Author Archives: Mr Kydd

History in the News – what is happening in the Ukraine?

The present situation in the Ukraine has clear some resonance with our Russia and its rulers A level course (Y317). If you click here you will get to a very clear summary of the present situation. from BBC News How … Continue reading

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History in the News- new theories about Anne Frank

If you click here you will get to a BBC News article on the latest theory that identifies a possible suspect who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis…. A team including an ex-FBI agent said Arnold van … Continue reading

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Enrichment – something to write. Essay competition.

If you click here you will to the NCH essay title questions. Have a look at them, and pop in and see me if you want to chat them through. The history title – What does history teach us about … Continue reading

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Enrichment – Something to read. In the run up to International Women’s Day (8th March) Reading and the suffragettes.

If you click here you will get to an excellent article from Reading Museum entitled “Five Reading citizens and the fight for votes for women” – Reading had an active WSPU, and I particularly enjoyed the descriptions suffragettes. Mabel Norton, … Continue reading

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Obituary- Desmond Tutu

In November F W De Klerk died. To support and extend our South Africa course, I posted his last message to the South African people and an obituary (see a few posts down). Over Christmas arguably the last key individual … Continue reading

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Enrichment – things to read – The best history books of 2021.

If you click here you will get to a way to invest your Christmas book tokens wisely. It is the Financial Times’s top ten history books of 2021. Can I recommend Margarette Lincoln’s “London and the Seventeenth Century – the … Continue reading

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Enrichment – something to listen to and something to watch. How terrible was Ivan?

If you click here you will get to a BBC Radio 4 “Your dead to me” programme discussing Ivan the Terrible. At the time he was known as Ivan Grozny (the purifying storm) and his only ally was Elizabeth I … Continue reading

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Key dates / revision support 2022

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Something useful from OCR – the chief examiner showing marker how to mark their A level coursework / marked examples

You really should watch this 30 minute presentation of the marking of a level 6 script. If you click here and here – you will get more marked examples from the exam board. Mr Kydd

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Obitury – F.W. de Klerk. Something to discuss – what is his legacy?

Click here for The Guardian’s obituary of F.W de Klerk – South Africa’s last white president. It states “when De Klerk succeeded P W Botha in 1989, he oversaw an event no less unexpected than the collapse of Soviet communism … Continue reading

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