I Love History
http://www.ilovehistory.co.uk/index.php

A podcast to help with GCSE Modern World History Revision. The series will help students following this course in secondary schools in England and abroad to think - question - understand. The podcast is produced by teachers in the history department at Little Heath School, located in Reading, Berkshire, UK.

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Gargling Easter Eggs
Posted: April 2007

If you haven’t scoffed all your Easter Eggs by now then put some aside: you’ll be needing them to keep you going through your GCSE revision. There is just under a week of your Easter holidays left. If you haven’t done so already, make a start with your History revision. There is lots of advice below about what to revise and when. This week’s podcast will help you prepare for questions on the Treaty of Versailles, focussing on GARGLE (at Little Heath School we use the word ‘Gargle’ to remember the terms of the Treaty of Versailles). The episode can be downloaded direct here, or you can subscribe through itunes. There is also a follow up penalty shoot out game on the GCSE podcast page.

Finally, remember that if you have any questions about your GCSE History then please leave a comment. Until next time, happy gargling!

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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GCSE History Revision
Posted: March 2007

So your GCSE History coursework is done, it’s nearly the end of term, and in 3 months time you will have finished your exams! This is the moment when all your hard work over the last two years will really start to pay off. However, to really do your best in the GCSE History exam you will need to start preparing now. So what should you do? Well, first of all you need to make sure you know how to revise. If you are uncertain about this watch the revision pig video, if you are still unsure then ask your teacher.

Each week between now and the exams you should try to make and learn an A3 spider diagram on one of the key questions for the GCSE History exam. This will mean that by half term you will have covered the whole course. This week ‘Background to the Treaty of Versailles’. In the meantime, feel free to e-mail or post any questions or suggestions.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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New GCSE History Revision Podcasts - from the students
Posted: December 2006

Merry Christmas, and thanks for visiting the website. On average, ilovehistory now receives over 350 individual visitors a day, with some 40,000 hits a month. There is an increasingly active blog about Queen Elizabeth’s government and, of course, the podcast for GCSE History revision.

I have uploaded a new episode of the podcast to help with any yuletide History GCSE revision. The big difference from previous episodes is that this episode has been written and performed by Year 10 students at Little Heath School. In this episode, Hannah and Katrina explain some arguments for an against the Treaty of Versailles. I think they do it really rather well!

Expect to see more student and teacher episodes appearing in the New Year, including a look at the Paper II GCSE History exam. In the meantime, don’t forget that there is a PowerPoint card sort on the Treaty of Versailles here.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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Life as a Teenager - student podcast
Posted: November 2006

Here’s the latest of the student podcasts, complete with an interview and truly distracting backing music. Laura & Hannah go the jugular on today’s teenagers.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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HTAV - Friday
Posted: October 2006

I did my workshop at HTAV this morning. Great turn-up! The workshop went well in that we had a good combination of presenting information and questions from the group. I got 5 of them up to demonstrate how Audacity is used to create podcasts…that was pretty funny. Here’s the link to their creation!

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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Podcast: Hitler's Foreign Policy
Posted: June 2006

In the last episode of the podcast, Mr. Podesta explained the role of appeasement in the outbreak of war in 1939. In this episode I argue that the underpinning factor was Hitler’s Foreign Policy. In doing so I look at Hitler’s aims and his actions as Chancellor, including rearmament, the Rhineland, Anschluss, the Sudetenland, and Poland.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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How did appeasement cause the Second World War?
Posted: May 2006

In this episode of the GCSE History revision podcast Mr Podesta looks at the policy of appeasement in the 1930s. He questions why Britain and France repeatedly gave in to the demands of dictators, and how this helped to cause the Second World War. Check back next week for an in depth look at Hitler’s actions during the 1930s and how these helped trigger the war.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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Why No War?
Posted: April 2006

This episode is the last one to look at international relations in the 1920s. It considers the big international agreements of the decade before looking at why there was no major war.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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League of Nations
Posted: March 2006

Too tired after the Year 11 Dartmoor trip to write much (!) but the episode looks at the membership of the League and border disputes. A look at the international agreements and the overall success and failure of the League will be online by next week.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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Was Versailles fair?
Posted: March 2006

In this episode of the podcast I question the extent to which the Treaty of Versailles was fair, giving arguments for and against.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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German Reactions
Posted: March 2006

In the latest edition of the GCSE History Revision Podcast, I explain the German reactions to the Treaty of Versailles.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.

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League of Nations
Posted: March 2006

In the episode of the GCSE History revision podcast I explain the aims and structure of the League of Nations. There is also some discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the structure.

Go to the podcast page for follow up activities.

An audio podcast in MP3 format.