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How do empires work?
History & The Arts

How do empires work?

...type of empire, with internal as well as external elements to its imperialism. Let us take the external dimension first. In its relations with territories at a distance, it regarded itself as ‘the Central Kingdom’–‘China’s’ name in Mandarin is not ‘China’, but Zhongguo, which means ‘central kingdom’. Its ideology emphasised the Chinese emperor’s...
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Level 1: Introductory 1 hr
Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair
Education & Development

Afrodite: Untangling the Routes of Black Women’s Hair

...type of bias, it’s important to continue to have conversations that centre the experiences of those most impacted while providing ongoing education for others. *in this article for simplification I use the term ‘Black’ interchangeably with ‘African textured’ or ‘Afrocentric’ to describe/explain the political significance of hair or cultures for African...
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Article 5 mins
Death and medicine: postponement and promise
Health, Sports & Psychology

Death and medicine: postponement and promise

...types of medical expectations are not unique to death and dying: they are found in all treatments of illness, and no doubt you will have had similar experiences of having an illness diagnosed by a GP and being told what to expect. [This is a photograph of a woman talking to a GP.] Figure 1 GPs often need to break the news to people who are dying In dying, however,...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Understanding society: families
Education & Development

Understanding society: families

...type of family life. [Figure 5] All photographs copyright © Suki Dhanda © All photographs copyright © Suki Dhanda Figure 5 Twenty first century families: lesbian parents, a step family, older parents and a single father...Understanding society: Families: 2.2 The diversity of family life today: activities - The following three activities give you an opportunity to look...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Everyday maths 1 (Wales)
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths 1 (Wales)

...type of sum to check that your answer is correct. For example, you can use subtraction to check that an addition calculation is correct: 630 + 295 = 925 (addition) 925 – 295 = 630 (subtraction to check) Answer The answers are as follows: 9 389 5 811 10 212 29 415 308 323 1 021 559 Subtraction There are different methods that can be used to subtract numbers. You need to...
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Level 1: Introductory 48 hrs
Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons
History & The Arts

Banning the bomb: a global history of activism against nuclear weapons

...types of nuclear weapons, exposes miners to exceptionally high levels of radiation, which has resulted in untold numbers of illness and deaths. The uranium used in the bomb dropped on Hiroshima came from mines as far afield as Congo and Canada, with the mining carried out by indigenous people who subsequently suffered from a range of health issues. The testing of nuclear...
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Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Lottery of birth
Health, Sports & Psychology

Lottery of birth

...phrase ‘check your privilege’ is often used on social media to remind others that the life they were born into came with specific privileges. It is also used to remind others that every individual may need to acknowledge their own inherent privileges and be willing to recognise structural social advantages that they have by virtue of birth and position – such as...
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs
Introduction to music theory 1: form
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 1: form

...de vue (Aguisha)’ Timing: Allow around 10 minutes The song in Audio 3 is ‘Perdu de vue (Aguisha)’ by Papa Wemba and Viva la Musica, a well-known Congolese ensemble. As Table 3 below shows, the song consists of three distinct sections. The start time for the first two sections is given. Read the descriptions of the sections in the ‘Notes’ column of Table 3 and...
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Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs