GCSE History
Key events in the Arab-Israeli conflict: Watch the videos here
Another great resource from the BBC that will aid revision on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Watch them here.
Russia 1900 - 1924 - Revision Glossary
Here is a new resource that will help with student revision of the history of Russia between 1900 - 1924 (GCSE History)
read more...»Cold War Revision Glossary
Here is a new resource that will help with student revision of the Cold War for GCSE History
read more...»Quiz - What was life like in Tsarist Russia?
Here is a revision quiz for GCSE History students on life in Tsarist Russia.
Why did the PLO and Israel sign a Peace Accord in 1995?
Many thanks to my GCSE set for coming up with this structure for a possible GCSE question:
Here they come up with five reasons for the Peace Accord:
Key term revision glossary on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Here is a new resource that will help with student revision of the Arab-Israeli conflict for GCSE History
read more...»D-Day Quiz
Here is a revision mutliple choice quiz for GCSE history students covering the Second World War and the events of D-Day
read more...»Interactive quizzes on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Here are links to a series of new interactive quizzes for GCSE History courses that cover the Arab-Israeli conflict.
read more...»The Bethnal Green Tube tragedy
Tomorrow marks the 65th anniversary of the Bethnal Green tube tragedy in which 173 people perished - a little known disaster that hit London in 1943. The BBC story sets out how it happened and also the swift cover up that aimed to reduce any impact on wartime morale.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7273488.stm
Why was Israel able to defeat its enemies in the wars of 1948-49, 1956, and 1967?
Why was Israel able to defeat its enemies in the wars of 1948-49, 1956, and 1967?
This is an example of a decent GCSE answer for the Arab-Israeli paper.
There are many reasons why Israel was able to defeat its Arab enemies in the three wars between 1948 and 1967. Some of these factors were a result of the Israelis themselves, but equally, there were reasons that were caused by Arab weaknesses or actions. Likewise, there were some reasons that applied to each of the three wars, and some that were specific to one or two of them. In order to fully answer the question, it is necessary to look at all of these reasons.
read more...»Ping Pong Diplomacy
It was thirty-five years ago today that President Nixon visited China. Feeling overstretched by commitment in Vietnam and eager to create tension between rival Communist powers Nixon’s visit was part of the period of detente between the Superpowers.
read more...»A study day at The National Army Museum: Great War technology Part One
On Tuesday our school visited The National Army Museum for a study day. After looking around the excellent galleries (our students particularly liked the exhibition looking at the experience of 16 Air Assault Brigade in Helmand Province. We had two lectures from the education staff. Below is the first part of a write up of the notes that I made.
read more...»Cold War Wildcard GCSE Quizzes
Test your knowledge of key names, events and concepts in the history of the Cold War with these four “wildcard"-style quizzes. We give you a partially completed term. Your task is to complete it.
read more...»Taxpayers’ money well spent for a change
There have been plenty of people in the public eye recently who seem to have misused our hard earned money. Similarly, the BBC has had a rough time of late over fake phone-ins, dodgy editing and the rest. However, it maybe worth highlighting, though of not much consolation to non-historians, that the Corporation’s website has some quite excellent content that will help history students of whatever level. For once I think that our money has been wisely invested. Take a look for yourself:
Yet Another Balkans Crisis?
Yesterday Kosovo’s parliament declared unanimously declared itself to be independent from Serbia.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7249034.stm
Just about immediately Serbia and her close supporter, Russia, made their protests as riot police faced protesters in Belgrade and grenades were thrown in the ethnically Serb town of Mitrovica in Kosovo.
Today Serbia withdrew her ambassador to the USA, stating that the country had violated international law by recognising Kosovo.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7251802.stm
Amongst EU nations opinion has been divided with Spain not recognising the new state, in a directly opposite action to that taken by France, Germany and the UK.
All this not only brings back memories of the conflict in the late 1990s but also to the wider unrest in the region that has bedevilled wider European relations for upwards of 150 years. Even without going back to the strife prior to the Nineteenth Century there is enough to keep historians occupied. The crises of 1875-78, 1886, 1912-13 and, of course, 1914 all had international repercussions. It can only be hoped that both local and regional tensions will ease before more blood is spilt in a most contentious corner of our continent.
