Author Archives: Mr Kydd

Enrichment – something to discuss in History Society

The Case for Applied History Can the study of the past really help us to understand the present? Click here for an article by Robert Crawford in September’s edition of History Today. In An Autobiography, published in 1939, R.G. Collingwood … Continue reading

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Enrichment – place to go. Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One (Tate Britain)

If you click here, you will get to an an introduction article on   Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One  at Tate Britain until 23rd September 2018. It is excellent, and considers some of the ways in … Continue reading

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Politics enrichment – something to watch. Leadership with Steve Richards.

These are just excellent – enjoy… Mr Kydd.

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Enrichment – something to read – Fascism: A Warning by Madeline Albright

Madeline Albright was the Secretary of State in the Clinton White House (1997-2001). Born in then-Czechoslovakia, her family fled Hitler and the Nazis in 1938. Initially they came to Britain. Her latest book – Fascism – a warning  is a … Continue reading

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Enrichment – something to read. Overlooked No More: The Russian Icon Who Was Hanged for Killing a Czar

Year Thirteen, If you click here you will get to an article from the New York Times about Sophia Perovskaya – one of the five members of the People’s Will who assassinated Alexander II, and changed the direction of the … Continue reading

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Russia – reading and noting

All, Obviously there are four things to do over the summer for your A level history. Your Year Twelve notes audit (USA and Tudor).  Your two timed papers.  Your coursework introduction tasks. Your Russia introduction reading and noting.  PLEASE REMEMBER THAT … Continue reading

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Enrichment – something to listen to – In Our Time – The Emancipation of the Serfs.

If you click here you will get to last night’s edition of In Our Time on Radio 4. In it, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1861 declaration by Tsar Alexander II that serfs were now legally free of their … Continue reading

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Board work from revision today

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Enrichment – the “Belsen boys” who came to Ascot.

If you click here you will get to an excellent article from the BBC website about Holocaust survivors who ended up in Ascot. Beyond its local significance, it is a reminder that soon such personal memories will be lost to … Continue reading

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Board work from the Easter revision sessions

 

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