History
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Blog: Teaching controversial topics in the classroom
The tragic murder of a French history teacher in October has highlighted the perils and importance of tackling controversial topics in the classroom, and the need to do...
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Activate award winner Michael Davies: teaching controversial histories in schools
Page"WCMT has been supportive in a number of ways since my Fellowship in 2015 and this Activate grant is very helpful indeed. Most of our work to date has been in the North...
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Blog: Teaching parallel histories
More than 550,000 students in England and Wales took GCSE History this summer – but only 2,200 of them studied Israel and Palestine. Teachers are shying away from...
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Blog: The story of HM Bark Endeavour
At our Award Ceremony in June 2018, Peter received the Mary Soames award for History, WCMT’s gift to Lady Soames, Winston Churchill’s youngest daughter and Churchill...
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Michael Davies' Story
Story | By Michael Davies | Teaching Churchill and the Middle East: comparative perspectives on conflict | 2015In 2015, Michael Davies visited schools in Israel, Jordan and the occupied Palestinian Territory to discover a better way of teaching the contentious history of Israel...
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Teaching Churchill and the Middle East: comparative perspectives on conflict
Michael Davies, a history teacher from Lancaster, will be visiting schools in Israel, Jordan and the occupied Palestinian Territory. His aim is to create a balanced and...