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15 Nov 2018: A.D. – Abbreviation for the term Anno Domini Nostri Jesu Christi (or simply Anno Domini) which means ""in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ."" Years are counted from the traditionally recog-nized year of the birth of Jesus. In academic, historical,

15 Nov 2018: Online. Council for British Archaeology http://new.archaeologyuk.org/. The Young Archaeologists Club http://www.yac-uk.org/. Chartered Institute for Archaeologists https://www.archaeologists.net/. The British Archaeological Association https://thebaa

14 Nov 2018: In this activity we will look at two poems called ‘Ozymandias’. You might already be familiar with this poem from your GCSE syllabus. In this sonnet, the an-cient statue of Ozymandias, the ‘king of kings’ is decapitated, and lies as a

14 Nov 2018: In this activity we will look at ‘This living hand’ by John Keats. This living hand, now warm and capable. Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold. And in the icy silence of the tomb,. So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights. That

14 Nov 2018: In this activity we will be looking at two poems by Emily Dickinson called ’There came a Wind. like a Bugle’ and ’The Soul has Bandaged moments’. There came a Wind like a Bugle. There came a Wind like a Bugle-. It quivered through the Grass.

14 Nov 2018: In this activity we will be looking at ‘The World’ by Christina Rossetti. Christina Rossetti’s sonnet ‘The World’ also features an encounter with ‘naked horror’:. The World. By day she woos me, soft, exceeding fair:. But all night as

14 Nov 2018: In this activity we will be looking at ‘Strange Fruit’ by Abel Meeropol and Billie Holiday. A New York poet, songwriter and teacher called Abel Meeropol originally wrote ‘Strange Fruit’. with the title ‘Bitter Fruit’ in 1930, after being

14 Nov 2018: Activity 6: Poem Comparison. Task. Compare two or three of the poems included in this resource. 1. How do your chosen poems approach strong emotions, such as:.  horror.  despair.  wonder? 2. How do your chosen poems describe nature? 3. How

14 Nov 2018: Many people assume that the human body today is essentially the same as it was in the past. Is this true, though? In this activity we will look at what factors can influence the way we use our bodies and try to think about how our ideas about the

14 Nov 2018: Dissection of human bodies appears to have begun at the end of the thirteenth century. Initially, anatomy was used to illustrate the ideas of ancient writers – the act of dissecting the body was thought to demonstrate the accuracy of their ideas.