Category Archives: history in the news

Enrichment – History in the news’ – Renia’s diary – discovered after 70 years.

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Mr Kydd

If you click here and here you will get to two news reports about the diary of Renia Spiegel. She was an eighteen year old Polish Jew who found herself caught up in the Holocaust. She hoped to become a poet, … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to discuss – are we witnessing Britain’s Reichstag Fire moment?

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Mr Kydd

Welcome back, Something to debate in History Society. If you click here you will get an excellent essay in Prospect magazine by Richard Evans. In it he compares the collapse of Weimar Germany to world (and British) contemporary politics.  He argues … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – old fake news. The 80th anniversary of the Nazi-Soviet Pact

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Mr Kydd

Today marks the 8oth anniversary of the the Nazi-Soviet Pact. You have probably all seen Low’s magnificent “Rendezvous” cartoon, and arguably after this, the Second World War was inevitable. The cartoon is especially prophetic because the corpse representing Poland reflected … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – Understanding the significance of D Day. Something to read, watch and listen to.

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Mr Kydd

There have been so many moving articles written to mark the 75th anniversary of D Day it is hard to know where to start. The following BBC interviews with  survivors might be as good a good place as any. Below is … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – Later Tudors – something to read – Rival Queens – Kate Williams (University of Reading)

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you can read a review of “Rival Queens” by Professor Williams in The Herald. The book suggests “that story needs re-tuning”, and would be excellent summer reading for Year Twelve historians. “Mary crossed the Solway Firth to England … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to listen to / discuss – Strange Fruit – the most shocking song of all time?

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to an excellent BBC article on Strange Fruit by Billie Holiday. It was recorded 80 years ago today. Have a look and see what you think. On 20 April 1939, the jazz singer … Continue reading →

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Centenary of the Armistice – Year Nine research a soldier project

Posted on September 26, 2018 by Mr Kydd

Year Nine, The following letter and PowerPoint will be  available on the school Gateway in the near future. However in case you have problems with it, I have added them here as well. My PowerPoint     As you may … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to read. Overlooked No More: The Russian Icon Who Was Hanged for Killing a Czar

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Mr Kydd

Year Thirteen, If you click here you will get to an article from the New York Times about Sophia Perovskaya – one of the five members of the People’s Will who assassinated Alexander II, and changed the direction of the … Continue reading →

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Obituary – Linda Brown (Brown V Board)

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Mr Kydd

A bit of enrichment for you IGCSE students. If you click here you will get to The Guardian’s obituary for Linda Brown, the Kansas girl at the center of the 1954 supreme court ruling that concluded that “in the field … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to discuss – David Olusoga argues that by today’s standards some of Churchill’s actions were those a of a war criminal.

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Mr Kydd

One for History Society… If you click here you you will get to The Independent’s write up of David Olusoga’s suggestion that, today, some of Churchill’s actions would be considered war crimes. In it he states, “while I’m personally glad … Continue reading →

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