John Mitchell

History/Politics Teacher. Lead Practitioner. ITT Subject Mentor. Author of 100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers - Revision from @BloomsburyEd. Watford FC supporter.

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Very proud to be part of the #BloomsCPD video library Tips for Teachers: @jivespin interviews @MrLockyer https://t.co/lT4IlJsHPT

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First subscription shirt from @SurpriseShirts and the come up with this classy beauty from Helenites of the US Virgin Islands. Sangalo shirts are always well made and look good. Can’t wait until the next one ….

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@SurpriseShirts Mexico Surprise boxes are simply magnificent! Here we have @FCTecos from the Mexican Third Division. Screams South America with its bold chequered pattern, distinctive club badge and advertising. The only drawback is do I get another one ……

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The most apt football shirt from @surprise_shirts - Teachers FC - an amateur team from Turks and Caicos Islands formed by teachers. Great colours.

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My fifth shirt from @SurpriseShirts is a gloriously Christmas coloured shirt from Fortuna Koln. Brilliant service from these guys who took into account the fit of the shirt and sent a size down. Highly recommended.

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Raising money as part of our school fundraising team at the St Albans Half Marathon

You can help raise money by donating online #JustGiving https://t.co/AkhlKPjyCj

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Very South American shirt from @secretshirtco. This time Xelaju from Guatemala. Feels like it’s Peru ‘70!

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Inspired by @kenradical and @HFletcherWood Meanwhile Elsewhere project - making a series of Meanwhile She and Meanwhile Nearby activities to extend our blended learning provision.

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Inspired by @DuckworldUK - my students are designing their own historical rubber ducks!

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On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.

Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.

A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.

He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.

We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

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Just finished @steverichards14 Turning Points book. Absolutely fascinating analysis of Britain’s political history since 1945. Surely an essential addition to every A level politics booklist. An engrossing read 👏🏻

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Been waiting for this for ages! Great listen or read for all History teachers. Thank you @IainDale - superb stuff!

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