The History World
See below for the following series

  • Contexts

  • Agenda

  • The World of Sources

  • Byways in History

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Contexts - a place, building or event in context

The Great Train Robbery, 1963  *
The ‘Crab and Winkle’ Railway - a world first  *
The enigma of Bletchley Park - secrets uncovered *
Fashoda, 1898: high noon in Upper Sudan *
The Berlin Wall: icon of the Cold War era *
St Isaacs and the city of St Petersburg *

Sir Joseph Paxton and the Great Exhibition, 1851 *
The South Tyrol, Italy and the Versailles Peace, 1919 *
The Wall Street Crash, 1929 - disarray in the West between the wars *
Church on Spilled Blood, St Petersburg, and the death of Alexander II *
The Siegessäule, Berlin: monument to the Franco-Prussian War *
The cruiser Aurora  and the Russian October Revolution [1917] *

Agenda

Looking ‘outside the box’. The benefits to students of considering ‘a bigger picture’  
Text and topic books are not enough. Texts and topic books need to be supplemented
Women’s History by Professor Pat Hudson
Depictions of Stalin: The Past and the Future by Alf Wilkinson
The Interest in History by
Jacquetta Devine

The World of Sources

Sources from the Soviets: photographs that mislead * by David King
Nazi film and photography * by Dr Robin Lenman
Searching for sources: assassination in Sarajevo * § by Sylvie Nickels
Cartoons * § by Dr Roy Douglas

The poster * § by Professor David Welch

Byways in History

Prince Lvov and Russia in in revolution in 1917 * by Alf Wilkinson
Alexander Kerensky and reform in Russia * by Alf Wilkinson
Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby * by John Garland
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman * by John Garland

 
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  www.history-ontheweb.co.uk - Index  I  The Study Centre  I   e-new perspective  Students' study guide  
  Exam and study advice for AS/A Modern History  I  Topic guides  I  Core concepts  I  The world of sources
 
Guide to History degree course selection   I  History and theory  I  New texts from publishers
  I  GCSE Resource bank
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