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Enrichment – something to listen to – In Our Time – The Emancipation of the Serfs.

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to last night’s edition of In Our Time on Radio 4. In it, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1861 declaration by Tsar Alexander II that serfs were now legally free of their … Continue reading →

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Year Nine prep

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Mr Kydd

All, Following on from today’s lesson, for prep I would like you to do the following.  Explore the three BBC web pages below. This account of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz II-Birkenau (here). The audio slideshow from … Continue reading →

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Year Nine holocaust prep

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Mr Kydd

All, Following on from today’s lesson, for prep I would like you to do the following.  Explore the three BBC web pages below. This account of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz II-Birkenau (here). The audio slideshow from … Continue reading →

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Year 7 Silchester Investigation work

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Mr Kydd

For next lesson. Read “The Romans build towns” – on the second page you will find a plan of Silchester. Study it. 2. Watch the following 5 minute video.   3. Explore the following links http://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/collections/archaeology/silchester/  http://www.reading.ac.uk/silchester/ 4. Write a … Continue reading →

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A coursework message from Mr Jarrett

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Mr Kydd

Hi all, Some electronic versions of the materials that you will need over half term for your coursework. If you click here you will get to the OCR  student guide. If you click here you will get to the power point I was using … Continue reading →

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Year Nine prep – reflecting on Auschwitz

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Mr Kydd

All, Following on from today’s lesson, for prep I would like you to do the following.  Explore the three BBC web pages below.   This account of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz II-Birkenau (here). The audio slideshow … Continue reading →

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In our time – What is the relevance of history ?

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Mr Kydd

If you click here then you will get to an old edition of In Our Time. In it Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the study of history. The programme guide information follows. “One of the debates raging in the practice of history … Continue reading →

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Coursework Source booklet

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Mr Kydd

Year Thirteen, As requested, please find the coursework source booklet here Miss Bee, Mr Taylor and Mrs Rayner.

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History Society

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Mr Kydd

Just a quick thank you to all of you who pitched for the first Society meeting. Good cake, and Nick’s review is in the comments section on the page above. It was a pretty grim way to start, but the Warsaw Rising … Continue reading →

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Changes to the front page

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Mr Kydd

All, Just a quick post to say I have tried to tidy up the front page a bit. As you can see there are now two new pages – revision and debates. I have taken the posts on these topics … Continue reading →

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