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Napoleon : hero or villain ?

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Was Napoleon a hero or a villain ? A) Listen to the audio about the events in Jaffa, Egypt in 1799 and explain the painting and the caricature above B) Click on the link here to read the text. Group A will find arguments for Napoleon being a "hero", and...

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Napoleon seen by the British

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London (AFP) - Two hundred years after the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon is still under attack in Britain, where the image persists of a military genius consumed by a fanaticism comparable with Hitler or Stalin. The emperor of French revolutionaries and...

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Territory and Memory

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A) Listen to the speech and complete part A of the worksheet Télécharger « obama-opens-us-black-history-museum » B) Read the text and do part B of the worksheet A country which refused to offer respect or even basic humanity to African Americans is honoring...

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Napoleon takes a bow

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A) Speak about these paintings. Say what you can see and try to guess what is happening. B) GROUP A : Find out more about the first painting and the event it depicts. Listen to the audio here : Télécharger « Audio : a famous painting » C) GROUP B : Find...

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A British Indian Prime Minister

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A) Read the article from the London Evening Standard Tuesday 25 October 2022 King Charles III crowned Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister on a historic day for Britain. His Majesty appointed Mr Sunak as premier, the first British Asian to reach the top job...

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Foreign investment in India

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Click on the link to watch the video and do Activity A on your worksheet Télécharger « Foreign investment in India video »

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Looking to the future of Anglo Indian relations

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Rt Hon Rishi Sunak was chosen by the majority of Conservative MPs to replace Liz Truss as the UK's Prime Minsister on October 25th 2022 thus becoming the country's first British Asian PM. Sunak has previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Boris...

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Dealing with a colonial past

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A) Click to watch and listen about The East India Company Télécharger « The East India Company » B) Watch the news bulletin to learn why this man, Dr Shashi Tharoor, is in the news Télécharger « Shashi Tharoor part 1 Channel 4 News » C) Listen to the...

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Indian Culture in the UK

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A) Listen to the audio about the woman pictured above and do part A of the worksheet Télécharger « The BME debate audio » B) Read the article about this man and do part B of the worksheet September 6th 2022 Rishi Sunak never failed at anything before....

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The Glorious Revolution

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A) Click on the link to watch the video and answer the questions of part A on the worksheet "The Glorious Revolution" Télécharger « The Glorious Revolution 3 minute history » B) Read the text on the "Bill of Rights" and answer the questions of part B...

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