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History Resources

Articles

www.historytoday.com/lucy-wooding/henry-viii-and-religion 
History Today and History Review. Lucy Wooding, Henry VIII and Religion, History Review, 2008 (Tudor Rebellion topic)

www.historytoday.com/john-matusiak/mid-tudor-england-years-trauma-and-survival
John Matusiak, Mid-Tudor England: Years of Trauma and Survival, History Review, 2005 (Tudor Rebellion topic)

www.historytoday.com/r-e-foster/majesty-through-magistracy-maintaining-order-tudor-england 
R E Foster, Majesty Through Magistracy: Maintaining Order in Tudor England, History Review (Tudor Rebellion topic)
 

Magazines

https://www.hoddereducationmagazines.com/magazines/hindsight/ 
Hindsight Magazine

https://www.historyextra.com/bbc-history-magazine/ 
BBC History
 

Books - click here
 

MOOCs

UniversityofBaltimore: The Supreme Court & American Politics | edX

ColumbiaX: Fighting for Equality: 1950–2018 | edX
 

Websites

https://www.historyextra.com/ BBC History Extra

https://www.britishmuseum.org/ British Museum

British Library (currently offline)

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/ Gresham College

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ National Archives

https://www.history.co.uk/ History Channel

https://www.justice.gov.za/trc/ Truth and reconciliation commission (South Africa Topic)

https://www.sahistory.org.za/   South Africa History online (South Africa Topic)

www.anc.org.za ANC website (South Africa Topic)

http://disa.ukzn.ac.za Digital Innovation South Africa (South Africa Topic)

www.aluka.org Aluka Digital library of resources from and about Africa (South Africa Topic)

www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/  BBC: Tudors (Tudor Rebellion topic)

www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tudor_england.htm History Learning Site: The Tudors (Tudor Rebellion topic)

 

Podcasts

Podcast name

Link

In Our Time, BBC Radio 4

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl/episodes/downloads

BBC History Extra Podcast

https://www.historyextra.com/podcast/

History Hit (general podcast and various podcasts focusing on different periods)

https://www.historyhit.com/podcasts/

The Rest is History

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0d0mj5v

Historical Association: Historian Steven Gunn discusses Tudor rebellions

www.history.org.uk/podcasts/#/p/33

Historical Association: Historian Sue Doran discusses Tudor royal authority

www.history.org.uk/podcasts/#/p/27

 

Films/Documentaries/Tv Series

Video name (American Dream topic) Video link
The Black Power Mixtape 1967–1975 (2011) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0bWTh74m6c

BBC (1995) People’s Century

  • Episode 5, On the Line, which looks at mass production and the Great Depression.
  • Episode 6, Great Escape, which looks at Hollywood in the 1920s.
  • Episode 7, Breadline deals with the Great Depression.
  • Episodes 11, 12, 15 and 22 look at different aspects of the Cold War.
  • Episode 16 looks at the mass media in the post war world.
  • Episode 17 looks at the civil rights struggle.
  • Episode 21 looks at the radicalisation of the struggle for black rights and the counterculture.
  • Episode 22 considers women’s rights.
  • Episode 26 looks at Reaganism.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuL26fXZ8eTNLLnugg2BTyOZQ7HT-QZk4

PBS (1994) American Experience

https://archive.org/details/american-experience_20220511

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5zrlRzhT_cFI9zT6uQSijg
PBS (2006) The March of the Bonus Army https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSC1lbfXfRQ
PBS (2005) DR: A Presidency Revealed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WimwNGJohRg
PBS (1993) The Great Depression https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/unum/playlist/great-depression
PBS (1990) Eyes on the Prize (Season 1 and Season 2) https://www.pbs.org/show/eyes-on-the-prize/
The Woman on Pier 13 (1950) (Also known as I Married a Communist) https://archive.org/details/1949thewomanonpier13imarriedacommunistrobertstevenson
It (1927)Stars Clara Bow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVCQlKCz9q8
The Wild Party (1929) Stars Clara Bow search on streaming services
The Crowd (1928) search on streaming services
The Roaring Twenties (1939) search on streaming services
Birth of a Nation (1915) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebtiJH3EOHo
Shaft (1971) search on streaming services

Video name (South Africa topic)

Video link

Cry Freedom (1987)

search on streaming services

Invictus (2010)

search on streaming services

Mandela (2014)

search on streaming services