Author Archives: Mr Kydd

Obituaries:Roy Hackett and Mikhail Gorbachev

In face as we return to school this post has two obituaries in it for two reformers who passed this summer. Roy Hackett and Mikhail Gorbachev If you click here you will get to get to The Guardian’s obituary for … Continue reading

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The six leadership candidates as wives of Henry VIII…

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Enrichment – something to discuss – Should black Americans get slavery reparations?

Further information – the case for reparations Further information – the case against reparations

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Techniques and timings revision morning

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Private Eye 25/5

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History in the News – Seven centuries of Irish archives painstakingly recreated after being destroyed in civil war…

If you click here you will get to a Guardian article explaining how digital wizardry and academic sleuthing have helped recreate a cultural treasure severely damaged in the conflict in 1922. It is a good example of how technology is … Continue reading

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Timings and skills board work from the Easter sessions

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Materials from the Easter revision days

Day One Your one stop post of support for Elizabethan religion revision Your one stop post to support Elizabethan parliaments revision A way through that tricky ministers question Day Two – Your extra mocks (with skills and timings visible) Mr … Continue reading

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Easter revision details as promised

Monday 11th April – Later Tudors Meet – 9.20 for a 9.30 start. 9.30 to 10.30 – Overview / What the examiners want10.30 to 11.30 – Types of Stability of the Monarchy questions / walk through a paperBreak11.45 –  12.45 … Continue reading

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Enrichment. History Society – something to discuss. Do you agree with Noam Chomsky?

This is taken from his recent New Stateman article. This can be found here. See what you think. Mr Kydd.

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