929 search results
The First World War: trauma and memory
History & The Arts

The First World War: trauma and memory

...English towns and cities, including London, causing casualties and, of course, instilling fear. It is clear that the killing of innocent civilians had a profound impact on public attitudes in Britain. The bombing of the school in East London provided further evidence for many of Germany’s barbaric aggression, as the following extract from The Times indicates: A hard...
View course The First World War: trauma and memory
Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
History & The Arts

The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present

...English ‘theatre’), a term which expresses their responsibility to watch the festival events on behalf of their community. As well as witnessing the festival, theoroi liaised with local leaders, represented their state in the official procession and sacrifice, and carried out a further sacrifice on behalf of their community. They also looked after the interests of...
View course The Ancient Olympics: bridging past and present
Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
David Hume
History & The Arts

David Hume

...English. But when it originally appeared in 1739 it had, in Hume's words, ‘fallen dead-born from the press’ (Hume, 1962, p. 305). Hume attributed this lack of commercial success to an overly academic style, and set about publishing a more reader-friendly version in the form of two Enquiries in 1748 and 1751 (Hume, 1975). He dithered over whether or not to include some...
View course David Hume
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Society, Politics & Law

Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency

...English riots of 2011 and reflect on whether the comparison at stake is between types of behaviour or types of people. ‘An excessive sense of entitlement’ was what the mayor of London ascribed to those looting their way across our sceptred isle – but he could have been referring to himself. In the mid-to-late 80s, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson – not to...
View course Discovering disorder: young people and delinquency
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Water for life
Nature & Environment

Water for life

...English, soda (natrium in Latin) Na magnesium from Magnesia, a district of Thessaly in Greece Mg aluminium from the Latin, alumen (alum) Al silicon from the Latin, silex (flint) Si sulfur from the Latin name sulphur for the element S chlorine from the Greek, chloros (yellowish green) Cl potassium from the English, potash (symbol from kalium - Latin for alkali) K calcium...
View course Water for life
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Veiling
History & The Arts

Veiling

...English term ‘veil’ (like its European variants, such as voile in French) is commonly used to refer to Middle Eastern and South Asian women’s traditional head, face (eyes, nose, or mouth), or body cover. As a noun veil derives, through Middle English and Old North French, from the Latin vēla, pl. of vēlum. The dictionary meaning assigned to it is ‘a covering,’...
View course Veiling
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime Badge icon
Education & Development

Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime

...English and ask yourself why it is significant. Record your thoughts as they may be useful when you complete the quiz at the end of this session. Discussion The article mentions the Children and Young Persons Act 1963, the Children and Young Persons Act 1969, the Children Act 1989 and the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Each of these has been very significant in shaping the...
View course Youth justice in the UK: children, young people and crime
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Art and life in ancient Egypt
History & The Arts

Art and life in ancient Egypt

...English traveller to Egypt. She wrote a lively account of her journey up the Nile in 1874 (first published in 1877). As a result of her growing interest in the place, she went on to found the Egypt Exploration Society and to fund a Chair in Egyptology at London University. Activity 2 Amelia Edwards – traveller Read the quotations below and then answer this question:...
View course Art and life in ancient Egypt
Level 1: Introductory 30 hrs