Links and comments for university students of English, and of British Studies and British history. Study links connected with my classes, and general links on current affairs etc. There are sometimes indications as to what group might be particularly interested (L2 for Licence 2nd year, for example)
This link is a short article from the Spartacus encyclopedia. It tells us about very young soldiers, who lied about their age becaus ethey wante dto fight in the first world war. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWboy.htm
Here on Amazon.co.uk there is a book on the boy soldiers of the Great War. There are no customer reviews yet. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Soldiers-Great-Richard-Emden/dp/0755313038/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255072571&sr=8-1
Here is a book on Google books about being a child before the first world war in England. It is written by Robert Roberts who wrote another famous autobiography "the classic slum". http://books.google.fr/books?id=qeAHc4FQKakC&dq=a+ragged+schooling&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=gwJvqbKNWj&sig=IDt5_zN_Q1o2GpC70FyVKJdCV4c&hl=fr&ei=zeTOSt6wOpSEmgPf7OWEAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Hello ^^ I'm in L1 LEA in your class and I want to know more about the exams and when is it .. I'm lost Your lessons are really interesting I'm always excited to learn more about civilisations !
Here is a good link about bla bla bla
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/pm/2008/11/our_listeners_stories_of_the_f.shtml
Here is a good link dealin with children before 1920 : http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Ch-Co/Child-Saving.html
ReplyDeleteThis link is a short article from the Spartacus encyclopedia. It tells us about very young soldiers, who lied about their age becaus ethey wante dto fight in the first world war. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWboy.htm
ReplyDeleteHave a look also on that one :http://www.lmi.org.uk/medical_society/18/18Ward.pdf
ReplyDeleteHere on Amazon.co.uk there is a book on the boy soldiers of the Great War. There are no customer reviews yet.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Soldiers-Great-Richard-Emden/dp/0755313038/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255072571&sr=8-1
Here is an article about laws' children before 1920.http://www.childsupportanalysis.co.uk/information_and_explanation/world/history_uk.htm
ReplyDeleteHere is a link about Child Labour:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.htm
This is a link about chindren in U.K since 1870 to now:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/server.php?show=conInformationRecord.324
Here is a link about child support:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.childsupportanalysis.co.uk/information_and_explanation/world/history_uk.htm
Here is an article about Laws' Children before 1920.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.childsupportanalysis.co.uk/information_and_explanation/world/history_uk.htm
A discussion about children during World War I found on "Yahoo Answers".
ReplyDeletehttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080401103124AApSEXK
This museum is about children's lives in an earlier period :
ReplyDeletehttp://www.raggedschoolmuseum.org.uk/nextgen/
Here is a book on Google books about being a child before the first world war in England. It is written by Robert Roberts who wrote another famous autobiography "the classic slum".
ReplyDeletehttp://books.google.fr/books?id=qeAHc4FQKakC&dq=a+ragged+schooling&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=gwJvqbKNWj&sig=IDt5_zN_Q1o2GpC70FyVKJdCV4c&hl=fr&ei=zeTOSt6wOpSEmgPf7OWEAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCcQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=&f=false
another one
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/britain1906to1918/g1/cs1/g1cs1.htm
Yeah Found something great !
http://209.85.135.132/search?q=cache:zpa_u_9-sYIJ:www.second-opinions.co.uk/chd_decline.html+children+in+britain+before+1920&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk
ReplyDeleteHello ^^ I'm in L1 LEA in your class and I want to know more about the exams and when is it .. I'm lost
ReplyDeleteYour lessons are really interesting I'm always excited to learn more about civilisations !
The exam will be in January. I will be able to give you more details soon. Thank you for your kind words!
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