Breaking News Generator. Breaking News Generator. Use the ‘Keyword Checker’ to ensure student essays cover the essentials. Factual knowledge is the bedrock of good history writing. Without it, meaningful opinions cannot be formed or substantiated. With this in mind, I developed the Keyword Checker at ClassTools.
Simply input the essential terms, names, dates and events in one box, and paste the essay into the other. The application will then check the essay and provide a quick rundown of exactly which terms have been included, and which have been left out. Best of all, terms can be organised under key headings (indicated by an asterisk). The Keyword Checker will give a quick breakdown in the following format: Taking it further The KeyWord Checker is not just useful for giving teachers a quick impression about how much hard factual knowledge has been included in an essay. Get students themselves to decide upon what the most important five themes are to cover, and what five terms they agree everybody should aim to mention. Link Keyword Checker at ClassTools (Viewed 94 times) Related 14th February 2015 In "Cause" The Communist Manifesto and Other Revolutionary Writings: Marx, Marat, Paine ... The Communist Manifesto: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels.
The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain. Roderick Floud has taught modern British history in the UK and the USA; his recent research has used information on human height and weight to explore changes in living standards and he is one of the founders of the sub-discipline of anthropometric history, summed up in The Changing Body (Cambridge University Press, 2011) which has been widely praised. He wrote the first textbook of quantitative methods for historians and has edited all four editions of The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain. Roderick has also written extensively on higher education policy and received a knighthood for services to higher education. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and an Academician of the Social Sciences. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in the United States and is currently Chair of the Social Sciences Committee of the European Science Foundation. He has recently embarked on a new research study of the economic history of British gardening.
The Economic History of Britain Since 1700. What is Economic History? History with the people left out? Arid quantification? Aggregate History? Or study of the essential motivating force of society? What is economic history? 'Work' by Ford Maddox Brown, 1852-65D.C. It is not difficult to concoct brief definitions of economic history; but nor is it very rewarding. None of these indicates in what ways economic history is significantly different from more orthodox varieties of history. At this point difficulties arise for the economic historians themselves, about such definitions of method. To conclude.
T.C. This question was much easier to answer a generation ago than it is today. More research, however, meant more specialisation. During the 1960s, while the going got harder, an epidemic of econometric history spread from the United States, where economic history is usually taught in economics departments. On the whole, the New Economic History further diminished the subject's broad appeal. In the end, history is all of a piece. M.J. Roderick Floud N.F.R. What medieval Europe did with its teenagers. Image copyright Getty Images Today, there's often a perception that Asian children are given a hard time by their parents. But a few hundred years ago northern Europe took a particularly harsh line, sending children away to live and work in someone else's home. Not surprisingly, the children didn't always like it.
Around the year 1500, an assistant to the Venetian ambassador to England was struck by the strange attitude to parenting that he had encountered on his travels. He wrote to his masters in Venice that the English kept their children at home "till the age of seven or nine at the utmost" but then "put them out, both males and females, to hard service in the houses of other people, binding them generally for another seven or nine years". It was for the children's own good, he was told - but he suspected the English preferred having other people's children in the household because they could feed them less and work them harder.
So why did this seemingly cruel system evolve? Viewpoint: Could one man have shortened the Vietnam War? 8 July 2013Last updated at 23:58 GMT Konrad Kellen was an unknown defence analyst who might have changed the course of the Vietnam War if only people had listened to him, argues Malcolm Gladwell. Listening well is a gift. The ability to hear what someone says and not filter it through your own biases is an instinctive ability similar to having a photographic memory. And I think we have a great deal of trouble with people who have this gift. There is something about all of us that likes the fact that what we hear is filtered through someone's biases. There are many examples of this phenomenon, but I want to focus on the story of Konrad Kellen, a truly great listener. During the Vietnam War, he heard something that should have changed the course of history. Continue reading the main story About the author Kellen was born in 1913. Kellen was tall, handsome and charismatic.
He lived one of those extraordinary 20th Century lives. Continue reading the main story Konrad Kellen Kellen was different. 40 Weird Historical Photos that Actually Happened. But I Still Can’t Believe that Baby in #12 - Obscure Vision. 1.) A woman taking her baby for a stroll in a gas-resistant baby carriage. 2.) People posing next to the Statue of Liberty’s face as it was being un-packed. 3.) A photo of Elvis Presley in the army. 4.) Fuzzy ducklings being used as therapy animals for children. 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) 9.) 10.) 11.) 12.) 13.) 14.) 15.) 16.) 17.) 18.) 19.) 20.) 21.) 22.) 23.) 24.) 25.) 26.) 27.) 28.) 29.) 30.) 31.) 32.) 33.) 34.) 35.) 36.) 37.) 38.) 39.) 40.) Source: Reddit. Black Death skeletons unearthed by Crossrail project. 29 March 2014Last updated at 20:00 ET By James Morgan Science reporter, BBC News The plague victims' bones reveal clues to their harsh lives in medieval London Skeletons unearthed in London Crossrail excavations are Black Death victims from the great pandemic of the 14th Century, forensic tests indicate.
Their teeth contain DNA from the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis and their graves have been dated to 1348-50. Records say thousands of Londoners perished and their corpses were dumped in a mass grave outside the City, but its exact location was a mystery. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote This discovery solves a 660-year-old mystery. End QuoteJay Carver Lead archaeologist, Crossrail Archaeologists now believe it is under Charterhouse Square near the Barbican. They plan to expand their search for victims across the square - guided by underground radar scans, which have picked up signs of many more graves. The teeth of the skeletons contain plague bacterial DNA The plague. History Cookbook. 10 dangerous things in Victorian/Edwardian homes. The late Victorians and the Edwardians lived through a domestic revolution. Theirs was a bold and exciting age of innovation, groundbreaking discoveries and dramatic scientific changes, many of which altered life at home in profound ways - including some that were terrible and unforeseen, writes historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb.
Much of their ingenuity was a response to the challenges of living in the newly booming cities - in 100 years, the urban population of Britain had leapt from two million in 1800 to 20 million at the turn of the 20th Century. By 1850, London was the biggest city the world had ever seen, and such enormous concentrations of people posed brand new problems of feeding, watering and housing the masses. Yet, many of the products they bought or inventive technological solutions they came up with were not only health hazards, but deadly domestic assassins. They were welcoming hidden killers into the heart of their homes. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Overhaul school history, urges report by MPs and peers. 10 December 2012Last updated at 11:02 ET By Judith Burns Education reporter, BBC News School history needs more of a sense of time says a parliamentary committee School history lessons should be overhauled and a British history qualification brought in for 16-year-olds, urges a group of MPs and peers.
The average 13-year-old learns history for just one hour a week, says a report from the all-party parliamentary group. The government should allow schools in England to replace citizenship classes with history lessons, says the report. The government said it was looking at history teaching as part of the national curriculum review. The report, from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on History and Archives, says many schools regard history as too tough for their weaker students and allow them to drop it after two years at secondary school.
It also highlights widespread concerns about the curriculum, in terms both of content and the pace at which it is taught. 'Doctor Who history' 'Key events' Why the War of 1812 still matters. 18 June 2012Last updated at 08:05 ET Alexandra Deutsch, from the Maryland Historical Society, tells the BBC how America got its national anthem On the bicentennial of America's declaration of war against the United Kingdom, the BBC's Joan Soley says the War of 1812 still resonates today. If someone stopped you on the street at this exact moment and asked you to explain what the War of 1812 was about, could you explain? You would not be alone if you couldn't. When asked, my father said: "I have a hunch it involved men in red coats, American Indians and Daniel Day-Lewis. " (He had two out of three.)
While generally being relegated to history books and classrooms, the War of 1812, also known as America's second war for independence, was important - and it still matters. An audacious declaration Two hundred years ago this Monday, American President James Madison signed a declaration of war against Great Britain. Enthusiasts in Maryland reenact a skirmish from the War of 1812 Star-spangled story. Viewpoint: The time Britain slid into chaos.
Get up close and personal with the world's oldest football. 18 May 2012Last updated at 19:22 ET By Huw Williams BBC Scotland reporter The opportunity to get to grips with the ball is attracting widespread interest As footballing history is made at Hampden, Scots fans are being offered the chance to get up close and personal with the oldest football in the world. Made from cow leather and a pigs bladder, it was found behind panelling of the Queen's chamber in Stirling Castle, which was decorated in the 1540s. But it could be even older than that. "There were four footballs bought for the Castle by the king (James IV) in the 1490s," said Michael McGinnes, collections manager at the Smith Museum in Stirling. "So it could be one of those balls, that has actually lasted through the years and was given to Mary (Queen of Scots) as a young child, to play with.
" Historians certainly know that the young Mary played football, and golf. And, Michael McGinnes said, the location where it was found makes the royal connection more likely. "Absolutely none.