History

What wider reading can be completed to support the curriculum?

The following texts may be of interest:

• The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick
• Hitler - Ian Kershaw
• The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
• Every Man Dies Alone - Hans Fallada
• Bernard Cornwell novels
• War Horse - Michael Morpurgo
• Private Peaceful - Michael Morpurgo
• Day of the Assassins - Johnny O'Brien
• Number the Stars - Lois Lowry

What websites could students visit to support the curriculum?

www.bbc.co.uk/education
www.johndclare.net
www.spartacus-educational.com
www.aqa.org.uk
www.activehistory.co.uk
www.thestudentroom.co.uk
www.explaininghistory.com
www.schoolhistory.co.uk
www.historylearningsite.co.uk
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
www.historytoday.com

Certain television programmes can be useful:

• Use Channel 4 On Demand and BBC iPlayer to find historical documentaries.
• The History Channel
• Watch programmes on Yesterday
• The Last Kingdom (15)
• Blackadder
• 1066: A Year to Conquer England.
• Ancient Warriors - The Normans & The Vikings
• Watch documentaries on the topics we are studying and other areas of history, e.g. David Starkey's Days that Shook the World series
• MrGreen1066 on YouTube

Watching films such as:

• Schindler's List
• Valkyrie
• Swing Kids
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
• Hitler: The Rise of Evil
• Band of Brothers (15)
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• War
• Suffragette
• Race
• Selma