Teaching
History Online
Number
19: 25th November, 2001
Introduction
1.
War
Peace and Security Guide
2.
History
Today
3.
Royal
Air Force
4.
A-Bomb
WWW Museum
5.
Australia
in World War Two
6.
Mark
Millmore's Ancient Egypt
7.
CasaHistoria
8.
Industrial
Revolution Sourcework
Introduction
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John Simkin
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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.
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History Online.
