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  • topics here are mostly set in chronological order
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EUROPEAN  HISTORY       |      MALTESE  HISTORY

A

 Syllabus for Option Groups - Aims and Assessment Objectives
B Option Groups  Form 3  -  Syllabus   |  Scheme of Work (suggested by Ray Spiteri)
Option Groups  Form 4  -  Syllabus  |    Resources >>>>>
Option Groups  Form 5  -  Syllabus |  see SEC 2009 specimen paper >>>>> |  Resources >>>>>

ESSAYS: See LIST OF ESSAYS suitable for SEC preparation/s -  list prepared by Ray Spiteri    -   See List

EUROPEAN HISTORY

1

 Political People - anarchist, capitalist, communist, reactionary, socialist. DEFINITIONS. (<>)
2 The Renaissance - notes prepared by Ray Spiteri - suitable for History Option Groups Form 3 -
version 1 >>>>>   |   revised version >>>>>
3 The Renaissance Worksheets- see a set of WORKSHEETS prepared by Ray Spiteri - suitable for History Option Groups Form 3    -  see worksheets >>>>>
4 The Renaissance Case Studies - see a set of Case Studies about the Renaissance; prepared by Ray Spiteri M.A. 
version 1 >>>>   |   revised version >>>>>  
5 Take a Quiz about the RENAISSANCE:   Quiz 1   l  Quiz 2   l   Quiz 3   l   Quiz 4  | Play a quiz about the Renaissance with 20 Multiple Choice questions - play>>>>
6 The Discovery of the New World & other Important Voyages:
{A} Early Discoveries in the East & West -  notes  (<>)
{B} Early Discoveries in the East & West - worksheet (<>)
{C} European Overseas Colonization 16th & 17th Cent - notes (<>)
{D} European Overseas Colonization 16th & 17th Cent - worksheet (<>)
{E} Take a Quiz:  Quiz 1  ~  Quiz 2  ~  Quiz 3  ~  Quiz 4
{F} Quiz consisting of twenty multiple choice questions - play>>>>

History Option Form 3 - Age of Discoveries, Colonies and Slave-Trade -  Notes prepared by Mr Ray Spiteri - revised version >>>>>
7 The REFORMATION -
{A} The Catholic Church in the Later Middle Ages - Notes   (<>)
{B} The Catholic Church in the Later Middle Ages - Worksheet (<>)
{C} Martin Luther and the German Reformation - Notes (<>)
{D} Martin Luther and the German Reformation - Worksheet (<>)
{E} The Swiss Reformation and the Rise of Calvinism - Notes (<>)
{F} The Reformation in England - Notes (<>)
{G} The Protestant Reformation in Switzerland & England - Worksheet (<>)
{H} The Catholic Counter-Reformation - Notes (<>)
{I} The Catholic Counter-Reformation - Worksheet (<>) | Quiz
{J} The Reformation Politics & The Wars of Religion: notes & eyewitness accounts that can be used to teach history through sources (<>)
{K} The Present Day - ECUMENISM (<>)
{L} Ir-Riforma Kalvinista - aqra >>>>
{M} Play a Quiz about the REFORMATION - Quiz1 | Quiz2 | Quiz3 | Quiz4 | Play a multiple choice quiz of 20 questions - play>>>>

History Option Form 3 - Notes about the REFORMATION prepared by Mr Ray Spiteri - revised version >>>>>>
The Reformation - politics of the Reformation -  revised version >>>>>
8 The ENLIGHTENMENT -  Notes for teachers and students prepared by Mr Ray Spiteri M.A. Subject Coordinator
version 1>>>>>>     |     revised version >>>>>
9 The Industrial Revolution - a presentation by Franck Testa (in Maltese) (<>)

10

 The French Revolution - various articles and resources edited by Tony Pace (<>)
11 The French Revolution:  Quiz 1  |  Quiz 2  |   Quiz 3  |   Revision Quiz 15 questions
12 Napoleon Bonaparte - his rise to fame (<>)
13 Napoleon Bonaparte - chronology of his life, his rise to power, his campaigns and his downfall downfall. (<>)
14 Quizzes about NAPOLEON BONAPARTE:
  • Napoleon in Italy - (Quiz)
  • Napoleon and the Egyptian Campaign - (Quiz)
  • Napoleon's Rise to Power - (Quiz)
  • The CONSULATE - (Quiz)
  • France Under Napoleon - (Quiz)
  • the Napoleonic Wars - (Quiz)
  • the Continental System - (Quiz)
  • NAPOLEON - 15 Multiple choice questions (Quiz)
15 The Arc de Triomphe and the Duomo of Milan: two monuments that remind us of Napoleon (<>)
16 France after Napoleon:
  • Outline of French History 1814-1871  (read)
  • France after Napoleon (quiz 1)  (quiz 2)
  
  Belgian Independence (<>)
17 1848 Revolutions in Austria-Hungary (<>)

18

 Crimean War - notes compiled by Mr John Mangion (<>)
Crimean War - through MAPS: showing landings and main battles (<>)
19 The Unification of Italy - notes in brief >>>>  ~   notes in detail >>>>  
  Map showing the unification of Italy (<>)
20 The UNIFICATION of GERMANY - in brief (<>)
  The UNIFICATION of GERMANY - more detailed notes (<>)
  BISMARCK - Bismarck's domestic policy after German Unification (<>)

21

 the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78: notes compiled by Mr John Mangion (<>)
  Treaty of San Stefano (January 1878) after the Russo-Turkish War (<>)
22 Treaty of Berlin (July 1878) (<>)

23

 Worksheet complementing work done in connection with Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 and the treaties following the war. (<>)
24 the BALKAN WARS:  read about the Balkans before and after the BALKAN WARS, read about the two Balkan Wars that sparked off the First World War (<>)
25 World War I - 1914-1918  CAUSES (<>)
26 World War I - maps: (a) map before war (b) map after war (c) countries participating in war   
27 World War I - results: The Versailles Peace Conference January-June 1919 - John Mangion (<>)
28 Teaching about the Peace Treaties 1919-20: Sources and Activities - George Calleja (<>)
29 The League of Nations  (<>)
30 Russia and Tsar Nicholas II - the last Tsar (<>)
31 The Russian Revolution of 1917 -  by Mr John Mangion (<>)
32 Italy -  Unification of Italy -  notes in brief (<>)
33 Italian Unification Map - main stages of Italian Unification process (<>)
34 The Rise of Fascism in Italy (<>)
35 The Rise of fascism in Italy - in point form; by Louise Fiott (<>)
36 The Weimar Republic - Germany between the two World Wars: by John Mangion (<>)
37 The Rise of Nazism - Germany between the two World Wars: by John Mangion (<>)
38 The Rise of Nazism - Germany between the two World Wars: points compiled by L Fiott (<>)
39 World War Two - see an animated  presentation about the main battles of World War Two (<>)

Maltese History
1 THE ORDER OF ST JOHN IN MALTA:  (a set of notes and worksheets prepared for History Option Groups Form 3 by Mr Ray Spiteri M.A Subject Coordinator)
  1. The Granting of Malta and Tripoli to the Order | Notes
  2. The Granting of Malta and Tripoli to the Order | Worksheet
  3. The First Years of the Order | Notes
  4. Events leading to the Great Siege | Notes
  5. Early Years of the Order in Malta | Worksheet
  6. Events leading to the Great Siege | Worksheet
  7. The Great Siege of 1565 | Worksheet
  8. The Consequences of the Victory of the Knights in the Great Siege | Notes
  9. The Consequences of the Victory of the Knights in the Great Siege | Worksheet

Early Years of the Order in Malta - revised version >>>>>
2 The Order of St John at Sea: (Notes & Worksheets prepared by Mr Ray Spiteri M.A Subject Coordinator)
  1. The Naval Establishments of the Order  |  Notes  |  Worksheet  |  Other notes by Winston Zammit
  2. The Corso  |  Notes  |  Worksheet

The Order as a Seafaring Force -  revised version >>>>>
3 The Order of St John: PROJECTS
{A} The Building of Valletta and the Three Cities -  Notes  |  Worksheet
{B} The Restoration of Mdina - Notes | Worksheet

Projects of the Knights in Malta - revised version >>>>>
4 The Decline of the Order:
{A} The Rising of the Priests - Notes | Worksheet
{B} The Effects of the French Revolution - Notes | Worksheet 1  |  Worksheet 2

Decline of the Order - revised version >>>>>>
5 The Maltese Inquisition:
{A} The Inquisition 1575 - 1798:   Notes  |  Worksheet
{B} Life in Proisons - Notes | Worksheet
{C} The Inquisition - Case Studies

The Inquisition in Malta - revised version >>>>>

6 The French in Malta:
{A} Invasion and Capitulation | Notes
{B} French Administration of Malta |  Notes
{C} The French Blockade |  Notes
{D} Malta under the French |  Worksheet

The French Invasion and Administration of Malta - revised version >>>>>
7 Early British Rule in Malta:
{A} Early British Rule -  Notes  |  Main Events  |  Worksheet
{B} Alexander Ball's Rule -  Notes
{C} Hildebrand Oaks and the Royal Commission 1811-12  -   Notes
{D} British Rule 1800-1813  -  Worksheet
{E} The Plague of 1813 - Notes |  Worksheet
{F} Thomas Maitland's Rule - Notes  |  Worksheet

Early British Rule in Malta -  revised version >>>>>
8 Economic and Social Issues 19th century -  Quiz A: Population and Emigration Quiz
Economic and Social Issues 19th century -  Quiz B: Settlements Quiz
Economic and Social Issues 19th century - Quiz C: Transport Quiz
9 Malta as a Naval Base and the Development of the Dockyard Notes
10 Economic and Social Issues during the 19th century: transport, health, settlements, education, etc.. Notes
11 Malta 1798 - 2004: by Winston L Zammit (<>)
12 Malta fl-1770: minn Winston L Zammit (<>)
13 Malta in the XVIIIth Century: Quiz
14 Spejjeż ta' l-Ordni: paragun bejn is-sena 1779  u 1785 (<>)
15 Il-Granmastru Ximenes (1773-75) u l-Irvell tal-Qassisin (<>)
16 Ximenes: Quiz
17 The Rising of the Priests: Quiz
18 The Economic Situation during the Reign of De Rohan: Quiz
19 The French Coming to Malta: Quiz
20 The French land in Malta: Quiz
21 Thomas Maitland - the first governor of Colonial Malta -Quiz A     |  Quiz B
22 Constitutional Development 1800-1900   -   Quiz A    |    Quiz B
23 Church - State Relations 1800-1900 (<>)
24 Ekonomija Maltija - mill-Kavallieri sal-lum  -  noti (<>)
25 L-Immunità Ekkleżjastika - l-istorja ta' l-irħama NON GODE.. mal-knejjes tal-kampanja: artiklu fuq riċerka ta' Guido Lafranco (<>)
26 L-Unifikazzjoni ta' l-Italja u l-Maltin - aqra essay ta' Mariana Grech li tattendi Liceo Maria Regina l-Blata l-Bajda  (<>)
27 Il-Kwistoni tal-Lingwa - ara artiklu ta' Winston Zammit M.A (<>)
18 Emigrazzjoni tal-Maltin fis-Seklu 19 - essay ta' Laura Calleja (<>)

Power-Point Presentation for students taking History as an optional subject as from Form 3 - prepared by Mr Ray Spiteri (<>)