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Students reading Marc Morris on Eleanor of Castile
Thanks to Henry Walton of Manor CE Academy for sharing this reading task. Students are supported to read historian Marc Morris’ account of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I. There is a glossary and a worksheet to accompany the reading. Eleanor of Castile Eleanor of Castile – worksheet Eleanor of Castile Glossary
Slot-ins, Most…Some…, beginning teacher subject knowledge
It’s been a busy start to the year in so many ways. One very positive way it has been busy is in the creation of resources by the University of York PGCE history students. Here are new slot-ins for pupils: Early Modern Mental Health Jewish communities in Norman England Roman Britain Black Panther Movement Also … Continue reading Slot-ins, Most…Some…, beginning teacher subject knowledge
GCSE Public Health using York Archives
Huge thanks to Heather Sherman, York College, for generously sharing this work using York’s city archives. Heather has put together this booklet of sources about public health in York for GCSE students. The booklet is a teacher pack (this document: GCSE Public Health York Archives Material_Teacher Pack ) that links the research to the OCR, … Continue reading GCSE Public Health using York Archives
Meanwhile she … Aletta Jacobs
Aletta Jacobs was one of the first women in the Netherlands to become a doctor and opened one of the first birth control clinics for poor and working-class women in 1882. Thanks to Caitlin Sutherland, who completed her UoY PGCE in June and is about to start teaching in Uxbridge, for putting this ‘meanwhile she’ … Continue reading Meanwhile she … Aletta Jacobs