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Russia – reading and noting

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Mr Kydd

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.

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Mr Kydd

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

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Mr Kydd

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

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Mr Kydd

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

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Mr Kydd

 

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Obituary – Linda Brown (Brown V Board)

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Mr Kydd

A bit of enrichment for you IGCSE students. If you click here you will get to The Guardian’s obituary for Linda Brown, the Kansas girl at the center of the 1954 supreme court ruling that concluded that “in the field … Continue reading →

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Materials from today’s revision conference

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Mr Kydd

First of all, can I take this opportunity to thank you all for your excellent approach to what was a packed day. It was great to meet you, and I hope very much that it has set up your Easter … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to discuss – David Olusoga argues that by today’s standards some of Churchill’s actions were those a of a war criminal.

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Mr Kydd

One for History Society… If you click here you you will get to The Independent’s write up of David Olusoga’s suggestion that, today, some of Churchill’s actions would be considered war crimes. In it he states, “while I’m personally glad … Continue reading →

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Year Nine prep

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Mr Kydd

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 from … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to listen to. The assassination of Alexander II

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to a 45 minute In Our Time broadcast from Radio 4. In it Melvyn Bragg discusses the significance of the assassination of Alexander II. An excellent discussion that will help you a lot … Continue reading →

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