are the
characteristic historical
phases in the "life" of a revolution?
5.
What do revolutions produce?
Part 2
Choose from among the following revolutions of the 20th century and write a descriptive essay of the revolution that is assisted by your study of the questions in Part I.
Mexican
Revolution, 1910;
Russian Revolution, 1917;
Spanish Civil War (Revolution), 1936;
Cuban Revolution, 1959;
Chinese Revolution,1949;
Iranian Revolution, 1978.
Process
Each individual in the group will work
towards the completion of the project work.
Each individual in the group will orally present a part of the group's work.
Don't read from a written script. Know your material so you can talk to the class about your work rather than reading a prepared script
or reading from a Powerpoint slide. A grade for
the
oral presentation will be given to each individual.
The group will develop a MS
PowerPoint presentation or will create a website to demonstrate their work.
Each group member will hand
in a written paper that completes
Part I and Part 2 of the task.
The
written work grade - for each member of
the group - will be the average grade of the handed in
written work
of the group members.
Document
your research.
Cite all materials that you obtain and use in your
paper from books, multimedia and internet sources.
The written paper should be about 6 pages in length. Double- space the paper and use a 12 point font.
The group work should be completed by
Friday, November 5, 2004.
Group presentations begin Friday, November 5, 2004.
Web Site Example Citation
Author name [if given]. Title of Web page. Date
updated/posted on Internet. <URL address>.
Dawe, James. The Jane Austen Page. 27 Oct. 1999
<http://jamesdawe.com/austen.html>.
{ For more examples, see
Mt.
Ararat High School Reference Paper Stylesheet, v 5.6
Resources on Revolutions
Goldstone, Jack A. Revolutions, Thomson/Wadsworth, 3rd edition, 2003.
Skocpol, Theda Social Revolutions in the Modern World
Halliday, Fred "The Iranian Revolution in Comparative Perspective"
from Halliday,
Islam and the Myth of Confrontation, pp. 42-75
Spanish Civil War
Guernica - Picasso
The Chinese Revolution - Mao Zedong
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution
Sources of the Iranian Revolution