Teaching
History Online
Number
130: 28th March, 2004
Introduction
1.
Burnt
Cakes
2.
Victorian
Social History
3.
The
Middle Ages
4.
Essential
Norman Conquest
5.
Open
Door History
6.
Tudor
Encyclopedia
7. Kings
and Queens
8. Islam
and the West
9. Murder
in Dealey Plaza
Introduction
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Burnt
Cakes: This is a new site dedicated to better history teaching
and learning. It contains a growing list of resources, as well as
reviews of books, texts and places to go. There is also a news section
to help you keep up to date with what is going on in the world of
history. Some resources are free, others are available to purchase
online or by post. At present there are some interesting materials
to help you get started with interactive whiteboards. All the materials
are tried and tested in the classroom, and are produced by practising
teachers. At present most materials are for Key Stage 3, but more
are added on a regular basis.
Victorian
Social History: A collection of articles on Victorian social history.
It includes Chadwick's Report on Sanitary Conditions, Victorian Women's
Occupations, Physical Deterioration of the Textile Workers, Crime
and the Victorian Household, Clara Collett, Charles Booth, and Urban
Poverty, Victorian Occupations - Life and Labour in the Victorian
Period, Critical View of British Public Schools, Ragged Schools, London
Characters and the Humourous Side of London Life and the Crystal Palace
International Exhibition of 1851.
The
Middle Ages: We think of knights in shining armor, lavish banquets,
wandering minstrels, kings, queens, bishops, monks, pilgrims, and
glorious pageantry. In film and in literature, medieval life seems
heroic, entertaining, and romantic. In reality, life in the Middle
Ages, a period that extended from approximately the fifth century
to the fifteenth century in Western Europe, was sometimes all these
things, as well as harsh, uncertain, and often dangerous. This website
has sections on Feudal Life, Religion, Homes, Clothing, Health, Arts
and Town Life.
Essential
Norman Conquest: This website has been produced by Osprey, the
publishers of military books. The sights and sounds of the Norman
Invasion unfold before your eyes, brought to life by interactive animated
maps and 360° panoramas of the battlescene, news headlines, interactive
Norman and Saxon soldiers and 11th century soundbites. Comprehensive
encyclopedic entries and 'scandal' have been unearthed by Osprey's
expert authors to form the historical background for this event, whilst
our recommended reading will supplement your knowledge of the period.
Essential Norman Conquest provides a day-by-day reconstruction of
the days between William's landing at Pevensey and his victory at
Hastings, and a dazzling combination of dynamic visuals and narrative
bring the last successful invasion of England to life as never before.
Open
Door History: This is a reference source for both students and
teachers. The contents of this site are designed for use by students
between the ages of 9 and 17. The history section contains materials
under the headings: Shaping of Modern Europe, 17th Century England,
England during the reign of Charles II, Colonies and Empires, European
Settlement in North America, The Struggle between France and Britain
for North America, The American War of Independence, The Industrial
Revolution, Europe After Napoleon, Colonisation and the Eastern Question.
Tudor
Encyclopedia: A collection of articles on the Tudor period. As
well as 42 biographies there are articles on the Battle of Bosworth,
Act of Union, Agriculture and Enclosures, Anglicans and Puritans,
The Babington Plot, Catholics and Protestants, Elizabethan Theatre,
Elizabeth and Marriage, Henry VIII and the Pope, Kett Rebellion, Poverty
in Tudor England, The Protestant Reformation, Pilgrimage of Grace,
The Ridolfi Plot, The Spanish Armada, Sports and Pastimes, The Throckmorton
Plot, Tobacco in Tudor England, Tudor Artists, Tudor Heretics, Tudor
Monasteries, Tudor Parliaments, Tudor Wales and the Tyndale Bible.
Kings
and Queens: Explore the kings and queens of England and later
the United Kingdom through time, illustrated with contemporary portraits
and key events from each period. Then see if you can remember who
reigned when in the game. There are four periods to explore in this
BBC website. The Plantagenets and the Houses of Lancaster and York
are featured in the first period, the Tudors and Stuarts in the second
and the House of Hanover in the third. The timeline concludes with
the Windsors.
Islam
and the West: A Journey of Discovery: Relations between Islam
and the West are possibly at their lowest ebb in decades. Fear and
uncertainty have marred communal relations which have given rise to
a climate perhaps not so tense since the Salman Rushdie controversy.
Islam and the West; a journey of discovery is an epic lecture spanning
over a 1,000 years of civilisational contact between Islam and the
West. It seeks to restore balance in a time when we are told that
we are witnessing a 'clash of civilisations'. Contrary to this, this
lecture aims to explore how inter-civilisational discourse and innovation
bore fruits from which we are benefiting today. It seeks to redress
the idea that Islam is something distant and alien to the people in
the West. In a nutshell,
it details the impact of Islamic civilisation upon the West.
Book
Section
Murder
in Dealey Plaza: We now know vastly more about the killing of
John F. Kennedy than was known 20 or 30 years ago, and the new evidence
is accumulating almost every day. This new evidence is being uncovered
by the bold application of scientific and technological expertise
to the assassination records, including the film, photographic, and
autopsy records. Murder in Dealey Plaza presents the latest and best
of the new assassination research. As a result of these freshly uncovered
findings, it is possible to say with moral certainly and considerable
scientific authority with the murder of President Kennedy was committed
by a meticulously executed conspiracy which was then obscured by an
extensive cover-up. (Edited
by James H. Fetzer, Catfeet, ISBN 0 8126 9422 8, £9.85)
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