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Are Biographies Important in the Study of History?

After having read Jung Chang’s ‘Wild Swans’ the Uplands IB class of 2015 have begun to read ‘Mao, the Unknown Story’ by the same...

Are Museums Relevant in the 21st Century?

On the final Thursday before half-term Upland’s Year 7 historians enjoyed a trip to Penang State Museum. The year-group spent time exploring the downstairs...

Some thoughts on Learning Technology….

Which quote do you agree with most? “Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for...

Year 7 History Class and Homework

18/08/14 Year 7 are off to a roaring start at Uplands! This week they examined why History is important, learning three reasons why we...

Year 8 History Class and Homework

18/08/14 Year 8 have begun the new year with renewed vigour keen to build on previously established History skills. We re-examined why History is...

Year 9 History Class and Homework

18/08/14 Year 9 have begun the new year with renewed vigour keen to build on previously established History skills. We re-examined why History is...

Year 10 History Class and Homework

18/08/14 Congratulations to our Year 10 History students on choosing History! Year 10 began their studies of the International History of the 20th Century...

Year 11 History Class and Homework

18/08/14 Year 11 began the new academic year with a vote. Uplands two History classes were given a choice of countries upon which to...

Year 12 History Class and Homework

18/08/14 Year 12 students began their exciting Historical IB studies with an examination of the nature of Authoritarian Single Party States and their leaders....

Year 13 History Class and Homework

18/08/14 In our first week back we began our study of China under Mao. This study was supplemented with readings from Jung Chang’s Wild...