Germany
Select one of the books below and then write a book report on your key finding.
The Weimar Years: Rise and Fall 1918-1933 by Frank McDonough
The Hitler Years: Disaster 1940-1945 by Frank McDonough
Hitler’s People: The Faces of the Third Reich by Richard J. Evans
The Nazi Mind: Twelve Warnings From History by Laurence Rees
The Coming of the Third Reich: How the Nazis Destroyed Democracy and Seized Power by Richard J. Evans
The German Dictatorship – The Origins, Structure, and Effects of National Socialism by Karl Dietri Bracher
Bystander Society: Conformity and Complicity in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust by Mary Fulbrook
The Third Reich in Power, 1933 – 1939: How the Nazis Won Over the Hearts and Minds of a Nation by Richard J Evans
Bystander Society: Conformity and Complicity in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust by Mary Fulbrook
Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice by Mary Fullbrook
The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler by William L. Shirer
The Nightmare Years 1930-1940: 2 (20th Century Journey : Memoir of the Life and the Times by William L. Shirer
Germany and the Origins of the Second World War by Jonathan Wright
Select one of the audiobooks below and then write a book report on your key findings.
Nazi Germany: History in an Hour: An Essential 20th Century History of the Third Reich and WWII by Rupert Colley
The Holocaust: A New History by Laurence Rees
The Nazis: A Warning from History by Laurence Rees
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934–1941 by William L. Shirer
Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution by Ian Kershaw
The “Hitler Myth”: Image and Reality in the Third Reich by Ian Kershaw
Listen- Podcasts- Listen to one of the podcasts below and write a summary of the key points that are made.
Other Podcasts- Explore one of the other podcasts on a topic that isn’t to do with our course. Write a summary of your key findings.
The Rest is History
In Our Time- BBC Radio 4
History Daily
Real Dictators
This is History Dan Jones
Dan Snow’s History HIT
History Extra
You’re Dead to Me
Read an article from these journals and write a summary of your key findings. Look beyond the topics that we cover in class.
https://www.historytoday.com/archive-schools- school has subscription to this
BBC History Magazine
The Historian– https://www.history.org.uk/publications/categories/the-historian?srsltid=AfmBOop2WQFV9TC7ihtJd6ANMHQdwGSIM3Ml9-RqrkY46udAHnQU-7oT
Watch one of these documentaries and write a report on your key findings.
BBC iPlayer- The Rise of the Nazi Party
Hitler and the Nazi’s: Evil on Trial (On Netflix)
Hitler’s circle of evil (On Netflix)
Ordinary men: The Forgotten Holocaust (On Netflix)
Eldorado: Everything the Nazis hate (On Netflix)
The Nazis: A Warning from History (BBC, 1997)
From Weimar to War (You Tube)
Imperial War Museum London- One of the best Holocaust exhibitions in Europe.
The Wiener Holocaust Library (London)
National Holocaust Centre & Museum (Nottinghamshire)
Bletchley Park
Beth Shalom Holocaust Memorial Garden (National Holocaust Centre)
US Holocaust Memorial Museum – Virtual Field Trip
Imperial War Museum – Virtual Gallery Tours
Tudor
Select one of the books below and then write a book report on your key finding.
The Winter King by Thomas Penn
Elizabeth: Renaissance Prince by Lisa Hilton
The Tudors by G.R. Elton
1536: The Year that Changed Henry by Suzannah Lipscomb
The King is Dead by Suzannah Lipscomb
Henry: Virtuous Prince by David Starkey
The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir
Elizabeth of York by Alison Weir
Tudor England by John Guy
Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years by John Guy
Select one of the audiobooks below and then write a book report on your key finding.
A Visitor’s Companion to Tudor England by Suzannah Lipscomb
The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones
Listen- Podcast- Listen to one of the podcasts below and write a summary of the key points that are made.
Other Podcasts- Explore one of the other podcasts on a topic that isn’t to do with our course. Write a summary of your key findings.
The Rest is History
In Our Time- BBC Radio 4
History Daily
Not Just The Tudors
Talking Tudors
This is History Dan Jones
Dan Snow’s History HIT
History Extra
Watch one of these documentaries and write a report on your key findings.
Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant (Channel 4)
Henry VIII and His Six Wives (David Starkey, BBC)
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (BBC, Lucy Worsley)
King Edward VI of England – Tudor Documentary – David Starkey
Queen Mary I of England – Mary Tudor – David Starkey Documentary
Elizabeth I (BBC Documentary with Lucy Worsley)
Visit one of these places and write a review of your experience.
National Trust
English Heritage
Hampton Court Palace (London)
Tower of London
Hever Castle (Kent- Anne Boleyn’s childhood home
Mary Rose Museum (Portsmouth)- Displays the Mary Rose warship, built during Henry VIII’s reign and sunk in 1545.
Shakespeare’s Globe (London)
Westminster Abbey – coronations of Tudor monarchs.
Kenilworth Castle – site of Elizabeth I’s famous visit to Leicester.
Sudeley Castle – burial place of Katherine Parr.
Eltham Palace – Henry VIII’s childhood royal residence.