Category Archives: Enrichment

2014 in archaeology

Happy New Year all. Please click here for a super review of the year in archaeology from the BBC magazine webpage. As Dr Iles suggests “it’s been a fascinating year for ground-breaking archaeology around the globe, with cholera-stricken “vampires”, armour made … Continue reading

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

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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Enrichment – Medieval city ‘detected’ by experts

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.

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

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.

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 ?

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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One more to website to bookmark please

If you click here then you get to the excellent Open University webpage on the Orgins of the First World War. There is plenty to read, listen to and watch. Enjoy…   Explore the origins of the war    The … Continue reading

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A monstrous assembly…

As we have finished with flottenpolik and have now considered the collapse of Wilhelmine Germany this seems timely. Click here for a BBC magazine description of Operation ZZ – the code name for the surrender of the German High Fleet after the First World … Continue reading

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Enrichment – something to listen to – Spin the globe

Click here for the excellent Spin the globe series from Radio 4. Each programme looks at a familiar historical date and finds out what was happening away from the geographical centre that makes them so familiar to us. It is an … Continue reading

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