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September: Site update, an anniversary and a book review Free
Site update, forthcoming anniversary plus publication of a book on one of the greatest unknown heroes of the Second World War We are pleased to announce that two Paper 3 units are now complete: Topic...
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US Civil War: Extra resources
On these pages you can find useful websites for this unit along with historians' texts that students might find enjoyable to develop their understanding further. These books are useful for extra reading...
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9. French Revolution and Napoleon: Videos and activities
This page has some suggestions for documentaries on the French Revolution with suggestions of which bits to show and various tasks for the students. This is a BBC documentary on the Palace of Versailles....
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Are conspiracy theories dangerous? (July 2019) Free
July 2019 sees the 50th Anniversary of the 1969 moon landings. This was an amazing achievement - the culmination of the 'space race' and the fulfillment of John Kennedy's pledge in 1961 that the US "should...
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8. Second World War: Extra resources
On these pages you can find suggestions for useful websites as well as for historians' texts that students might find enjoyable to develop their understanding further. Also see this page for resources...
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August: Starting the IB history programme, site update and interesting articles Free
Some teaching ideas for your new IB history students, site update and some interesting articles! Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Many of us are starting the new school year this month and will be teaching...
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If we remove statues, are we 'erasing history'? (August 2017) Free
A hot debate at the moment in the US is the issue of removing statues of people who are associated with a repressive regime, oppression or racism. This raises interesting questions regarding the extent...
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June: Anniversaries and updates Free
Anniversaries of world changing events and updates to Paper 2 Cold War topic to bring it in line with the ammendments for 2020. This month sees some important anniversaries; as ever these are a great...
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May: Should governments apologise for crimes of the past? Free
With the May History IB examinations imminent, we wish the best of luck to all of your students! Here we ponder the signficance of some more anniversaries and give you an update on this month's additions...
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Mussolini: Essay planning for Paper 2
Essay planning for using Mussolini as a case study This page contains ATL to improve essay writing for using Mussolini as a case study when discussing authoritarian states. See also the essay page on...