So …. what did the Victorians actually do for us?  Follow the links below to start your investigation. Click here for a timeline of the Victorian Period: Timeline of the Victorian Period Click on the links below for more details on this time in History. Queen Victoria The British Empire Ideas and Beliefs Grand Designs […]

 How much impact did Martin Luther King have in changing civil rights for black Americans?  Please click the link below for the Research Log: Student Research Log Click the button below to access the Homework Timeline: key moments in the Civil Rights Struggle, 1954 – 1961: Use Doodle to track your progress: Sources to aid your Research […]

YEAR 9 HISTORY EXAM Section 1: World War 1 Question 1 Key question: which countries were allies with Britain in WW1? Questions 2 and 3 Key question: can you give three reasons for the outbreak of WW1? To help you answer click the link and watch the video: Causes of World War 1 Question 4 Key question: […]

Click the link and read the document if you’d like to complete a fantastic WW1 Project! Project-criteria-How-GREAT-was-the-Great-War   Propaganda (ideas, information or rumours spread to influence people to believe or act a certain way)   Propaganda was used in WW1 as in any war.  Propaganda ensured that the people only got to know what their governments […]

To download the revision booklet please click on the link below.  You may wish to do this to fill in any worksheets, etc.     I started my revision by creating a timeline of key events in law enforcement.  This meant that I could instantly see the main changes and how law enforcement developed from […]

1.  Demonstrate Source Inference Skills.                     2.  Demonstrate Cross-referencing Skills.                       3.  Thinking about Usefulness and Reliability.     4.  Using Sources to answer Historical Questions. 5.  Using the sources and your own knowledge please answer […]

Victorian Child Labor was the norm in the 1800s. There was no such thing as Child Protective services like we have today. Here is a list of several types of jobs that children did. Coal mines Laundry for pay Chimney Sweep Sweated Trades Factory Worker Matchmaking Scare the birds from the fields Pottery Making Farm […]

      CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO MAKE CLEARER BY ENLARGING:     Please click on the link below to listen to a description from Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography describing the middle passage:   Autobiography       Doodle Poll  http://doodle.com/evpue7uidf2ahrqs#admin Complete the following survey: Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey , the world’s leading questionnaire […]

Hitler (1889 – 1945) Adolf Hitler better known as Hitler was born on the 20th April 1889, in an Braunau am inn on the Austro-German border.  Alois, Hitler’s father died  at the age of sixty-four, thirteen years after Hitler was born. Hitler’s father was known to be very strict and wanted everything in life just […]

Suggested Enquiry Questions 1.  How did WW2 affect the people of Torbay? 2.  Why was the Battle of Britain a turning point in WW2? 3.  How did women contribute to the war effort in WW2? Below you will find some information which may help you to start your Project. 1.  How did WW2 affect the people […]

YEAR 9 HISTORY EXAM Section 1: World War 1 Question 1 Key question: which countries were allies with Britain in WW1? Questions 2 and 3 Key question: can you give three reasons for the outbreak of WW1? To help you answer click the link and watch the video: Causes of World War 1 Question 4 Key question: […]

EVENTS OF 1912 Here are some interesting events of 1912: JANUARY The Republic of China is proclaimed. New Mexico becomes the 47th state of the United States. Scott reaches the South Pole. FEBRUARY Arizona becomes the 48th US states. Italy makes a surprise on the Ottoman port of Beirut: 97 sailors and civilians are killed. MARCH Albert Berry is reported to have […]

The Peterloo Massacre On the 16th of August 1819 the area around what’s now St Peters Square, Manchester, played host to an outrage against over 60,000 peaceful, pro-democracy and anti-poverty protesters; an event which became known as The Peterloo Massacre An estimated 18 people, including women and children, died from sabre cuts and trampling by […]