Assessing Deng

Students considering Deng Xiaoping's achievements might be interested in checking these two profiles from the American media, both giving a lengthy and fair assessment.

CNN profiles Deng here, and Time magazine's 2006 profile is here.

Exam Class History on You Tube

As we approach the end of the GCSE / AS / A2 courses and start to prepare for revision, a good place to start might be to utilise these You Tube clips.

Y11 - Nazi Germany
6 part UKTV History documentary on the Night of the Long Knives - a well structured account detailing the causes of this event as well as the executions themselves and the aftermath. Clips 5 and 6 deal with the execution of Roehm. This link is to clip 1 ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6q16BDVN6k&feature=related


This is a decent dramatisation of the build up and consequences of the Reichstag fire - from the film 'Hitler: Rise of Evil'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5HtPYv1FQ


Y12 / 13 - China
A 5 part documentary on the Tiananmen Square massacre from the History Channel. A good overview of causes, events and consequences ... try not to pay too much attention to the rock music background! Link to part 1 here ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jrkwtn3vc8

I will try to post more links in the coming weeks that may be of use.