STAHS History

The History and Politics Department at St Albans High School for Girls. All views are our own.

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Thank you so much to @lu_simons for speaking to our Year 9 students today. What a privilege to hear the testimony of her father, Holocaust survivor, Zigi Shipper @HolocaustUK

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Team Paris on the Year 8 History Trip - a walking tour of London. Courage Calls to Courage Everywhere! #STAHS

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Year 8 learning about the Suffragettes and much more on our epic historical walking tour of London #STAHSEnrichmentWeek #STAHS

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Today marks Windrush Day. One way to learn more is to listen to this wonderful History lesson below!

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Tomorrow is #WindrushDay and this week’s Teach Me A Lesson is all about this extraordinary passage of history. Don’t feel ashamed if your knowledge is patchy. It won’t be after this. You’ll be blown away by some of the stories

https://t.co/tFY7BKVxB5

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Today is Windrush day and we take time to celebrate and remember the highly skilled people that gave up everything they knew to come to Britain and help rebuild the country after the war.

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It’s our final exam today! Good Luck to our Year 13s sitting Paper 3!

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Good luck to all of our Year 13s sitting their Comparative Politics exam today!

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Paper 2 this morning for our Year 13s - buona fortuna!

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Our Year 11s are sitting Paper 2 this morning and our Year 13s are sitting their UK Government paper. Good luck all!

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Good luck to our Year 13 sitting their History Paper 1 this morning!

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It’s our first Politics exam this morning. Good luck Year 13!

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Wishing our Year 11s the best of luck today for Paper 1!

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Can our Year 10s work out which member of the department is a secret Soviet spy?!

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Happy International Women's Day #IWD2022 #BreakTheBias

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Ifti Nasim was a gay Pakistani American poet. Best known for setting up Sangat, an organisation to support LGBT south Asian youths, and for publishing Narman, a poetry collection that was the first open expression of homosexual themes in Urdu https://t.co/TEF7ffSna3 #LGBTHM22

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Wilfred Owen was an English war poet in the First World War. His poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced by his mentor and fellow solder Siegfried Sassoon. Learn more here: https://t.co/NRN4qdEcEH

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Aelred of Rievaulx was a monk in the 12thC. According to English Heritage, LGBTQ+ Christians find inspiration in Aelred’s writings, holding the saint in special esteem, and debate about his sexuality continues. Find out more here https://t.co/V0wE1lKkhv #LGBTHM22

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Piers Gaveston was an English nobleman and favourite of King Edward II in the 13th century. Medieval chroniclers hinted at the sexual nature of their relationship and his homosexual portrayal continued in fictional works too. Learn more: https://t.co/4XxY95yzyv

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Sylvia Rivera was a gay liberation and transgender rights activist. Rivera co-founded the Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR), a group dedicated to helping homeless young drag queens, gay youth, and trans women. Find out more here: https://t.co/WmNUdEeZYs #LGBTHM22

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Jackie Shane was a transgender soul singer. Identifying as female from age 13, she was publicly referred to as a man throughout her career in the 1960s. Read more about her Grammy nominated music and struggle here: https://t.co/IIrta4GIjS and https://t.co/4g4zunuEKs