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Year 7 have been investigating the Tudors and the different interpretations of them. Recently we have looked at Henry VIII and why people tend to remember the fat, angry Henry. If you want to watch the Horrible Histories song that we watched you can see it here. As part of our investigation we have also…
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In our final lesson of the term, Year 9 looked at what happened when Hitler turned his attentions from destroying the RAF to bombing the cities of Britain. We watched this short film from the BBC archive: We then considered why it is difficult to know if there was a ‘Blitz Spirit’. The BBC archive has a range…
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Yes Year 7, the moment has finally arrived when you can start building your medieval castles! For detailed instructions about how you can take part in this House competition then download the instructions sheet from lesson. Remember that all entries will earn house points, and there will be prizes for the best castles. Don’t forget,…
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Year 8 are currently writing their assessed essays on ‘how hard was life for children in the mills?’ You now need to write up and improve your work for next lesson. The instructions are available for download. Don’t forget to tick off all the ‘good answers will’ ideas before handing in your work. I have also…
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Year 7 have produced some really amazing Medieval Church board games. Here is a final selection of some particularly impressive ones. Don’t forget that the penalty shoot out key word game is still online to play [not available on the Henry Box School network]
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Year 8 have now looked at two entrepreneurs and even made their own ‘perfect’ entrepreneurs. We are now going to look at the lives of some of the children who worked in the mills during the Industrial Revolution. At the end of these lessons we are going to write a short essay about how bad…
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If you would like to play an online game about the Church in the Middle Ages then why not try this Penalty Shoot Out. It is based on the key words that we have been learning in class. Get the question right and then test your skill against the keeper. Good luck! [This game is not available…
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This week we have been investigating the Church in the Middle Ages. We spent quite some time looking at a Doom painting and talked about Medieval ideas of heaven, hell and purgatory. We then started to read about three key things that made the Church so important: Power, Hope, and Help. As we are exploring these ideas we are also getting ready to make History board…
Year 7 are currently looking at the Peasants’ Revolt. In lessons we have started to think about the causes of the revolt. If you want to re-cap the causes, you can do so with this online card sort. You could try to re-sort the causes with some of the different headings we came up with in class.
