Author Archives: Mr Kydd

Revision overview of how decisions were taken in Nazi Germany

            From today’s lesson / Mr Ward. Please note that the same evidence can be used for different historical schools. Mr Kydd.

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Evaluating the passages – Mid Tudors

From our revision session yesterday. Mr Kydd.

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Decoding the question – from our revision session.

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Four days left…

Time is running out! You’ve only got until 18 April to#RegisterToVote if you want to take part in the elections on May 5. Go to www.gov.uk/register-to-vote now.    

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History In The News – England’s First Printed Bible Holds Secret Annotations

The website below contains an excellent article from David De Mar in The New Historian. It explains how secret annotations have been found on a very early English Bible, and then ties this to our debate about when and how … Continue reading

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Enrichment – the birth of Baghdad was a landmark for world civilisation.

“If Baghdad today is a byword for inner-city decay and violence on an unspeakable scale, its foundation 1,250 years ago was a glorious milestone in the history of urban design. More than that, it was a landmark for civilisation, the … Continue reading

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Easter revision – Year Twelve

Other digital platforms exist, but in case you want it from here, please find your Easter work and useful documents attached. Click here for the blank Easter planner. Click here for the technique power-point (explaining C-O-P) Click here for the AS PLC. 1. … Continue reading

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Obituary – Asa Briggs

If you click here you will get to The Guardian’s obituary for the great polymath, Asa Briggs. War hero, broadcaster and very very good historian – they don’t make them like him any more. Mr Kydd.

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Easter revision – Year Thirteen

Some materials and plans to help you with your revision. The PLC can be found here. Mr Grobien’s quote bank can be found here. Essay plans can be found below. They must not be seen as a definitive DO IT THIS WAY. … Continue reading

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Enrichment – the Great War interviews

I am meant to be marking your essays, but stumbled upon this website from the BBC. It contains 13 unabridged interviews form survivors from the First World War. They were recorded in 1964 for the BBC Great War series. Each is … Continue reading

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