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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 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.

15 Nov 2018: A blazon is a poetic device in which the speaker of the poem catalogues each part of a woman’s body. Typically, these body parts are compared to aspects of the natural world: teeth are compared to pearls, blonde hair to gold, etc. This device

15 Nov 2018: Activity 4: Summary Questions. Task. 1. What different theories of the body existed in early modern Europe? 2. If you had been born in the Renaissance, do you think you would have. experienced your own body differently? How could historians begin to

15 Nov 2018: Activity 4: Summary Questions Answers. Task. 1. What different theories of the body existed in early modern Europe? In the early modern period, many people continued to believe in the humoral. theory of the body, defined by the ancient physician

1 Nov 2018: Archaeologists spend a lot of time talking about ‘stratigraphy’. This means the layers of soil that. have built up over time. How the layers relate to one another can tell you a lot about what may. have happened in the past. We’ll start with

1 Nov 2018: Task 1 Answers. 1. What is the earliest date layer 8 could have been formed? 2nd. century AD. 2. Which layers were formed during the Roman period? (The Roman period. began in Britain in the mid-1st. century AD). 8, 7, 6 and 5. Layer 8 contains Roman

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.

1 Nov 2018: Microscopes and telescopes are powerful tools and easily recognisable symbols of science and technology. Both inventions were important in moving the Scientific Revolution forward. In this activity, we’ll investigate the development of astronomy

1 Nov 2018: Task 1-Timeline of events. Activity 1: Answers. Years. 1347. People and events. The Black Death. Descriptions of people and events. Many physicians blamed the stars and planets for this occur-rence. The result of many different factors including a

17 Aug 2018: In this activity we will explore the Parthenon in Athens. The Parthenon, the Acropolis, and Athens. The Parthenon was built between 447–438 B.C. on the Acropolis hill in Athens. The word. ‘Acropolis’ comes from two Ancient Greek words, and

17 Aug 2018: In this activity we will explore the Parthenon as a religious monument. Athena Parthenos. Inside the ‘naos’ of the Parthenon, there was in antiquity a giant chryselephantine statue of the. goddess Athena Parthenos: a statue made out of gold and

17 Aug 2018: In this activity we will explore the Parthenon as a political monument. Athens in the Persian War. Throughout the early fifth century, Athens along with other parts of Greece had been at war. against the might of the Persian Empire. The Persians had

29 Mar 2018: In this activity, we will explore the structure of the human brain and what is unique about it when compared to other primates. Lobes. The brain consists of different areas: the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe, the brain

29 Mar 2018: You were introduced in the previous activity to the basic structure of neurons and synapses. In this activity we will explore how neurons communicate with each other to send messages in the brain. Neurons are a cell type in the brain that are