Ben Jerrit FCCT History Teacher

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Chartered Teacher (CTeach) 2023. #HistoryTeacher Former #HeadofDept, current #Headofyear. Mark scheme enjoyer. I work in a busy #Boardingschool in SE England (Boarding Practitioner Level 3). Keen to learn new pedagogical ideas. #Educator #UKTeaching #UKEd

Cover of the Cut Throat Trial by the Secret Barrister.
Cover of The Battle for Spain by Anthony Beevor on a kindle, held up near a swimming pool. The photo shows some Spanish soldiers preparing to attack
Cover of The kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini by a pool. The cover image shows a young boy of indeterminate age peeping round a corner.
Cover of The Rolling Stones by Christopher Sandford. White capitals and unfussy text over a photo of the band from the 1960s
Cover page of Charles Ross "The Wars of the Roses". The image is apparently an illustration of the Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471. A king, with a crown is leading a charge on horseback. There are knights in armour aplenty.
Star Trek the Next Generation title card, with text Hi, I have a Pizza order for Number 14.
Title cover of England in the Fifteeth Century, collected essays, by K. B. McFarlane. Black text on white paper with a black border.
A hand holds a Kindle, showing the cover of Otto English's book Fake Heroes. Mother Theresa, Che Guevara, and JFK are pictured
Burger King logo with "Don't use AI" and "Think for yourself"
Three people sitting down at some sort of sports event. The Man in the centre has a baseball cap and a moustache. He is spreading out his legs to dominate the space of the women either side of him
Elizabeth Moss starts out at you from the cover of Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale.
Tommy Scott from the Liverpool band Space singing.
A hand holds a book. There is green grass in the background. The books has white text on black, "The Wars of the Roses" by David Grummitt. The image is of medieval knights fighting in battle; some on horseback and some on foot. This is an image of the Battle of Barnet in 1471.
Cover of the book "Lancaster and York, the Wars of the Roses" by Alison Weir. The image is of a hand holding sword, from a medieval painting.
A screen grab from the New Scientist: Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week. Neutron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person game, bringing biological computers a step closer to useful applications.
Cover of a book; The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski. A muscular hero with long, blonde hair holds a sword in his hand and stares away from us in profile. Hen's wearing a heavy woollen cloak and some sort of leather armour.
A screen grab from a class handout on a pc screen. Title: Henry V causes of Success in France. Icons related to the causes of Henry V's success with a space underneath for students to identify the feature. 4 factors are identified: Diplomacy, Luck, Military Capability, Leadership
A man standing in front of a projector screen. There is an audience in front of him. The text on the screen gives information about him and his work on AI books in education
Poster for 1960s film "2001 a space odyssey", with the tag line "An epic drama of adventure an exploration ". The image is of a giant rotating space station with a space ship leaving it, and behind a large planet.
A Kindle shows the cover of SarahJ Maas' Kingdom of Ash. A stag is in the background, with flowers on the ground in front. At the back, behind the title text is a silhouette of a medieval castle
A flat listing in the USA for $7million. There is a photo of a room which looks as though someone wanted the furniture combinations to embody a headache
Cover of Sarah J Mass "Tower of Dawn"; White text over a picture of an imposing tower in a desert landscape. The image is black and white as it is being shown on a Kindle.
1980s Kids's TV stars, Rod, Jane, and Freddy smiling at camera. Big hair and rainbows agogo.
Rod, Jane, and Freddie. Childrens' TV entertainers from 1980s British TV. Smiles and rainbows and big hair.
Cover of Blood and Guts, A Short History of Medicine by Roy Porter. Illustration is a painting of a gentleman in 18th Century clothes, long white socks, green trousers, waistcoat and suit. Parts of the body have the skin removed show human organs and the circulatory system.
A book cover; Norman Stone's World War One, a short history. The image is of a German soldier on horseback. He wears a gasmask and holds a pike. The horse doesn't have any gas protection which does rather make the whole issue a problem and less than ideal in a war situation.
The British passport is weaker than ever (and things are going to get worse). Headline from some news article
Cover of a book; Blood and Roses by Helen Castor. The image is of a medieval family (wimples and long outfits).
Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre, News headline with a photo of the Louvre with a highly suspicious ladder
Liam Gallagher becomes a grandad for first time
A poster of green background with black text expounding on the importance of listening to History podcasts to History students at school. Podcasts include The Rest is History, Empire, This is History and Gone medieval
Title card for teen drama series "The Next Step". 12 athletic dancers pose in various poses which serve to show off their biceps and leg muscles. Much smiling and perfect teeth.
A wall in a park. There is some grass and plants in the foreground. On the wall is graffiti: "Jesus no name is higher" in white block capitals. Above this is the name "Dave" in black lettering.
A hand holds a book cover. AJ Pollard "The Wars of the Roses". An imageof knights on horseback, attacking eachother with swords and lances. It is a stylised image from 1471, showing the battle of Barnet, one of the events of the Wars of the Roses.
A hand holds a Kindle, showing a book cover; "Queen of Shadows" in white text in the centre with "Sarah J. Maas" in grey at the top. The image behind shows mountains with a path snaking up one of them with am imposing Castle at the top.
Cover of a book, The End of the Hoise of Lancaster, by RL Storey. Red text on white background. A red rose is above the author's name. An image of Henry VI is at the top; a white man with a plain face and simple expression.
A hand holds a book. Red text over a yellow background reads: The Wars of the Roses, Politics and the constitution in England, c1437-1509. An image of a white and blue rose is I the centre surrounded by a square that is divided into red and blue sections.
A hand holds a Kindle, showing the cover of "Heir Of Fire" by Sarah J Maas. Two huge trees at at the side of the image, with white text in the centre. Two flying creatures are positioned above and below the text. One appears to be a dragon with long body and short wings. The other seems to be an Eagle.
A white book cover with the lettering "Wars of the Roses by Michael Hicks" in red and black text. In the centre is an image from the late C15th of the beheading of Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, in 1471. It is a stylised image showing men in armour and one with his head on a chopping block with a executioner raising his axe.
Cover of a Text book, AJ Pollard's Late Medieval England 1399-1509. The illustration is of medieval characters with a King on horseback, several soldiers and courtiers
Some dufus decides to ask their phone how to make pasta sauce. They get told how to make cookies
A photo of the band Parliament, a 70s Funk band, with 13 people wearing a bewildering range of makeup, big hair, shiny outfits and skin-tight trousers. Perfect for Trek
A hand holds the cover of a book with the title "The Third Reich in Power" with the sub title "How the Nazis won over the hearts and minds of a nation". The cover is a slight cream colour and in the centre is a Nazi propaganda poster with a hand giving a Nazi salute and the words in German "dein Ja, den Fuhrer"
A wood with bluebells between the trees
A drum kit cymbal and a stool on the ground. Behind is an archway between two buildings. The cymbal and the stool are in relief against the sky.
A hand holding a hardback book. Pink jacket colour with a black and white image on the centre. The image has labels on the figures, and comes from 1640s. It shows 3 human figures, one standing in the centre is labelled Matthew Hopkins Witchfinder General. Two older women are shown sitting and calling to "imps". At the bottom of the image are animals with labels; a rabbit called Sack&Sugar, ferret called "newes", two dogs called "Jarmara", and "Vinegar Tom"
The cover of the Graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman. Maus is in red text over an image of a swastika with a cat face stylised into that of Nazi leader Hitler. Two grey mice face outwards. They are wearing human clothes and one appears to be the parent not the other. The older has their arm around the younger.
History second order concepts over Ks3 into GCSE. A chart showing years 7 8 and 9, plus columns for sense of period, causation, change and continuity, and other second order historical concepts
Cover of a book, Tracy Borman's Witches, James I and the English Witch Hunt. It shows three nude women casting spells in a 1510 woodcut by Hans Baldung Grien called the "Witches' Sabbat". The image has been colourists with reds and white on a black background.
Short extract from an article by Ian Kershaw about the dictatorships of Hitler and Stalin, comparing their attitudes to organisation and intervention. Stalin was "highly interventionist", and Hilter "undermined attempts to "rationalise administration "
Cover of a book, Marholm Gaskill's "Witchcraft a Very Short Introduction". The cover has a black band covering the top half. There is a small stripe of green and the bottom half is a purple section.
Front cover of Robin Briggs' book Witches and Neighbours, 2nd Edition, showing a painting by Goya from 1798 of stereotypical witches frightening a woman in white.
A small concert venue with a large crowd. Illuminated LED screens showing the logo of the band "Manic Street Preachers" and "Critical Thinking", their new album. The room has a large ceiling rose and in the center a large number of plastic prisms.
A sunset over Brighton Pier. Wide angle with rolling seas but a beautiful orange glow in the sky