Author Archives: Mr Kydd

Viewpoint: Why the shadow of the First World War and 1989 hangs over world events.

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Mr Kydd

If you click here then you can read an excellent article from Jeffrey Sachs on the BBC magazine website. In it he reflects “this has been a year of great geopolitical anniversaries. We are at the 100th anniversary of the … Continue reading →

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That training paragraph from today’s lesson.

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Mr Kydd

All, Excellent feedback today – most pleasing. A huge thank you to Jade for typing up our training paragraph on the interpretations work that we did today. A colour coded version can be found here. I hope that it is … Continue reading →

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The best history books of 2014

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Mr Kydd

Please click here for the Guardian’s review of the best history books of 2014. Hopefully there will be something that interests you (for when you get the Christmas book tokens). God’s Traitors is described as follows; Jessie Childs’s account of cloak-and-dagger … Continue reading →

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Book Review – Joan of Arc: A History, by Helen Castor

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Mr Kydd

If you click here then you will be taken to the Times Higher Education review of the wonderful Helen Castor’s  Joan of Arc. In it, Rachel Moss praises “an elegant account that sets a charismatic Maid of Orleans in political context“. She … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – Medieval city ‘detected’ by experts

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Mr Kydd

All, If you click here then you will get to a BBC report explaining how archaeologists from the University of Southampton have built up a detailed plan of Old Sarum (Salisbury) using modern techniques. These included  “magnetometry, earth resistance, ground penetrating … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – places to visit over the holidays.

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Mr Kydd

All, If you fancy a trip out over the holidays, then the following museum exhibitions have all had excellent reviews, and are well worth a visit.    Germany – memories of a nation at The British Museum. William Blake: Apprentice and Master at The … Continue reading →

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History Society – The fall of the Berlin Wall – turning points in history

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Mr Kydd

You may have seen in the news that this month saw the twenty fifth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. If you click here you will get a detailed account of the events of that day from the Daily Telegraph. … Continue reading →

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1900 map that includes north Africa.

Posted on November 28, 2014 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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History Society – Was the Black Death a virus ?

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Mr Kydd

Please click here for the Was the Black Death a Virus? article. It raises the points I suggested to you in History Society… “Textbooks tell us that the bubonic plague caused the Black Death. But not everyone is convinced. Since 1984, scientists … Continue reading →

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Ten interpretations of who started the First World War…

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Mr Kydd

Another helpful post from the BBC magazine pages. If you click here you will find ten different views of who was most to blame for the First World War.     1. Sir Max Hastings – military historian – Germany 2. … Continue reading →

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