Revolutions Resources

REVOLUTIONS RESOURCES VCAA Website http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/history/revolutions/revolutionindex.html http://vcehistory.info/ Required texts Revolution: France – Fenwick and Anderson Revolution: China- McDonald. Supplementary texts and study resources The Leading Edge: Revolutions History: French Revolution (Cambridge Checkpoints) History: Chinese Revolution (Cambridge Checkpoints) The Days of the French Revolution – Christopher Hibbert Revolutions resources: Library French: 944 The Crowd in the French Revolution: George Rude 944.04 RUD The French Revolution: Luxardo 944.04 LUX A Documentary Survey of the French Revolution Stewart 944.04 STE The Sun King: Mitford 944.033 MIT China: 951Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung Ed. Schram 951.05 QUO Wild Swans: Chang 951.05 CHA Red China Today: Edgar Snow 951.05 SNO China: From the Long March to Tiananmen Square 951.05 CHI China: The land and its people 951 MER Websites: The Internet can be an excellent source, but does need to be used carefully. The quality of the sites can vary enormously. There are a number of checks you can apply to information you find on the Internet. -

Does the article include ‘edu’? If so which educational institute is it? Does the article have an acknowledged author? How does the information complement of contradict the information you have already read? - Is it clearly biased? - What is the interpretation being presented? - Does the article contain footnotes so that you can trace the author’s sources? - Do you recognise any of the works cited in the footnotes or bibliography? - Is it written by a student or adult? Can you tell? How might this affect its usefulness? The above questions should help you work out whether the site is useful by placing it in the context of ‘legitimate’ professional history.