HISTORY
Directly Relevant to the Course
Five things you should be doing when you think you have finished all your work!
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Access and read additional articles on Studywiz.
Put together a fact file on key personalities.
Create revision cards on topics covered.
Ask the school librarian about additional reading for your topics.
Ensure your notes are organised and up to date.
Wider Reading
Journal Articles - look at previous issues of Hindsight (in the library) and 20th Century
History Review (in the Supervised Study Room) for relevant articles.
Year 12 British History 1945-90 (books below are in the library):
D Kynaston - Austerity Britain 1945-51
A Marwick - British Society since 1945
Martin Roberts - Britain 1846-1964, The Challenge of Change
Derrick Murphy - Britain 1914-2000
Graham Goodland - 19th and 20th Century British History essential word dictionary
Eric Evans - The Complete A-Z of late 19th and 20th British History Handbook
Kevin Jeffries - The Labour Party since 1945
H Harmer - The Labour Party 1900-1998
J Ruby - The 1940s and 1950s
N File - Black Settlers in Britain 1955-58
Richard Radway - Britain 1900-1951
Christopher Rowe - Britain 1929-98
Pauline Gregg - A Social and Economic History of Britain 1760-1980
Martin Pugh - A Social and Political History of Britain 1870-1997
Year 12 America:
C Bragg - Vietnam, Korea and US Foreign Policy 1945-75 (Heinemann) – IN LIBRARY
V Sanders - The USA and Vietnam 1945–1975 (Hodder Murray) – IN LIBRARY
O Edwards - The USA and the Cold War, 1945-63 (Hodder Murray, 2002)
A Farmer and V Sanders - An Introduction to American History 1860–1990 (Hodder and
Stoughton)
M A Jones - The Limits of Liberty 2nd edition (OUP, 1995) – IN LIBRARY
K Ruane - War and Revolution in Vietnam, 1930–1975 (University College London
Press, 1998)
P Boyer - The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People (Houghton Mifflin,
2001)
J De Pennington - Modern America: 1865 to the Present (Hodder Murray,2005)
V Sanders - Politics, Presidency and Society in the USA, 1968-2001 (Hodder Education,
Access to History, 2008)
D Murphy - United States 1917-2008 (Collins Education – Flagship series)
J Traynor - Mastering Modern United States History (Palgrave)
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Year 13 Civil Rights and Year 13 Superpower Relations:
Consult the titles on your reading list issued at the start of the course.
Useful Websites
http://www.mediarichlearning.com/pg/pg.php - lots of clips on America
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
http://www.youtube.com/ - search for topics covered in lessons
Civil Rights:
http://www.justice.gov/crt/foia/bostonjfk/index.php
http://www.historycooperative.org
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/PrimDocsHome.html
http://www.shmoop.com/
Films/ TV Programmes
Year 12 American History:
Born on the Fourth of July
Good Morning, Vietnam
Dear America: Letters home from Vietnam – a moving TV programme which you can
find by searching on YouTube – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Year 12 British History
Meryl Streep as Thatcher (2011)
Made in Dagenham (2010) - about women striking for fair pay in 1968
Andrew Marr - History of Britain series - don’t forget!
Below is a list of some of the films produced during this period that will also give
you a flavour of life in Britain at the time they were made.
Hue and Cry (1947)
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
The Blue Lamp (1950)
The Ladykillers (1955)
Look Back in Anger (1959)
Room at the Top (1959))
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning (1960)
A Taste of Honey (1961)
A Kind of Loving (1962)
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
This Sporting Life (1963)
Billy Liar (1963)
Alfie (1966)
Georgy Girl (1966)
Charlie Bubbles (1968)
Kes (1969)
Spring and Port Wine (1970)
That’‘ll be the Day (1973)
Quadrophenia (1979)
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Year 13 American History and Cold War
To Kill a Mockingbird - set in the 1930s
Mississippi Burning - set in the 1960s – though possibly over-glorifies the role of white
heroes in the civil rights struggle!
Malcolm X
Hairspray (especially the original made in 1988)
The Help - a recent film which has generated some controversy
The “Eyes on the Prize” documentary series is superb - much can be viewed on
YouTube. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
JFK
The Lives of Others
Goodbye Lenin
James Bond films
Ice Station Zebra
Dr Strangelove
Places to Visit
Houses of Parliament
Attend relevant student conferences
Look out for university advertised lectures on your topic
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Additional Enrichment Ideas
Wider Reading
Books about periods of History you may not have studied before
Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore - a fascinating account of
Jerusalem’s turbulent history
Berlin: The Downfall by Anthony Beevor - a gripping narrative of the last days of Nazi
Germany
The Mitford Girls by Mary S Lovell - an insight into key moments of 20th Century
British history through the experiences of a remarkable family
Shooting History by Jon Snow - an interesting autobiography; a journalist’s view of
key events in the last 50 years
The Royal Stuarts by Allan Massie - good to read something that isn’t about the 20th
Century
John F. Kennedy, An Unfinished Life by Robert Dallek
Books about the study of History as a discipline: - useful for university interviews!
History, A Very Short Introduction by John H. Arnold (OUP) - an manageable book
on what History is and isn’t about
The Pursuit of History by John Tosh - an accessible explanation of why people
should study History and what different types of History there are
The Uses and Abuses of History by Margaret McMillan
Historical Novels - can bring a period of History to life
Novels by C.J.Sansom - especially Winter in Madrid about the Spanish Civil War
Novels by Robert Harris or Sebastian Faulks – Mr Bourne’s favourites!
Historical Biographies - highly recommended, e.g.
Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela
Wild Swans by Jung Chang - a fascinating insight into 20th century Chinese history
Useful Websites
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/tags/history - gives you links to lots of
engaging programmes from Channel 4OD
Films/ TV programmes
History Channel - has some good programmes. Pick what you’re interested in.
Places to Visit
Imperial War Museum
Bletchley Park
HMS Belfast
JFK memorial at Runnymede
A trip to New York and Washington DC is a must one day!
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