Teaching
History Online
Number
18: 18th November, 2001
Introduction
1.
Women
and the Second World War
2.
Canadian
Air Aces and Heroes
3.
The
Industrial Revolution
4.
Canals
& Waterways: Roots & Routes
5.
Causes
of World War I
6.
Medieval
Life
7.
The
Reformation: Are you a Protestant or a Catholic?
8.
Ancient
Rome
Introduction
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Women
and the Second World War: In
September 1943 the Special Operations Executive
(SOE) sent Pearl Witherington
into France where she became head of the Wrestler Network. Over the
next few months Witherington, one of the 39 female agents sent into
France during the war, helped organize over 1,500 members of the Maquis
against the German Army. This website illustrates the important role
played by women in the war and includes biographies of twenty secret
agents, twenty women involved in the anti-Nazi resistance movement
in Europe and twelve women who risked their lives as war reporters.
Canadian
Air Aces and Heroes is a set of biographies on Canadians who distinguished
themselves in military aviation from WWI through WWII and Korea. Linked
with the biographies are technical pages on the aircraft they flew
and fought against. It is continually being updated and added to so
check back occasionally to see if anything new has been added.
The
Industrial Revolution: The Industrial revolution examined in detail.
Discover what factors led to industrial growth, how this affected
the lives of ordinary people and find out how working conditions were
changed forever by the quick succession of inventions and pieces of
legislation.
Canals
& Waterways: Roots & Routes: Produced by Peter Hardcastle
this website is a series of pages covering many of Britain's Inland
Waterways. Each waterway is divided into two sections; (a) Roots:
A chronological history of the waterway in question, tracing its roots
from its initial promotion through to the present day; (b) Routes:
A detailed description of the waterway's route, including details
of interesting features along the way, descriptions on how to reach
these features, street names, parking places and (some times) OS Grid
References. Both man-made canals and commercial river navigations
(including the Norfolk Broads) are covered on the web site. Over 100
waterways have been covered to date and, eventually, every commercial
waterway in the UK, whether navigable, derelict or under restoration
will be described. In fact, several canal ventures which never saw
a boat or even a drop of water are also included. The author of the
site as walked most of the canals that he describes, research for
the history sections has been collected from many books, magazine
articles, the Internet and people who have had personal involvement
with canals - for instance, working boatmen, lock keepers or as part
of the restoration movement.
Causes
of World War I: In an extensive online lesson from School History
pupils are able to work through information plus brief assessment
questions relating to the causes of World War I. In-depth information
covering both the long term and short term causes is covered. Through
the use of maps and other images, together with clear explanation
and analysis, this lesson is a good way to revise or investigate the
outbreak to World War I.
Medieval
Life: The Medieval Life section of Heather Wheeler's History on
the Net uses simple explanation, images and interactive activities
to inform it's users about all aspects of life in Medieval England.
The
Reformation: Are you a Protestant or a Catholic?: In this interactive
decision making game by RJ Tarr, players are presented with a number
of tricky questions about their spiritual beliefs and the computer
then gives them an overall profile. This is an excellent way of teaching
students about a very tricky topic, complete with lesson notes and
a worksheet.
Ancient
Rome: Created in 1995, the Rome project serves as an annotated
index of Internet resources covering all aspects of ancient Roman
history and culture. Internet sites are listed by topic, subjects
include the military, law and politics, philosophy, drama, literature,
archaeology, religion etc. Particular emphasis has been placed on
including sites that feature primary source material, visual resources
(photographs, illustrations, and reconstructions), as well making
available recently published research that has appeared in secondary
sources. To facilitate research, articles relating to specific aspects
of the Roman experience are excerpted from more general sites and
listed separately under the appropriate topical headings. Additionally,
a clickable map of the Roman Empire enables students to locate Internet
resources specifically related to individual provinces of the Empire.
Links to reviews of recent publications by topic are also provided.
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