Archive for January, 2010

Jews use Holocaust as propaganda weapon, says Catholic bishop

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Historical Anniversary – 100 Years ago today…

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

Thomas Crapper, English inventor of the modern toilet, died: 27th Jan. 1910.

Causes of the Vietnam War – Sourcework

Monday, January 25th, 2010

A new resource for IGCSE history – Causes of the Vietnam War – Sourcework.

Leonardo da Vinci’s bones to be dug up by Italian scientists

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Historical Anniversary – 100 Years ago today…

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Django Reinhardt, jazz guitarist, was was born: 23rd Jan. 1910.

Historiography

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

I’ve produced this Historiographical Terms Handout for my IB students, just to give them some useful points of reference.

Feel free to use it in class – and if you think there’s something obvious I could add / amend / correct please let me know!

It covers such themes as intentionalism, structuralism, annales school and postmodernism so far: but I’d welcome comments regarding other stuff I could add.