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Exam guidance – From OCR

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Mr Kydd

Below I have pulled and scanned the exam guidance for our units. Be careful with how you use it. I will go through this in revision tomorrow.

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

Posted on December 21, 2021 by Mr Kydd

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?

Posted on November 25, 2021 by Mr Kydd

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

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Mr Kydd
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Something useful from OCR – the chief examiner showing marker how to mark their A level coursework / marked examples

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Mr Kydd

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?

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Mr Kydd

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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Enrichment – somewhere to go. The British Museum – Nero exhibition (until 23rd October)

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get a link for the excellent Nero exhibition at the British Museum. It is on until 23rd October. I have been, and it is excellent. Now that we can start to get back to … Continue reading →

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Enrichment – something to read. Black London: History, Art & Culture in over 120 places

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to a review of Black London by Avril Nanton. The book contains maps, photographs and a timeline of black history. It also includes a potted history of the HMT Empire Windrush. Have a … Continue reading →

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Obituary – Lee Evans, record-setting US sprinter and 1968 Olympic activist, dies aged 74

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to The Guardian obituary for Lee Evans – Evans became the first man to crack 44 seconds in the 400m, winning the gold medal at the Mexico City Games in 43.86. His victory … Continue reading →

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History in the News – Hidden inscriptions discovered in Anne Boleyn’s execution prayer books

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to an article in today’s Independent. It explains how secret inscriptions hidden in Anne Boleyn’s prayer book have been discovered by a student. The concealed names, uncovered using ultraviolet light, reveal that the … Continue reading →

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