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Enrichment – some UCAS / Oxbridge reading to get you through the lockdown

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Mr Kydd

I know that some of you in the Lower Sixth are beginning to turn your mind to history / Oxbridge applications. If you click here you will get to someone’s list of the hundred greatest history books. Such things are of … Continue reading →

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Holocaust reflection prep

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Mr Kydd

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

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Obituary – Paul Farnes – the last Ace of the Battle of Britain

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Mr Kydd

All, If you click here  you will get the BBC obituary for Wing Commander Paul Farnes, who died this week aged 101. Farnes, a Hurricane pilot, was the last surviving ace, an accolade referring to those who brought down at … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to discuss. Is Putin just a typical Russian autocrat?

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Mr Kydd

Private Eye – 22nd January 2020 All, So much of our Russian work is about levels of autocracy, central control and personality cults. It was once said of Stalin, that “all the past repeats itself, but acts only behind new … Continue reading →

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Private Eye 22nd January 2020

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Mr Kydd
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iGCSE enrichment – The Second Red Scare / McCarthyism – Is this tomorrow?

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to the infamous “Is this tomorrow” cartoon in full. It is not subtle stuff to our modern eyes, and sums up the paranoia and feat of the Red Scare in 1940s / 1950s USA perfectly. … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – places to go. Troy exhibition at the British Museum (until the 8th March)

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Mr Kydd

All, Somewhere to visit this week. Click here and you will get to the information from British Museum on their Troy exhibition. It is open until 8th March, and for you guys it is £18.00. You may have heard of … Continue reading →

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Revision – Elizabethan religion. Revision and exam board materials (OCR Y107 Later Tudors)

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Mr Kydd

All, Following on from today’s session please find the attached materials. Exam board Scheme of Work   Two useful board screen shots Elizabeth’s religious aims (remember that it is always easier to argue that Elizabeth was, as S.Doran suggested “a … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to discuss. Do school textbooks whitewash history?

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Mr Kydd

No school subject is more contentious than history. This is because of its link to politics and how we view ourselves. The last politician to really try to impose his view on school history was Michael Gove in Coalition Government … Continue reading →

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Who should I vote for?

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Mr Kydd

All, I guess that you are likely to be more IT-wise than me (not saying much I know), but please be careful if you use multi-choice election quizzes to help you decide who to vote for.  They are a great … Continue reading →

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