Tapton History

The History Department of Tapton School. Key updates and links for students in Year 7-13.

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An excellent resource for our A-lrvel students' study of African American civil rights. https://t.co/8BWymiKdiO

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We’re on our way home! Es war eine total fantastische Reise. :) #taptonhistoryontour # berlin2023

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Our final visit; Topography of Terror - an amazing archive, documenting the rise and fall of the Nazi’s machinery of terror. #taptonhistoryontour #berlin2023

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Sunday morning started with a visit to one last Cold War site; Checkpoint Charlie. #taptonhistoryontour #berlin2023

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No trip to Berlin would be complete without a trip to the Brandenburg Gate. #taptonhistoryontour #berlin2023

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The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe generated lots of really thoughtful debate about how it reflected the nature of the Holocaust. #taptonhistoryontour #berlin2023

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Next stop today was the Stasi Museum; a great chance to better understand how the East German secret police made the GDR the most surveilled country in human history. #taptonhistoryontour #berlin2023

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A really busy Saturday started at the Museum of German Resistance; this is the courtyard where Claus von Stauffenberg was executed after the failure of Operation Valkyrie. #taptonhistoryontour #berlin2023

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Our final stop on Friday; the Stasi prison at Hohenschönhausen. A chilling look at the surveillance society in the GDR. #taptonhistoryontour #berlin2023

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Next stop, the House of the Wannsee Conference, for an examination of the events surrounding the Nazi’s Final Solution. #taptonhistoryontour #berlin2023

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A visit to the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum gave students the chance to reflect on some really challenging History. Their focus and engagement were impeccable. Some great questions too. #taptonhistoryontour #berlin2023

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The students spotted these poignant reminders of Berlin’s troubled past. #stolperstein @Stolpersteine_B

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We have arrived in Berlin. #taptonhistoryontour #berlin2023

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And we’re off. #taptonhistoryontour #berlin2023

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A good read for Y12s and 13s —> Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer review – the human face of the socialist state https://t.co/PuEZZOSuz2

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Sad to hear this; the focus of one of our assemblies a few years ago. A remarkable and inspirational figure. https://t.co/avfn0veM6t

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So it’s goodbye to Berlin; a city whose fascinating past we’ve deepened our understanding of this week. The students’ engagement and approach has been consistently first class - they should be really proud of themselves. #taptonhistoryontour

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One final visit to the German Resistance Memorial Centre. Great to be reminded of the actions of those who resisted, and why we must not forget their sacrifices, 80 years later. #taptonhistoryontour

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Monday began with a visit to Berlin’s iconic TV tower; a great chance to see how much of Berlin we’ve covered this week. #taptonhistoryontour

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Sunday afternoon and a chance to explore German history via it’s ‘degenerate art’ at the newly reopened Neue Nationalgalerie. #taptonhistoryontour