Teaching History Online
Number 19: 25th November, 2001
1. War Peace and Security Guide
6. Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt
7. CasaHistoria
8. Industrial Revolution Sourcework
Introduction
Spartacus Educational publishes Teaching History Online every week. The newsletter includes news, reviews of websites and articles on using ICT in the history classroom. Members of the mailing list are invited to submit information for inclusion in future editions of Teaching History Online. In this way we hope to create a community of people involved in using the Internet to teach history. Currently there are 16,521 subscribers to the newsletter.
John Simkin
War Peace and Security Guide provides a comprehensive collection of links to military resources. Produced by the Canadian Forces College Information Resource Centre, the website includes sections on Armed Forces of the World, Contemporary Conflicts, International Organizations, International Relations, Military Art and Science, Military Biography, Military History & Peace and Disarmament.
History Today: History Today has been Britain's leading history magazine since 1951. Every issue brings you a compelling variety of articles on a vast range of historical subjects. History Today puts most of its content online and the latest edition includes articles on Afghanistan in the 19th Century, Gerald L. K. Smith of the America First Committee, Richard Trevithick's First Steam Carriage and Design in Tudor & Stuart Britain.
Royal Air Force: A website that celebrates the history of the RAF and its pioneering role in the development of aviation, from its earliest beginnings to the present day. The Time Line traces the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force. It features many photographs and illustrations as well as sound-bites and links which provide fuller explanations of the major aircraft types, people and events of the period. The Histories section provides material on the different Royal Air Force units and stations.
A-Bomb WWW Museum: This website is produced by the A-bomb WWW Project is based in Hiroshima, Japan. The authors, Mitsura Ohba and John Benson, state that their main objective is to "provide the context for a constructive discussion of what the world can learn from this event and why such weapons of total destruction should never again be used". The website includes sections entitled 'Voices of A-bomb Survivors' and 'Children of Hiroshima'.
Australia in World War Two: During the Second World War more than 900,000 men and women served in the Australian armed forces. About 560,000 Australians served overseas, the majority of them with the Army, which employed 482,690 personnel at its peak in April 1943. This website, produced by Rosemary Horton, the librarian at Trinity College in East Perth, provides a series of links to websites with detailed content on Australia in World War Two.
Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt: On this website you will find lots of Egyptian material. There are stories of the great kings & queens. You will find out about the fabulous buildings of the ancient Egyptians. See interactive maps, as well as pyramid & temple reconstructions. There is a basic description of hieroglyphic writing. And for a bit of fun you can send a friend their name as an eCard using the hieroglyphic translator. There are also images of hieroglyphs you can use in your own projects. You will learn about Egyptian numerals and, can test your knowledge with some mathematical problems set out using the ancient numbers.
CasaHistoria is the History website of Northlands School, and international school in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The English language site is designed to offer links to History sites connected with IB and GCSE syllabuses in 20th century history. It has been developed by the Department over a three year period, is very extensive and offers outlines of each included site along with its value as a source of information. It was intended primarily as a tool for Northlands students, but is increasingly being accessed by a wider audience at university, A level and IB.
Industrial Revolution Sourcework: Designed to help lower ability and special educational needs pupils access sources and concepts related to the Industrial Revolution, the online lesson from School History guides pupils through a basic overview of the Industrial Revolution. Through gap filling exercises pupils go through the basics of source analysis and then analyze two sources from the Industrial Revolution. Extension exercises and quizzes are then available.
Please email John Simkin at spartacus@pavilion.co.uk if you have information you want included in next month's edition of Teaching History Online.