Author Archives: Mr Kydd

Ever thought of classics ?

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Mr Kydd

If you have ever thought of Classics, but believed it was not for you, have a look Professor Mary Beard giving Isaiah Berlin Lecture at the British Academy last month. If you want to know more, come and see me. Mr Kydd.

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Examination codes and dates

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Mr Kydd

All, Please find your examination dates and paper codes listed below. These will also be posted in the revision tab above. After school revision will start for Year 11 in January, whist AS and A2 revision will start after the … Continue reading →

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The Starkey series

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Mr Kydd

Lower Sixth, We have watched part one of the Starkey series in History Society. Below is a You-tube Channel allowing you to watch all four programmes in 10 minute blocks. They go chronologically through the reign. You may like to look … Continue reading →

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Warp and weft

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Mr Kydd

Upper Sixth, Following on from today’s lesson, you should have your colour-coded interpretations paragraphs complete for the 2014 paper. Click here for my effort. Remember the warp is your command of the historical debate, and the weft is the interpretations in … Continue reading →

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25 maps that explain the English language

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Mr Kydd

Something a bit cross curricular today. If you click here you will get to a website that claims to explain the English language in twenty five maps. Obviously this is great for you English language students, but as historians we could … Continue reading →

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Extension materials – Elizabeth I’s war with England’s Catholics

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to Jessie Childs’ article in History Extra. In it, she asks explains that given that “England’s Elizabethan Catholics were public enemy number one. Their Masses were banned and their priests were executed”. She continues to … Continue reading →

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Obituary – Hans Mommsen

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Mr Kydd

All, With our interpretations and evidence posters now complete, next week is going to be very important for us. We are going to plan and write a past paper on the causes of the First World War debate. As you … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – Interactive Crusades map

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to an excellent History Today interactive map that attempts to pick out some of the key milestones in the history of that conflict. Like my earlier post on Syria, perhaps its real lesson is to highlight … Continue reading →

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Causes of the First World War support materials

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Mr Kydd

All, As promised the map we were using last lesson. This is more useful than the text book ones because it reflect the collapse of the Ottoman Empire – thus showing how Morocco and the Balkans are two sides of … Continue reading →

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Understanding the war in Syria

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Mr Kydd

The war is Syria is of course extremely complicated, and is increasingly impacting on us. The following 5 minute video is perhaps a useful summary. We should however of course be aware that different groups will see these events and … Continue reading →

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