March blog: International Women's Day
8th March is International Women's Day and this is a great opportunity for organising an assembly/setting up displays on significant women in history. (Please see a previous blog on International Women's...
February blog: Anniversaries, Munich conferences and site update
80th Anniversary of the bombing of Dresden. This photo shows the impact of the firestorm over Dresden - created by the dropping of 4,000 tons of bombs on the city. This month sees the 80th anniversary...
January Blog: Holocaust Memorial Day
The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 is For a Better Future Many History DP students will be studying the Holocaust as part of their programme; however, Holocaust Memorial Day provides the opportunity...
December blog: Site update, anniversaries and history in the news
December, 1994; Russia sends tanks and troops into Chechnya to end the rebel territory's three-year drive for independence - one of the significant anniversaries for this month. This month we have added...
November Blog: Armistice Day
Armistice Day is a significant day in the school calender; it gives us the opportunity to remember the lives lost and sacrifices made in previous wars; as well as remembering the conflicts that are...
October Blog: Black History Month
In the UK, October is Black History Month - an annual celebration of Black history and heritage. The theme for 2024 UK Black History month in the UK is 'Reclaiming narratives' and there are some excellent...
September Blog: Anniversaries, site update, books, programmes and podcasts
Operation Market Garden, September 1944 There are a couple of significant anniversaries this month linked to Second World War and the Cold War that you could discuss with your students: A commemorative...
August Blog: Lessons from history
An image from the BBC programe Atomic People. The books reviewed below, along with this BBC programme, focus on harrowing events in the past which can provide warnings to the present. We hope that...
July Blog: The Olympic Games - historical controversies
This Friday sees the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. As well as being the focus of remarkable sporting achievements, the Olympic Games have often provided a spotlight on key historical...
June blog: D-Day Anniversary
6th June 2024 marks 80 years since D-Day, the largest seaborne invasion in history, and the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe in the Second World War. As Historian Max Hastings writes, 'the...