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Does David Starkey put people off academic history ?

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Mr Kydd

David Starkey is unquestionably one of, if not the best known historian in Britain today. He also has a reputation for being one of the rudest men in the public eye. Indeed, The Huffington Post recently described him as Katie Hopkins … Continue reading →

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FiveThirtyEight / Manifestos

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Mr Kydd

Obviously there is so much being written about the pending election, and some of you will have the vote.  As such, the following websites might be helpful to you. If you click here you will get to the FiveThirtyEight website. This … Continue reading →

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70 years ago / BBC timeline

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Mr Kydd

70 years ago today Hitler shot himself in his bunker. If you click here you will get an article from The Independent by Rose Troup Buchanan exploring some facts surrounding the Nazi leader’s final hours. Here Lily Rothman explores Time Magazine archives to explain … Continue reading →

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Examination dates

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Mr Kydd

All, Please find your examination dates shown below.       Monday 27th April (am)            Year Ten (internal) mock paper. Wednesday 13th May (pm)         AS Paper 1, USA Wednesday 20th May (pm)         AS Paper 2, British HALF TERM Monday 1st … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Backing Hitler. Consent and Coercion in Nazi Germany

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Mr Kydd

Following on from our work on consent to Nazi rule 1933 – 1939, you might like to read this review of Robert Gellately’s 1990 text “Backing Hitler. Consent and Coercion in Nazi Germany” by Conan Fischer. In it, amongst other arguments, he … Continue reading →

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Model interpretations paragraph – was Nazi government was too chaotic to allow Hitler to be a strong leader?

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Mr Kydd

Once again a huge thank you to Jade for copying up the class work. This model interpretations paragraph that we worked on in class can be found here . You should look at it before undertaking your Easter mock examination. Mr Kydd.

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Useful documentaries

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Mr Kydd

All,   As promised. 1. Reputations – Albert Speer – The Nazi who said sorry.   2. The fatal attraction of Adolf Hitler 3. Twin Tyrants  

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Which way should you vote ?

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Mr Kydd

With the election pending, try this test to see how your opinions fit in with the current political parties and their policies. It helps explain that politics is relevant to your life and that without realising it you do care and understand … Continue reading →

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Agincourt, Waterloo and the Magna Carta

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Mr Kydd

2015 is of course very much a year of anniversaries, and I thought that I would use this post to collect some of the better articles. This article from the Daily Telegraph is a good start. It looks at the Magna … Continue reading →

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Nazi propaganda posters

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Mr Kydd

Following on from today’s lesson, have a look at this collection of Nazi propaganda poster (upto 1933). Later posters can be found here (1933 – 1939) and here (1939 – 1945). The first page is most useful to us at this stage. … Continue reading →

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