Some books you might be interested in reading over the Christmas holidays are detailed below. Others can be identified in the carousel above, where clicking on any of the titles takes you straight to the relevant amazon page.
1. "The Private Life of Chairman Mao" is a slightly different look at Mao's life from his former physician - a little salacious at times, has proved popular with previous students.
2. The best single volume narrative history of this period - which in facts starts quite a bit earlier - is Jonathan Spence's excellent "Search for Modern China".
Rana Mitter's book "A Bitter Revolution" is of course linked above, and in earlier posts.
3. Jonathan Spence has also written a balanced short biography of Mao, which you may wish to use alongside Jung Chang's better known but very antagonistic book (see post below, and links above).
4. Quite an expensive book, but this one is an interesting and lively attempt to counter the anti-Mao bias of recent books; includes a chapter attacking Jung Chang's biography!
Don't forget to use the school library which has a number of relevant China books for loan as well, including Jonathan Fenby's general history, and a biography of Chiang Kai-Shek (more relevant for L6th stduents).
Thursday 18 December 2008
Thursday 4 December 2008
Imperial War Museum Visit for Year 10
For Year 10 students (and the sixth form supervisors), the following details apply for Friday's visit:
Meet at rear school gates straight after period 5 - 1252.
We will be walking to Sutton station to catch the next train to Elephant and Castle (there is one at 1306, but I suspect we will have to aim for the 1336)
On arrival at Elephant and Castle, we will be walking to the Imperial War Museum. Year 10 students will be placed in muster groups supervised by a sixth former.
At the IWM, the glories of this wonderful museum will be open to us to explore, marvel at and learn from.
GM and SS groups - you are advised to take notes and any photographs that could be useful for your later group presentations on the Home Front during World War 2. Some of the sixth form may also be able to advise on the best way to achieve eye-catching photos for use in presentations! Things to look for are - examples of propaganda, Home Defence, rationing, women at war, evacuation.
Although the focus is on World War 2, there will be time to see the Cold War gallery as well.
RETURN TIMES:
We will finish at the War Museum around 4pm, and aim to catch the 1630 train from Elephant and Castle, which gets in to Sutton at 1702. This train goes on Wimbledon, arriving there at 1719.
Meet at rear school gates straight after period 5 - 1252.
We will be walking to Sutton station to catch the next train to Elephant and Castle (there is one at 1306, but I suspect we will have to aim for the 1336)
On arrival at Elephant and Castle, we will be walking to the Imperial War Museum. Year 10 students will be placed in muster groups supervised by a sixth former.
At the IWM, the glories of this wonderful museum will be open to us to explore, marvel at and learn from.
GM and SS groups - you are advised to take notes and any photographs that could be useful for your later group presentations on the Home Front during World War 2. Some of the sixth form may also be able to advise on the best way to achieve eye-catching photos for use in presentations! Things to look for are - examples of propaganda, Home Defence, rationing, women at war, evacuation.
Although the focus is on World War 2, there will be time to see the Cold War gallery as well.
RETURN TIMES:
We will finish at the War Museum around 4pm, and aim to catch the 1630 train from Elephant and Castle, which gets in to Sutton at 1702. This train goes on Wimbledon, arriving there at 1719.
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