History
What wider reading can be completed to support the curriculum?
The following texts may be of interest:
The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
Hitler - Ian Kershaw
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Every Man Dies Alone - Hans Fallada
Bernard Cornwell novels
War Horse - Michael Morpurgo
Private Peaceful - Michael Morpurgo
Day of the Assassins - Johnny O'Brien
Number the Stars - Lois Lowry
What websites could students visit to support the curriculum?
www.bbc.co.uk/education
www.johndclare.net
www.spartacus-educational.com
www.aqa.org.uk
www.activehistory.co.uk
www.thestudentroom.co.uk
www.explaininghistory.com
www.schoolhistory.co.uk
www.historylearningsite.co.uk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
www.historytoday.com
Certain television programmes can be useful:
- Use Channel 4 On Demand and BBC iPlayer to find historical documentaries.
- The History Channel
- Watch programmes on Yesterday
- The Last Kingdom (15)
- Blackadder
- 1066: A Year to Conquer England.
- Ancient Warriors - The Normans & The Vikings
- Watch documentaries on the topics we are studying and other areas of history, e.g. David Starkey's Days that Shook the World series
- MrGreen1066 on YouTube
Watching films such as:
- Schindler's List
- Valkyrie
- Swing Kids
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- Hitler: The Rise of Evil
- Band of Brothers (15)
- The Diary of Anne Frank
- War
- Suffragette
- Race
- Selma