September Blog: Anniversaries, site update, books, and programmes
Operation Market Garden, September 1944 Those of your students who are studying World War Two for their Depth Study may be interested in discussing the following anniversary with your students. Operation...
August blog: Back to School
An image from the BBC programe Atomic People (see below) We hope that those of you returning to school in August after the long vacation have had a restful time! If you are teaching first year IGCSE History...
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...
Blog: D-Day Anniverary
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...
April blog: The significance of anniversaries
This week sees the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide which took started in April 1994 and is estimated to have killed nearly one million Tutsi and thousands of moderate Hutu. Despite advance...
March Blog: Revision!
Some reminders of revision resources on this site! With the May exam session fast approaching, we have been adding to the student revision section on the site. Students can find hints on how best to revise...
January blog: Holocaust Memorial Day
That is when the trouble started for the Jews. Our freedom was severely restricted by a series of anti-Jewish decrees. Anne Frank, diary entry, Saturday 20 June, 1942 – reflecting back on May 1940...
October blog: Site update
We will do a blog at regular intervals to keep you up-to-date with new developments on the site. And also to highlight any history anniversaries or news stories linked to historical events that would...