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Dictatorship and Conflict in the USSR timelines and cards for IGCSE History

Posted on October 11, 2023 by ofamily

The Cold War timelines and cards that I shared last week have been very popular so I thought I would also share the timelines and cards that I made for the IGCSE History unit – Dictatorship and Conflict in the … Continue reading →

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Free Summary of Cold War events for IGCSE History

Posted on October 2, 2023 by ofamily

One of our History topics is Superpower relations (ie Cold War period from 1943 – 1972) so as part of our work we created our own little summary of the key events in a table format and in matching cards. … Continue reading →

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Rereading fiction books multiple times

Posted on September 26, 2023 by ofamily

Have you ever re-watched a movie more than one, possibly you have even watched a favourite movie countless times. So why do we feel like our teens should not read and reread their favourite books multiple times? How is finding … Continue reading →

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Edexcel IGCSE History – Superpower Relations 1943 – 1972

Posted on September 21, 2023 by ofamily

For our IGCSE History we selected Dictatorship and Conflict in the USSR and A World Divided, Superpower relations as our two topics for Paper 1. For both of these topics I ended up buying my daughter the Pearson Edexcel International … Continue reading →

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KS2 Science Books

Posted on September 19, 2023 by ofamily

When my kids where younger (Upper KS2 years) I was constantly looking for good quality Science books that explained concepts with lots of diagrams and illustrations (we like visual books). And I happened to stumble upon a range of Science … Continue reading →

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