Tuesday 20 May 2008

The Great Leap Forward

Good youtube video here about the Great Leap, including footage of Mao's bizarre sparrow cull. Narrated by Tom Baker, it is a pretty sound account.

Eastern Europe Revision - A-level students

The 'History Today' articles used in the revision session, together with some others, have now been added to the A-level Presentations page (see link opposite). You can access them directly here.

Do use the comments facility to ask for any further clarification, or if you want to request a further revision session on China. I will add further China links to the blog as I find them.

Finally, for A2 students, the British course you are studying is the subject of one of the 'Grade-Buster Guides' on 'history-ontheweb'; you have to go to the Study Centre to find it. You need to use the user name and password given in class to access it, but it is a very comprehensive coverage, and well worth using.

Presentations Updated

New revision presentations have been added to the GCSE and A-level pages. Click on the links opposite ('From the Lessons') for Mr. Shergold's Year 11 Cold War powerpoint, and - for AS-level students - for his 1905 and Era of Reaction powerpoints.

Monday 19 May 2008

Revision - A2

Just to confirm that there will be a revision session on Eastern Europe at school from 10am tomorrow (Tuesday); will be followed after break (1130) by a short China revision session.

Tuesday 13 May 2008

Links Update

The links have been added to and tidied up opposite. Power-point presentations from the lessons can be found in the top section.

Re-activating the Blog

I have decided to reactivate this blog for the exam period, in order to update links that might be helpful for revision and to advise on revision sessions in school. Current Sessions are detailed below.

YEAR 11

Wednesday 14th. May

0930 - 1200: Paper 1, Section A

Thursday 15th. May

1015 - 1200: Paper 1, Section B

Meet Room 66


LOWER SIXTH

Tuesday 13th. May

Period 1 - Alexander II's Reforms (Rm 66)

THERE IS NOW NO WEDNESDAY AFTER SCHOOL SESSION - WE ARE RETAINING THE FRIDAY SESSION

Thursday 15th. May

Period 7 - The Era of Reaction (Alex II and Alex III) with SS

Friday 16th. May

Periods 1 and 2 - The Duma Period with GM (Rm 66)
Period 3 - The 1905 Revolution with SS (Rm 46)

Wednesday 21st. May

Periods 2 and 3 - the Fall of Tsarism (1914-1917) up to Kerensky with GM, Rm 66
Periods 4 and 5 - The Fall of the Provisional Govt. and Bolshevik seizure with SS, Rm 46