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Interpretations - Examples

Year 8 students interpret London c1600

The activity takes a pair of students through an empathetic journey as two Italian brothers on a visit to Shakespeare's London. The interpretative twist is provided by the fact that one of the brothers is a pessimist and the other an optimist.

 
Year 12 IB students interpret the origins of the Cold War

Students make a short (5 minute) documentary about the origins of the Cold War. The documentary must be firmly rooted in one of the three main historiographical traditions: Orthodox, Revisionist or Post-Revisionist.

Other examples

Year 7 interpret the death of Harold Godwinson.

Year 8 interpret the Spanish Armada, includes examples of student work

GCSE interpret the Reichstag fire through a coursework assignment.

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