Thursday, 11 September 2008

Local History

Second year History students are currently deciding which topics they are going to investigate for their coursework essay. Our exam board, OCR, bemoan the fact that very few students do essays based on local investigations. The problem with local studies used to be the availability of sources yet the internet actually provides excellent access to a whole range of local materials. You can investigate the Cumbrian history pages of the BBC here and here, or, for the secessionists amongst you, check out the pages for Lancashire.

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good history novels, indeed

  • 'Secret History' Donna Tart
  • 'Puck of Pook's Hill' Rudyard Kipling
  • 'The Plot Against America' Philip Roth
  • 'A Star Called Henry' Roddy Doyle
  • 'Redemption Falls' Joseph O'Connor
  • 'Waterland' Graham Swift

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