Monthly Archives: November 2021

Enrichment – something to listen to and something to watch. How terrible was Ivan?

If you click here you will get to a BBC Radio 4 “Your dead to me” programme discussing Ivan the Terrible. At the time he was known as Ivan Grozny (the purifying storm) and his only ally was Elizabeth I … Continue reading

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Key dates / revision support 2022

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Something useful from OCR – the chief examiner showing marker how to mark their A level coursework / marked examples

You really should watch this 30 minute presentation of the marking of a level 6 script. If you click here and here – you will get more marked examples from the exam board. Mr Kydd

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Obitury – F.W. de Klerk. Something to discuss – what is his legacy?

Click here for The Guardian’s obituary of F.W de Klerk – South Africa’s last white president. It states “when De Klerk succeeded P W Botha in 1989, he oversaw an event no less unexpected than the collapse of Soviet communism … Continue reading

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Enrichment – somewhere to go – The British Library’s Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens exhibition

Click here for Phillipa Gregory’s review of the exhibition. In it she states “the exhibition is steered by its content, and many of the documents perpetuate the traditional contrasting of the two queens. It was in the interests of both … Continue reading

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