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What should the historian think about the death of Nelson Mandela ?
Well the obvious answer to that is it is up to you. Moreover, many of you will have a clear understanding of what Nelson Mandela did to destroy Apartheid from your GCSE coursework. Yet, since studying Mandela, you will have moved … Continue reading
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Coursework Source booklet
Year Thirteen, As requested, please find the coursework source booklet here Miss Bee, Mr Taylor and Mrs Rayner.
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Presenting the Past – How the Media Changes History
Or, as those of us at the History Society on Tuesday reflected when we discussed teh Battle of the Somme – the Blackadder effect. This BBC Radio 4 programme discusses the relationship between the past and the media. The programme discription states … Continue reading
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The Invention of Italy
Something (mainly) to support AS students with their document work. BBC Radio 4 are in the process of running a three part series on Italian Unification called The Invention of Italy. Episode two was on tonight, and appears to be most useful … Continue reading
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Timewatch
One of the things that I hope to achieve with this section of the heathenhistory website is to bring you into contact with aspects of the past that are not taught in the classroom. For this, the BBC history series … Continue reading
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Black History Month
Witness: Black History For Black History Month, you may like to listen to interviews with people who were there at key moments in civil rights history, from Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech, to surviving Robben Island with … Continue reading
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History enrichment – Elizabeth and her people exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery in London is running an exhibition entitled Elizabeth I and her people this Autumn. In their words the aim is to explore “the story of the Elizabethans from the Queen, the nobility and gentry to the many other talented individuals … Continue reading
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Lord Castlereagh: Europe’s forgotten father ?
Lord Castlereagh, was one of the most successful and controversial political figures his day. He was a master diplomat, noted as the architect of the 1801 Act of Union that brought Ireland under the control of Westminster, and as a key … Continue reading
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History Society
Just a quick thank you to all of you who pitched for the first Society meeting. Good cake, and Nick’s review is in the comments section on the page above. It was a pretty grim way to start, but the Warsaw Rising … Continue reading
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Things to listen to – what is environmental history ?
If you click here you will get the latest edition of Making History from Radio 4. It has been recommended to me by a friend of the site (ok – Mr Podesta). What is noteworthy to us as A Level historians … Continue reading
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