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<channel><title><![CDATA[Lagan History Zone - Blog]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blog]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:04:45 +0000</pubDate><generator>Weebly</generator><item><title><![CDATA[YEAR 8 GOOGLE CLASSROOM]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/year-8-google-classroom]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/year-8-google-classroom#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Google Classroom]]></category><category><![CDATA[Year 8]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/year-8-google-classroom</guid><description><![CDATA[       This is your Year 8 History Google ClassroomYou can access this on classroom.google.com&nbsp; or the internet anywhere or you can download the app&nbsp;Use your normal c2ken.net username and passwordOur class Code is &nbsp;jl18tzm [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.laganhistory.com/uploads/5/4/0/4/5404032/gc8_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph"><font size="4">This is your Year 8 History Google Classroom<br />You can access this on classroom.google.com&nbsp; or the internet anywhere or you can download the app&nbsp;<br />Use <strong>your normal c2ken.net username and password</strong><br />Our class Code is <strong>&nbsp;<font color="#008000">jl18tzm</font></strong></font><br /></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[YEAR 8 REVISION KAHOOT CHALLENGE]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/year-8-revision-kahoot-challenge]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/year-8-revision-kahoot-challenge#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 10:30:43 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Feudal System]]></category><category><![CDATA[Kahoot]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Normans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Year 8]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/year-8-revision-kahoot-challenge</guid><description><![CDATA[       CAN YOU BEAT THE KAHOOT CHALLENGE?  This revision Kahoot challenge is open to you from now until 12:00pm&nbsp; on Tuesday 3rd December 2019&nbsp;Click on the picture or the link below&nbsp;The PIN is&nbsp;&#8203;0178370&#8203;    Kahoot Challenge    CHALLENGE PIN: &nbsp;0178370 [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a href='https://kahoot.it/challenge/0178370' target='_blank'> <img src="http://www.laganhistory.com/uploads/5/4/0/4/5404032/feudal_1_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <h2 class="wsite-content-title">CAN YOU BEAT THE KAHOOT CHALLENGE?</h2>  <div class="paragraph"><font size="3">This revision Kahoot challenge is open to you from now until 12:00pm&nbsp; on Tuesday 3rd December 2019&nbsp;<br />Click on the picture or the link below&nbsp;<br />The PIN is&nbsp;&#8203;<font color="#008000">0178370</font></font><br />&#8203;</div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://kahoot.it/challenge/0178370" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">Kahoot Challenge</span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>  <div class="paragraph"><strong><font size="5">CHALLENGE PIN: &nbsp;<font color="#008000">0178370</font></font></strong></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[REMEMBRANCE - D DAY VETERAN REACTS TO MEMORIAL BEING BUILT.]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/remembrance-d-day-veteran-reacts-to-memorial-being-built]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/remembrance-d-day-veteran-reacts-to-memorial-being-built#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2019 10:06:06 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/remembrance-d-day-veteran-reacts-to-memorial-being-built</guid><description><![CDATA[         94 Year old veteran reacts to D Day memorial   [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a href='https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07td1l6' target='_blank'> <img src="http://www.laganhistory.com/uploads/5/4/0/4/5404032/screen-shot-2019-11-08-at-09-57-35_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07td1l6" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">94 Year old veteran reacts to D Day memorial</span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[30 Years since the Berlin Wall came down]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/30-years-since-the-berlin-wall-came-down]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/30-years-since-the-berlin-wall-came-down#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2019 09:39:18 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[A Level]]></category><category><![CDATA[Berlin Wall]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cold War]]></category><category><![CDATA[End of Communism]]></category><category><![CDATA[GCSE]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/30-years-since-the-berlin-wall-came-down</guid><description><![CDATA[    Phillip Martin image    30 Years ago this November, the world was transformed by perhaps one of the happiest events in History - The Fall of the Berlin Wall. &nbsp;This wall had been built by the Communists in 1961 to divide East and West and tear the city of Berlin apart. It was built so quickly that families were torn apart... even new born babies in some cases were separated from their mothers and fathers.&nbsp;What followed was nearly 30 years of pain and drama. Over 100 people were kill [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.laganhistory.com/uploads/5/4/0/4/5404032/published/berlin-wall_1.png?1573292909" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%">Phillip Martin image </div> </div></div>  <div class="paragraph">30 Years ago this November, the world was transformed by perhaps one of the happiest events in History - The Fall of the Berlin Wall. &nbsp;This wall had been built by the Communists in 1961 to divide East and West and tear the city of Berlin apart. It was built so quickly that families were torn apart... even new born babies in some cases were separated from their mothers and fathers.&nbsp;<br />What followed was nearly 30 years of pain and drama. Over 100 people were killed trying to get across a border that was increasingly armed and deadly. It was only in 1989 that the wall dramatically came down in a series of events that would ultimately end the Cold War. Click on the brilliant links below to find out more:<br /></div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50013048" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">How 1989 reshaped the world </span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/Od4dL9Lip2/tunnel_29" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">The amazing story of Tunnel 29</span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/coldwar" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">BBC and Cold War </span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49971599" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">The worst night of my life- a different reaction</span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2019/1108/1089669-berlin-wall/" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">Everybody cried</span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>  <div style="text-align:left;"><div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div> <a class="wsite-button wsite-button-small wsite-button-normal" href="https://www.rte.ie/news/player/2019/1108/21652489-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall-30-years-on/" target="_blank"> <span class="wsite-button-inner">RTE - Fall of the Wall - 30 years on</span> </a> <div style="height: 10px; overflow: hidden;"></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poignant meeting with Holocaust survivor]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/poignant-meeting-with-holocaust-survivor]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/poignant-meeting-with-holocaust-survivor#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:29:34 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[A Level]]></category><category><![CDATA[Holocaust]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/poignant-meeting-with-holocaust-survivor</guid><description><![CDATA[ (function(jQuery) {function init() { window.wSlideshow && window.wSlideshow.render({elementID:"148528449593469740",nav:"none",navLocation:"bottom",captionLocation:"bottom",transition:"fade",autoplay:"1",speed:"5",aspectRatio:"auto",showControls:"true",randomStart:"false",images:[{"url":"5\/4\/0\/4\/5404032\/holocaust-survivor.jpg","width":960,"height":406,"fullHeight":406,"fullWidth":960},{"url":"5\/4\/0\/4\/5404032\/holocaust-interview.jpg","width":785,"height":800,"fullHeight":865,"fullWidth" [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div style="height:20px;overflow:hidden"></div> <div id='148528449593469740-slideshow'></div> <div style="height:20px;overflow:hidden"></div></div>  <div class="paragraph">The Lagan College Year 13 History class had the immense privilege of meeting <strong>Susan Pollack</strong> and hearing her harrowing story of how she narrowly survived the Holocaust. Susan was a member of a <strong>Hungarian Jewish family from a village called Felsogod in Hungary</strong>. Her tranquil family life was torn apart by the rise of fascism in Hungary and the takeover of the country by the Nazis. Soon she was <strong>removed from school</strong>. Her family were made to identify their faith by wearing <strong>Jewish stars</strong><span>. They were transported to a <strong>Ghetto</strong>, a sealed in area of a town to force Jews within. She remembers her parents handing her a tissue filled with some of their gold teeth to throw out as they felt they would be identified wrongly as wealthy.<br /><br /></span></div>  <div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div class="paragraph"><span style="color:rgb(78, 78, 78)">Soon the families were rounded up and transported to&nbsp;<strong>Auschwitz Birkenau</strong>&nbsp;concentration camp. She described their arrival and the faces of Terror as the cattle truck doors were pulled open. One Kindly&nbsp;<strong>Sonderkommando,</strong>&nbsp;a Jewish person forced to work for the Nazis in the camps, whispered for her to say she was over 15. Her answer of 15 and a half, together with her height helped her get into the line to live. Most of her family however was placed in to a line to the gas chamber. She was told very soon after this separation that her mother had been gassed. Susan was selected to be sent to a factory for&nbsp;<strong>slave labour</strong>. As the Soviets advanced however she was&nbsp;<strong>force marched</strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<strong>Bergen Belsen</strong>, a camp she described as hell on Earth. She described the mountains of corpses left everywhere and how she was so joyful to meet a woman from her village only to see her lying dead one day later. She describes how prisoners so rarely were allowed to talk that she almost forgot how to. Her most overwhelming memory was when the British and Canadians liberated the camp and how one lifted her body, treating her with so much kindness that she found it overwhelming. It had been so long since she had been treated with any form of humanity.</span><br /><strong style="color:rgb(78, 78, 78)">Susan left a deep message of hope together with a stark warning to stand up when counted. She advised our young students about the emerging threats in the world and how she fears that this could happen again. This was a wonderful opportunity which I know our young people will remember forever.</strong></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the fourth most 'in demand' subject in N. Ireland]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/history-is-the-fourth-most-in-demand-subject-in-n-ireland]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/history-is-the-fourth-most-in-demand-subject-in-n-ireland#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2019 19:13:45 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Careers]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/history-is-the-fourth-most-in-demand-subject-in-n-ireland</guid><description><![CDATA[According to the Northern Ireland Skills barometer - History is the fourth most in demand subject in Northern Ireland's economy. Booming tourism, heritage and creative industries as well as the analytical skills that History provides makes it a thriving subject in the 21st century.&nbsp;                       [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph">According to the Northern Ireland Skills barometer - History is the fourth most in demand subject in Northern Ireland's economy. Booming tourism, heritage and creative industries as well as the analytical skills that History provides makes it a thriving subject in the 21st century.&nbsp;</div>  <span class='imgPusher' style='float:left;height:0px'></span><span style='display: table;width:auto;position:relative;float:left;max-width:100%;;clear:left;margin-top:0px;*margin-top:0px'><a><img src="http://www.laganhistory.com/uploads/5/4/0/4/5404032/skills-demand.png?250" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; border-width:0; max-width:100%" alt="Picture" class="galleryImageBorder wsite-image" /></a><span style="display: table-caption; caption-side: bottom; font-size: 90%; margin-top: -10px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;" class="wsite-caption"></span></span> <div class="paragraph" style="display:block;"></div> <hr style="width:100%;clear:both;visibility:hidden;"></hr>  <div>  <!--BLOG_SUMMARY_END--></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.laganhistory.com/uploads/5/4/0/4/5404032/skills-2_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>  <div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center"> <a> <img src="http://www.laganhistory.com/uploads/5/4/0/4/5404032/skills-3_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Year 8 recreate the Battle of Hastings!]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/year-8-recreate-the-battle-of-hastings]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/year-8-recreate-the-battle-of-hastings#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2019 16:01:40 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[The Normans]]></category><category><![CDATA[Year 8]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/year-8-recreate-the-battle-of-hastings</guid><description><![CDATA[WARNING: SOME OF THESE SCENES MAY BE UPSETTING! :-)&nbsp;        [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="paragraph"><strong><font size="3">WARNING: SOME OF THESE SCENES MAY BE UPSETTING! :-)&nbsp;</font></strong></div>  <div class="wsite-youtube" style="margin-bottom:10px;margin-top:10px;"><div class="wsite-youtube-wrapper wsite-youtube-size-auto wsite-youtube-align-center"> <div class="wsite-youtube-container">  <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/MIa-SFshluM?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to work out Centuries]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/how-to-work-out-centuries]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/how-to-work-out-centuries#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2019 06:20:31 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Chronology]]></category><category><![CDATA[History terms]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/how-to-work-out-centuries</guid><description><![CDATA[      [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="wsite-youtube" style="margin-bottom:10px;margin-top:10px;"><div class="wsite-youtube-wrapper wsite-youtube-size-auto wsite-youtube-align-center"> <div class="wsite-youtube-container">  <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/pT_BW0H0OOU?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[BBC: Emergence of PIRA 1969]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/bbc-emergence-of-pira-1969]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/bbc-emergence-of-pira-1969#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:54:18 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[GCSE]]></category><category><![CDATA[Northern Ireland Troubles]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/bbc-emergence-of-pira-1969</guid><description><![CDATA[      [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a href='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-49337517/the-provisional-ira-killed-more-than-1700-people-during-a-25-year-campaign' target='_blank'> <img src="http://www.laganhistory.com/uploads/5/4/0/4/5404032/published/bbc2.png?1565949284" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[BBC: Refugees in Belfast 1969]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/bbc-refugees-in-belfast-1969]]></link><comments><![CDATA[http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/bbc-refugees-in-belfast-1969#comments]]></comments><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:52:37 GMT</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.laganhistory.com/blog/bbc-refugees-in-belfast-1969</guid><description><![CDATA[      [...] ]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a href='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-northern-ireland-49300000/the-troubles-families-flee-as-belfast-homes-burn' target='_blank'> <img src="http://www.laganhistory.com/uploads/5/4/0/4/5404032/bbc3_orig.png" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%" /> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>