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Landmarks in British history

From Empire to Commonwealth, monarchy and modern democracy, the UK and Europe (GK-2008)

update: 04.10.2011

Test

Test 08

Dec 07 Black Man's Burden

Test: May 10, 2007

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

Reference

Links

Geroge Orwell - works

Satire A B C D E F

Monarchs may reign, but it's cartoonists who rule

Charles & Camilla

Harpweek

Elizabeth II

Fiction

E.M.Forster:
Howards End / Film

Formal Analysis

Rhetorical

Empire

British Empire

Superpower

A to Z of Englishness

India under the British

updates

►Pointless Prince ►Broadsheets v Tabloids ►Republicanism ►The Great Game ►Afghan refugees in Calais

►Enoch Powell ►Rhetorical devices: handbook / Am. Rhetoric / ►Gordon Brown ►The Queen's Address on the death of Princess Diana ►The Queen (extract/NRW Abi LK_08)

Navigation / Overview

Commonwealth/Empire

Britishness & Xenophobia

Monarchy

Images / Cartoons

Rudyard Kipling

Archive

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 ....

►Racism & Public Policy ►►White Man's Burden ►Race for Africa ►Cecil Rhodes

►De Beers ► ► ►Albu ►Diamond Wedding►Rule Britannia

Student Talks

No	Group	Topic
1		Monarchy: Links / Future of the monarchy / The Queen – Screenplay (pp 51-54)
2		UK & Europe: Eurosceptics v Europhiles / Google news
3		British Empire: Engineering an Empire
4		Commonwealth: Commonwealth.org
5		Politics of the UK
6		Stereotypes: Brain of Britain
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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