Author Archives: Mr Kydd

Today’s presentation – Year Thirteen

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Mr Kydd

All, A warm welcome back – it was lovely to see you all again today. If you click here then you will get to today’s presentation. It should be very useful in showing the skills and weightings of the papers at A2 … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – DNA testing has for the first time confirmed the identity of the bacteria behind London’s Great Plague.

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to a BBC report on the causes of the 1665 plague outbreak. It states that; “DNA testing has for the first time confirmed the identity of the bacteria behind London’s Great Plague.  The plague of … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to watch – Understanding Stonehenge

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Mr Kydd
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Obituary – John Bossy

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Mr Kydd

Year Twelve, Apologies – this news passed me by at the time. You will come across John Bossy when you write on Elizabethan religion. He was very much an original thinker, and wrote beautifully. He died in December, and Simon … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – places to go

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Mr Kydd

If the video above interests you then you can visit the exhibition at The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford until the 25th September. Just £5 to you. I thought it was excellent, and please find a review from The Oxford Times here.

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Enrichment – Brexit and historians

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Mr Kydd

Something for your summer holidays. If You click here then you will get to a History News network article which summarizes the reaction of different historians to the June vote. The strength of the article is that you can immediately contrast the … Continue reading →

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“All the past repeats itself and acts only behind new masks”

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Mr Kydd

So said Birdiev – you will find out about him next year. There is so much happening at the moment that lots of comparisons with events in the past can be drawn. However, Adam Green (in The Economist) seems particularly … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Mr Kydd

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

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Mr Kydd

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

Posted on May 25, 2016 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 … Continue reading →

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