Romans

What makes this a good example of obituary writing?

1066

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A section of the Bayeux Tapestry has mysteriously disappeared. Students have imagined what might have been on the missing section. How true to the design of the original Tapestry do you think they are?

 

Original Bayeux Tapestry

 

Cheating William, front page

 

Medieval society

Life in a medieval village - download the latest radio soaps!

Group 1

 

Click on these pictures of a students' medieval town brochure. Why has she got a 'green' rating for the work?

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Tudor Banquet

During Enrichment Week students took part in a Tudor Banquet in honour of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth I

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Archaeology timelines

 

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Students studying archaeology in Year 8 learned about the different strata or layers that lie beneath the surface of the ground. The deeper you dig the older objects get. Do you recognise any of the artefacts? Have you found anything similar in your garden?

 

Blue Plaques

 

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Year 8s designed 'Blue Plaques' to famous people who lived in the area. Download the template and have a go at designing a plaque to someone you know who lived nearby.

 

St Eansywthe

 

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Students storyboarded the miracles of local saint, St Eanswythe

 

Slave Trade

Study this example of a letter from an ambassador. What register (style) have they used? How much detail have they included?

 

Age of Entrepreneurs

View this example of an obituary of a successful entrepreneur. What made Wedgwood such a successful entrepreneur? Compare his achievements with the Whatmans of Kent

 

The Victorian Age

What makes a good travel article? What would make a good travel article about Victorian Britain?

Download some examples of posters & prospectuses for Victorian FSG. How well do they compare with the real thing?

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Victorian public health

Letter to an MP calling for improvements in public health

WWI

The poems below were inspired by a visit to Ypres and the cemeteries and battle sites. What reminds you about original WWI poems when you read these verses?

L.J. ............... K.C-S ............... L.W ............. E.E.

Flanders Fields

 Fun times blown away
Love and laughter in the day
And now were off on our journey of will
Never did we think peace had to kill
Diluted hearts getting weaker by the second
Earnestly waiting for peace to be beckoned
Receiving letters from their loved ones
Surviving from the perilous guns
 
Forever will our hearts go on
In Flanders field stalwart soldiers have gone
Earthy ground where poppies now grow
Leaving memories of friend or foe
Different memories have faded away
Suffered bodies alive today

What do you notice is so unusual about E.M.'s poem above?

Click on the posters below to see how Year 8s tried to recreate World War One recruitment posters.

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Students investigated the reputation of General Haig, the so-called 'Butcher of the Somme' and decided whether he still deserves a monument in Whitehall. Here is an example of a letter by one student. What view does she take?

Slave trade

What makes a great speech? Below are examples by Year 8 students on the slave trade. Click on each picture

 

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How similar are these diary entries to Samuel Pepys original?

 

Travel guides to Tsarist Russia

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Would you visit Russia when described like this?

Key figures

 

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Read this letter by a sixth form student, appealing to the Tsar to improve conditions in Russia in the nineteenth century. Notice the language the student uses and how they compare conditions under previous Tsars.

What makes this AS essay on the Russo-Japanese War so successful?

Other example essays you can download

Russia

Sergei Witte

Russo-Japanese War (S.A.) ....... Russo-Japanese War (E.F.)

How far was the First World War responsible for the downfall of the Romanovs in 1917? (A.C.)

Did the Provisional government face an impossible task? (E.J.)

Was war the cause of two revolutions? (R.P.)

Centralisation of power under the Bolsheviks (S.A.)

Civil Rights

How far is it accurate to describe black Americans as second-class citizens in the years 1945-53 (M.N.)

How far were black Americans treated as second class citizens in the 40s and 50s? (S.A.)

Essay plans

Study the sample AS essay plan. How welll could you answer the question set on the basis of this student's plan?

 

Presentations

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Compare these presentations on the writer, John Reed and his famous account of the Russian Revolution, 'Ten Days that Shook the World'

Civil Rights, 1945-68 campaigners

Click here to download profiles created by students on Civil Rights campaigners. Which factoids are more successful? What are the reasons for your decision?

US cuisine

To enrich their learning experience students produced some authentic US dishes. It proved to be the most delicious History lesson ever!

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Sample essays

Cold War - a conflict of ideologies, personalities or national interests?

Beginnings of Cold War

Development of Cold War - Stalin's fault?

Peaceful coexistence

 

James Bond

Students attempted to write the script for a Bond movie informed by their work on the characteristics of Cold War. Study the task sheet and listen to the examples. Which students most closely met the task criteria?

Bond 1 ..... Bond 2..... Bond 3..... Bond 4 ..... Bond 5