Director of History for a MAT. KS5 politics school lead. Writer. Interested in past, present, future. Love teaching, nature and the sea. Own views.
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Y12 students studying at home? Need to Know AQA Politics makes the course really simple. Ideal course companion as key points made clear.
So proud of all the work done on representative history by our brilliant team of teachers across the Trust. It’s been amazing to see the response from students as they learn more about some vital aspects of our history.
Aware of BET’s trailblazing approach to reforming the history curriculum, .@itvnews reporter @ChloeKeedyITV paid a visit to @bohuntsixth, in Liphook.
Read more here ⬇️
bohunttrust.co.uk/news/itvs-…
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Checks and balances - at state level! Interesting for A level students!
North Carolina's Supreme Court blocked the state's new Republican-drawn congressional and legislative maps, ruling they violate the state constitution cnn.it/3AYzApk
Really interesting piece on the severe limitations of Holocaust education in the US theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Holocaust knowledge in the UK is also poor - 52% of UK adults did not know that 6m Jewish people were murdered. Only 15% knew that the British government took no action when it found out about the Holocaust in 1941-2, waiting until the end of the war ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2021/nov/…
A bill to ensure teacher ‘loyalty’? Great opinion piece on this.
Simply unreal: A GOP bill in New Hampshire targets "negative" depictions of US history. Its explicit goal: To ensure teachers retain "loyalty" and don't push "subversive doctrines."
This McCarthyite effort could be a model for more to come.
My latest:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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I studied history at university and took a number of modules on nazi history. When I asked my lecturer what happened to Black Germans, he responded that there “wasn’t really any.” And this is how erasure happens seamlessly in the classroom.
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So… 49% now say @Keir_Starmer most capable PM choice vs 31% for @BorisJohnson Johnson may be at bedrock
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"I'm upset."
Former Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson is in tears as she explains how she feels let down by Boris Johnson's leadership.
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Starmer demolishes Johnson in front of Tory MPs stunned into silence: worth watching every minute
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Good introduction to the different states of US. Essentially a league table of best and worst in which to live. Great discussion starter even if some caution needed as re how you measure each criteria. usnews.com/news/best-states/…
UK Politics - good example of scrutiny of the executive by a House of Lords select committee (report on housing written by their Built Environment Committee), and the media theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Helpful overview of the situation in the Ukraine.
If you’re watching the escalating tension between Russia and the West, here are six reasons in 5 mins on why it’s happening and why Ukraine is in the middle of it. Produced by Catherine Karelli. bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-…
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Black aviators from the Tuskegee Airmen won the first ever Top Gun competition in 1949...so the military "lost" the trophy and listed the results as "unknown." cbsnews.com/amp/news/tuskege…
Y12/13 Politics students: Helpful and interesting video - quick watch.
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Great piece on the significance of the defeat of Biden’s voting rights bill in the Senate. Democrats lacked the 60 votes to stop a filibuster, and two Democratic senators (Manchin and Sinema) even voted against a rule change on the filibuster. theguardian.com/us-news/2022…
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Y13 - Biden's first year in 4 minutes. Great for the whole US topic but obviously especially Presidency and presidential power. bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-c…
That timeline is really something!
All politics students obviously need to be following this story. Confused about all those parties? See timeline at the end. Correct at time of posting.... bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-6…
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Our very own @rjhammal writes about how BET links literacy work in History with external partners, providing CPD for staff, building confidence and students' understanding - with @DriverTrust ow.ly/o8Y950HqHSZ
So good to work with literacy experts at the Driver Youth Trust developing literacy in History, so that our fascinating and essential subject is accessible to all our wonderful students. Strongly recommend contacting the DYT if you want to move literacy forward in your school.
We've loved working with @Bohunt_Trust over the last few months, helping them to develop disciplinary literacy in their history depts. Thanks @rjhammal for putting together this case study for us!
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