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Category Archives: History Society
Enrichment – something to read / discuss. The Colston statue in Bristol
I have attempted here to pull together some of the reporting on the toppling of Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol yesterday. Above are the Sky News reports, and below are some reports from the BBC. You can make your own … Continue reading
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Enrichment – something to discuss. Do school textbooks whitewash history?
No school subject is more contentious than history. This is because of its link to politics and how we view ourselves. The last politician to really try to impose his view on school history was Michael Gove in Coalition Government … Continue reading
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Enrichment – something to discuss in History Society: – Starkey on Remembrance
All, If you click here you will get to the Daily Mail’s reporting of David Starkey’s suggestion that Remembrance Sunday has become a ‘crazy religious ritual’ in which people had to prove they were thinking of the war dead. Two … Continue reading
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Enrichment – IGCSE – Who was Rosie the riveter?
If you click here, you will an article exploring the identity of the famous Rosie the Riveter. It is well worth a read – not least for the insight the casual sexism of the caption next to Naomi Parker. This … Continue reading
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Enrichment – what was the Tudor sweating sickness?
Following on from today’s lesson, the following pages help us understand what the English Sweat or the Sweating Sickness was. Click here for a description of it. “The disease began very suddenly with a sense of apprehension, followed by cold … Continue reading
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Something to discuss in History Society. One in twenty Britons do not think that the Holocaust happened…
In the turmoil of recent years, it is perhaps hard to be shocked anymore. However, today’s HMTD poll showing that Five per cent of UK adults do not believe the Holocaust took place and one in 12 believes its scale has been … Continue reading
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Enrichment – something to discuss in History Society
The Case for Applied History Can the study of the past really help us to understand the present? Click here for an article by Robert Crawford in September’s edition of History Today. In An Autobiography, published in 1939, R.G. Collingwood … Continue reading
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Enrichment – History in the news – Ursula Haverbeck: 88-year-old Holocaust denier historian given six-month prison sentence.
One for History Society. If you click here you will get to The Independent’s account of the jailing of Ursula Haverbeck for Holocaust denial. This is a criminal offence in Germany, carrying a sentence of up to five years in … Continue reading
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Enrichment – things to discuss – How valid are the parallels between the Trump administration and 1930s Germany ?
If you click here you will get to an Independent write up of historian Timothy Snyder’s article for The Guardian (it can be found here but is not the easiest of reads). Snyder is a leading Yale historian, who suggests … Continue reading
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Enrichment – things to watch. Timewatch: The Mary Rose
If you click here you will get to the BBC iplayer and Dan Snow’s Mary Rose Timewatch programme. It is excellent – particularly if you are thinking of archaeology as a degree course. You may also like to click here to visit the BBC’s online … Continue reading
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