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History Today -why the Amada failed

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Mr Kydd

Year Twelve,

If the click here you will get to Geoffrey Woodward’s 1988 article considering the reasons why the Armada failed.

He concludes “when the responsibility for the failure of the Spanish Armada is apportioned, the lion’s share of the blame should go neither to Parma nor to Medina Sidonia, but to Philip II. As Sir Walter Raleigh tersely put it somewhat later: ‘To invade by sea upon a perilous coast, being neither in possession of any port, nor succoured by any party, may better fit a prince presuming on his fortune than enriched with understanding’. The king had created the Armada, and in the end the king destroyed it.”

Have a read and see what you think.

Mr Kydd.

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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 from the Auschwitz Museum explaining the problems of preserving the ageing and crumbling 191-hectare site, with limited funds (here).

Two experts on Auschwitz arguing for and against the idea that the former Nazi death camp should be allowed to crumble away (here)

Then post which view you agree with more (and why) below. One paragraph please.

Please note, for your post to appear, I will need to approve it – so don’t worry it is does not show up straight away.

You can of course discuss this with people at home.

Mr Kydd.

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Enrichment – The Dark Ages and the Tintagel problem.

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to an article by Edwin Hustwit in History Today. In it, he discusses the issue of labelling periods of history. He does this by focussing on the so called Dark Ages and Tintagel. He concludes that “when defining any period, that our analyses reflect the diversity and complexity of the past“.

Have a look and see what you think.

Mr Kydd.

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Enrichment – historians and the Brexit debate

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to Gideon Rachman’s article in the Financial Times discussing the differing views of historians to the Brexit debate. It is an excellent read, and there is a certain schadenfreude in watching them fall out with each other. It is however worth making the point there is nothing new about historians getting sucked into political controversies…

” In Germany in the 1960s, an academic argument about whether the country had been responsible for the first world war provoked a ferocious public debate — because of its implication that Nazism was not a solitary aberration in German history. The bicentenary of the French Revolution in 1989 provoked a sharp division between French historians about the true meaning of the events of 1789 — with the left celebrating the revolution as a triumph of liberty and the right emphasising the way in which it had descended into terror and despotism”.

Mr Kydd.

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Essay plans

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Mr Kydd

Some materials and plans to help you with your revision.

The PLC can be found here.

Mr Grobien’s quote bank can be found here.

Essay plans can be found below. They must not be seen as a definitive DO IT THIS WAY. Rather, they are a way through that ties your answer to the mark scheme.

It is worth checking back every so often, as fresh plans will be added…

“Power in the Second Reich rested in the hands of the traditional elites” – How far do you agree with this statement ?

The Second Reich became increasingly democratic in the years 1900 – 1914 – How far do you agree with this statement ?

In the years 1900 – 1914 the political establishment in Germany succeeded in maintaining the political status quo through a policy of moderate reform. How far do you agree ?

Note how the three plans above use the same information in very different ways.

The biggest problem that Weimar Germany faced 1919 – 1923 was its much fated constitution – How far do you agree ?

How far do you agree that life got better for majority of Germans in the period 1924-1929

“Years or stability followed by years of instability” How far do you agree with this view of Weimar Germany in the years 1919 – 1929 ?

“Political Intrigue explains why Hitler was able to become Chancellor in 1933” – How far do you agree with this statement ?

Hitler had fully consolidated his power by the end of 1933. How far do you agree.

“By the end of 1934 Hitler was in total control of Germany.” How far do you agree with this statement

“The main opposition to the Nazis came from the youth” How far do you agree with this judgement ?