History
Where to find the subject in the Library
Most works on history are somewhere in the 900 section of libraries. General works on history as an academic discipline are in the early 900s, including 900 itself, 907 for aspects of the study of history, and 911 for atlases of history.
General world history covering many countries and periods is at 909. Ancient history is in the 930s. Modern history of various countries will be at numbers between 940 and 999, for example, European history is in the 940s, South African history is at 968.
The history of particular subjects will be found with that subject, for example the history of science at 509, and the history of music at 780.9.
Key resource for History
Modern History Review
Go one step further in A-level History with access to the complete archive of Modern History Review magazine.
Things to read ...
Jeremy Paxman - Empire
Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom
The fatal shore - Robert Hughes
The Indian Mutiny - Saul David
The presidents: 250 years - Iain Dale
Scramble for Africa - Thomas Pakenham
Dictionary of National Biography — biographies of over 55,000 people who shaped Britain, from earliest times to the present. Login with your Herts library card
History Today — quality history articles, available to read without subscription
Things to watch ...
iPlayer: History — all the BBC TV shows about history, in one place
Long walk to freedom (2013)
Alexander Hamilton (2015)
The Butler (2013)
Things to listen to ...
The rest is history
Dan Snow's history hit
History Extra (the website for BBC History and BBC World Histories magazines) features a range of podcasts on different historical periods.
Dan Snow’s History Hit learn about some of the most iconic and influen- tial moments in the world’s past.
The History Hour (BBC) an hour of historical reporting told by the people who were there.
In Our Time: History (BBC) explores historical themes, events and key individuals from Akhenaten to Xenophon.
Witness History (BBC) history as told by the people who were there.
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy — podcast about design, technology, history, business and politics
Websites
iPlayer: History — all the BBC TV shows about history, in one place
Places to visit
British Museum
Imperial War Museum
The National Archives
Careers
Law
Civil Service
Politics
Education
Finance
Archivist
Archeologist
Author
Museum curator
Further studies
The Cold War
The American War of Independence
Dutch colonisation of South Africa
Churchill Archive - Historical database with access to both the Chartwell Papers and the Churchill Papers.
History Resources for Schools - From Balliol College, Oxford.
Recommended for those interested in studying History at university
Carr, E.H, What is History? (A classic introduction to the subject of history. Topics include: historical objectivity, society and the individual, the nature of causation, and the possibility of progress – amongst other things)
Evans, Richard, In Defence of History (A best selling defence of the historian’s capacity to reach genuine insights about past events despite questions about history’s purpose and if historians can ever re-tell the past)
Cannadine, David, What is history now? (This a revision of Carr’s book, considering the new developments in history bearing in mind developments in understanding – it considers, amongst other things: Gender History, Imperial history, religious history, etc.)
Activities
Year 11 into 12 summer transition work
Task - Starter for 12 History