Mary the Elephant and The Hartlepool Monkey During the Napoleonic Wars the good people of Hartlepool, according to Legend, discovered a Monkey. Not understanding it, they put it on trial, accused of being a French…
The Emu War of 1932 if we had a military division with the bullet-carrying capacity of these…. it would face any army in the world. They could face machine guns with the invulnerability of tanks.…
What were the Liberal Reforms? The Liberal Reforms were a series of government measures designed to help people who couldn’t help themselves. They included the introduction of National Insurance which included a contribution from the…
El Cid El Cid, as the Moors called him, is one of the best known Military Leaders of the Middle Ages. In an age in which warfare was almost a daily pastime he forged himself…
The Other Boleyn Girl – Mary Boleyn Mary Boleyn was the sister of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife. Mary Boleyn’s story was subject of a book and film entitled ‘The Other Boleyn Girl.’ Mary…
Differentiation in the History Classroom Differentiation in History lessons is vital if all learners are to achieve to their potential. Yet differentiating is something that is regularly picked up on in lesson observations as being…