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Showing posts with label Britain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Britain. Show all posts

Monday, 1 February 2010

Arts and Crafts Movement

By 1860 a vocal minority had become profoundly disturbed by the level to which style, craftsmanship, and public taste had sunk in the wake of the Industrial Revolution and its mass-produced and banal decorative arts...

See the page on Encyclopaedia Britannica

William Morris - decorative arts

See William Morris' original designs for furniture, wallpaper and tapestry, still produced today.

Sunday, 24 January 2010

William Morris, News from nowhere

Watch the first edition of this remarkable book

Saturday, 23 January 2010

Suffragettes

Click on the title to read a short article about the movement in favour of women's right to vote. More articles can be found on BBC's website.

Thursday, 14 January 2010

UK facts and figures

Fill the blanks in the text 'UK Factfile' on page 306 using the words listed below
1. western; 2. Wales; 3. northern; 4. Atlantic; 5. 244,820; 6. 60,776,238; 7. 92; 8. 8; 9. London; 10. constitutional; 11. Queen Elizabeth II; 12. 1952; 13. 54.

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Union Jack

Uniting 3 flags in one. Just click above!