Traditions_Visions

Landmarks in British history: Monarchy, Democracy, Participation (08)

update: 05.06.2007

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Test: May 10, 2007

Prep: Kipling, the ‘White Man’s Burden,’ and U.S. Imperialism

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Monarchs may reign, but it's cartoonists who rule

Charles & Camilla

Harpweek

Fiction

E.M.Forster:
Howards End / Film

American Empire

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Rule Britannia

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Commonwealth & Empire

The British Empire The claim that the sun never set on the British Empire was not an empty boast. ..... more ....

The Commonwealth The terms Commonwealth or Commonwealth of Nations refer to a voluntary association of 50 independent ..... more ....

Constitutional Traditions

	United Kingdom / History of democracy / UK Constitution / UK Parliament /
	Magna Carta: British Library / Answers.com / Wikipedia / Inalienable Rights / Culture of democracy
	Inquiry into Britain's Democracy

Rule, Britannia (song) mp3 *	English History		Victoria's Empire BBC1 Apr 29 '07
Rule Britannia: song + poem / Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory, and more / God Save the Queen

Abolition of slavery - 200th anniversary


200th anniversary: Abolition of slavery upcoming programmes media

Racism: A History 1-3 BBC4, Mar 21

George Washington's Mount Vernon

Abolition of the Slave Trade 1807

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Political Processes

	ESRC Democracy and Participation Programme / Programme Information
	One Europe of several?
	UK & Europe

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1935) - Views of Colonialism

Take up the White man's burden --
Send forth the best ye breed --
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness
On fluttered folk and wild --
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child. more ...

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1935)

The White Man's Burden

Rudyard Kipling: Jungle Book

Poetry / Responses

Classic reader

Just So Stories

The Black Man's Burden

Monarchy

The Queen Q&A

Senior Editor Jeff Goldsmith interviews screenwriter Peter Morgan about The Queen Download podcast here

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Charles: The Meddling Prince

Ch 4, Mar 12

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Proms 2005 / feedback *

Mangal Pandey


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Archive

►Erwartungen Probeklausur vom 12.5. ►English History ►Rule Britannia - Proms

►Road to Emancipation ►The Queen ►Watt ►Idioms

The Blitz

War Walks / Blitz.

BBC 4, Sep 03

Die britischen Boulevard-blätter und das Feindbild Deutschland

Yellow Press langt wieder zu

Aachener Nachrichten 15.11.02

	Botschafter kritisiert Geschichtsbild der Briten (AP/s) (Dec 2002)
	BBC Test: What do you know about Germany? (9 Dec 2002)
	Munich - A Native's Guide (BBC)

Blitz: London's Firestorm

Channel 4, 2Oct 27

War Walks / Blitz.

London Attacks July 9, 2005 - Guardian leader: Our (human) rights define us
	London Attacks British Investigators Sift London Evidence Looking for Political Fallout from London Attacks Calling for Muslims to Reject Violence		Stockwell Shooting, July 22, '05 Shooting watershed for UK security Related NPR Reporting Primary London Suspects in Custody

Brainstorming: Constitutional Change / British Council HRA / Freedom of Information Act / Charter88 / Nationality & Citizenship / British Government / DirectGov PM / Constitutional Reform

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