Welcome, new followers! If you're wondering who we are and what we do, here is a quick thread to explain. Based @RoyalHolloway, we make educational videos, online courses and more exploring the history of liberty, protest, rebellion and reform, supported by @HeritageFundUK 👇
#OnThisDay 1642: King Charles I entered the House of Commons to seize five MPs for high treason. After failing to capture the Members and fearing for his family's lives, Charles left for Oxford. Since that time, no monarch has entered the House of Commons when it is sitting.
Did Napoleon betray the French Revolution? Don't let the thumbnail image sway you - the answer is more complicated than we think, as Dr Robert Priest explains | @RHULHistory#historyteacher https://t.co/wLl05JPrvw
Our fantastic (FREE!) @RHULSchools Taster, 'Classical Views on Modern Issues' is back! Year 12-13s, hark ye of Homer's uncanny foresight, Alexander's 'war crimes', and Plautus' gendered spaces (plus a campus tour!) #Teacher#TeacherTwitter#ClassicsTwitter https://t.co/8IGYY50XzE
Recently, our very own Professor Jonathan Phillips was interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s ‘In Our Time’, about The Knight’s Templar and the Crusades!
It’s available now - take a listen at the link below!
Are you a #historyteacher ? 🧵
Did you know @RHULHistory have lots of useful resources? Our History Hub has videos on topics from Magna Carta to the suffragettes and MUCH more! Try our dramatised readings of primary sources! 🎥👀🧑🎓https://t.co/y3NXoen2Ke
A free film for KS3 & 4 History with Royal Holloway, UoL and part of the Citizens Project. Visit the Learning page of our website for links to more free education resources
https://t.co/e4nvqRYpTO
@Citizens800 @Museumand_
We're launching more new things this week...
*drum roll*
Our Learner's Guide is finally out!
You can find it on https://t.co/Ep7OgAYkbP > Guidance > 6th Form Guide. It's ideal for 6th form students learning to do their own research, in particular for EPQ.
Contents: 🧵
In our latest video we look at the constitutional crisis brought about by the Lords’ rejection of the People’s Budget. #historyteacher https://t.co/xEmd269In7
As the first Hanoverian King, it is often said that George I (born #OTD 1660) couldn't even speak English when he took the throne. But is this #factorfiction?
Find out in this video, based on a blog from @GeorgianLords @Citizens800 https://t.co/z6spFu5c4X
In December 1918 Constance Markievicz became the first female MP elected to the House of Commons, but she never took her seat.
However, in our latest video we ask if Markievicz was actually even eligible for this role... #WHM
@Citizens800 @UKParlArchives
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Who was the woman sometimes pictured on the hustings during the Peterloo Massacre? Find out in our latest video made with the brilliant @HelenAntrobus#history#historyteacher#peterloo https://t.co/Lje4r8CXtY
We are delighted to announce that Queer Britain has secured a physical home for the UK's first national LGBTQ+ museum, for all.
Queer Britain will open in Spring 2022, on Granary Square in London's Kings Cross.
For more info please visit https://t.co/qHM0sUaV7S