Monthly Archives: May 2016

Ten History Books I’d Love to See on Your UCAS Form

It is approaching personal statement time. If you click on the link at the bottom of the page you will get to an article by Jonathan Healey on what you might like to be reading in preparation. A small extract follows… … Continue reading

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History Today -why the Amada failed

Year Twelve, If the click here you will get to Geoffrey Woodward’s 1988 article considering the reasons why the Armada failed. He concludes “when the responsibility for the failure of the Spanish Armada is apportioned, the lion’s share of the blame should go … Continue reading

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Year Nine prep – reflecting on Auschwitz

All, Following on from today’s lesson, for prep I would like you to do the following.  Explore the three BBC web pages below.   This account of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz II-Birkenau (here). The audio slideshow … Continue reading

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Enrichment – The Dark Ages and the Tintagel problem.

If you click here you will get to an article by Edwin Hustwit in History Today. In it, he discusses the issue of labelling periods of history. He does this by focussing on the so called Dark Ages and Tintagel. He concludes that “when … Continue reading

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Enrichment – historians and the Brexit debate

If you click here you will get to Gideon Rachman’s article in the Financial Times discussing the differing views of historians to the Brexit debate. It is an excellent read, and there is a certain  schadenfreude in watching them fall out with each … Continue reading

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Essay plans

Some materials and plans to help you with your revision. The PLC can be found here. Mr Grobien’s quote bank can be found here. Essay plans can be found below. They must not be seen as a definitive DO IT THIS WAY. … Continue reading

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Decoding the question – Religion

From today’s revision session. Mr Kydd.

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Timed conditions essay plan – how successful was Elizabeth at dealing with the problem of succession ?

From today’s lesson.  

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Useful videos

Following on from today’s lesson – these are excellent – but be advised obviously they are not pleasant viewing. Warning from history – Consent and chaos – volksgemeinschaft (popularity debate) The World at War – Stalingrad. The scale of the … Continue reading

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Revision overview of how decisions were taken in Nazi Germany

            From today’s lesson / Mr Ward. Please note that the same evidence can be used for different historical schools. Mr Kydd.

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