World Wars explanation | Time period 9 Canon of the Netherlands | Group 7/8 – Class 1

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World Wars is period 9 of the Canon of the Netherlands — the period from 1900 to 1950, during which the world was torn apart by war twice. Explanation for Group 7, Group 8, and Year 1 of secondary school.

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In this period, the world is torn apart by war twice. The First
World War lays the foundation for the economic crisis of 1929, which in turn makes the rise of Hitler and National Socialism possible.

The Second World War results in the Holocaust and the Cold War. In this video you will learn:

✅ What the causes of the First World War were
✅ How the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union came into being
✅ What caused the economic crisis of 1929
✅ How Hitler and National Socialism came to power
✅ How the persecution of the Jews unfolded
✅ How the Second World War ended and Europe was divided
✅ What the Cold War entailed (capitalism vs. communism)
✅ Why the United Nations was founded

⏱️ Timestamps:
0:01 Introduction: World Wars
0:17 The causes of the First World War
0:58 The Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union
1:49 The economic crisis and its consequences
2:12 The rise of Hitler and National Socialism
2:54 The persecution of the Jews
3:47 The end of the Second World War and the division of Europe
4:06 Capitalism versus communism (Cold War)
4:54 The founding of the United Nations

📚 Suitable for: Group 7, Group 8, Year 1 HAVO/VWO/VMBO
🎯 Time Period 9 – Canon of the Netherlands

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Attribution:
With thanks to the authors of the Barbaar Educatie website http://www.barbaareducatie.nl/millo/ and the authors of the Canon of the Netherlands website https://www.canonvannederland.nl/ for their permission to use their visual material.

All images in the video have been used in accordance with the agreements of the Copyright Act & Education http://www.onderwijsenauteursrecht.nl/