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Enrichment – totalitarianism and a comparison of Stalin and Hitler
All, Following on from our class discussion of totalitarianism in today’s lesson, the following Channel Four documentary explores this topic by comparing Hitler and Stalin. Let me know what you think. Mr Kydd.
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Enrichment – The Spartacist Uprising in Berlin
If you click here you will get to Richard Cavendish’s 2009 article from History Today exploring the failure of the Spartacist Uprising in Berlin in January 1919… By January 11th, Liebknecht and Luxemburg had lost all control of events and Liebknecht … Continue reading
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Enrichment – An introduction to the Mid Tudor Crisis
Lower Sixth, Welcome back, As part of your introduction to source work on the Mid Tudor Crisis can you please watch these for Tuesday (19/1). They should complement my overview lecture. For each write down three points that you think … Continue reading
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Why the Study of History Is Imperative Today
If you click here you will get to an article by Amy Licence in the Huffington Post on the importance of history in the modern world. It is well worth a read – I have included an extract below… “History should teach us compassion. … Continue reading
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History books of the Year 2015
If you click here you will get to History Today’s review of the top history books from 2015. As they put it themselves, “From Aristotle to El Alamein, via the Silk Road and Charlemagne’s vast empire, ten leading historians tell us about … Continue reading
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Obituary – Christopher Duggan
All, If you click here you will get to the Daily Telegraph’s obituary for Christopher Duggan. He worked at the University of Reading from 1987, and was noted for his work on Italian history. Indeed, one of his earlier works, A … Continue reading
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Ever thought of classics ?
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
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
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
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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