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Surnames from the British Isles – What do they tell us?

Posted by Russel Tarr on October 22, 2008October 22, 2008

Year 7 Students research the origin of surnames of students / teachers in the school and either plot these on a Google Earth map (if the names originate from places) or in a Diamond9 Diagram from www.classtools.net to distinguish between high-status and low-status professions that existed.

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