Teaching
History Online
Number
28: 3rd November, 2001
Introduction
1.
Family
Search
2.
Family
Tree Searcher
3.
Origins
4.
Inventions
of the Industrial Revolution
5.
The
Workhouse
6.
Power,
Politics and Protest
7.
Nazi
and East German Propaganda
8.
Can
you save the Weimar Republic?
9.
NATSIEW
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 17,230 subscribers to the newsletter.
John Simkin
spartacus@pavilion.co.uk
Family
Search: Maintained
by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, this is a massive
resource for anyone studying family history. As well as providing
access to over 600 million names via the International Genealogical
Database, it includes church, census, legal and military records.
The website also provides a very good online research guide on searching
for your ancestors.
Family
Tree Searcher: This free service makes your search for family
trees on the Internet easier. Once you've entered your family information,
you won't need to enter it again. You can then search multiple web
sites from this web site. When you go to this site, be sure to use
the Active Searches page. It allows you to save up to ten ancestors
for repeated searching. This helps you check sites every so often
to see if any new family trees are available. You can do this checking
quickly without having to re-enter ancestor information.
Origins:
This website offers the opportunity for users to view and order British
primary source data online including births, marriages, deaths and
wills, dating from the 1550's to 1925. Origins is the exclusive online
publisher of the records from the General Register Office for Scotland,
and the prestigious Society of Genealogists in London, England. Unlike
many commercial genealogy databases, Origins does not force its customers
into a monthly or annual subscription charge. Instead, it offers a
simple, secure, and affordable pay-per-view mechanism.
Inventions
of the Industrial Revolution: This excellent BBC website enables
the visitor to discover the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution
through animated models. Inventions covered include The Rocket, the
Beam Engine, the Blast Furnace, a Paddle Steamship, a Spinning Mill
and Winding Gear.
The
Workhouse: In the 17th and 18th centuries, the parish workhouse
in Britain was a place where - often in return for board and lodging
- employment was provided for the destitute. Parish workhouses were
often just ordinary local houses, rented for the purpose. This website
is devoted to the history of the workhouse and includes sections on
the Poor Laws, 1601 Act, 1834 Act, Poor Law Unions, Workhouse Life,
Workhouse Memories and a Workhouse Tour.
Power,
Politics and Protest: Produced by the Public Record Office this
website explores the political changes that took place in Britain
during the 19th century. It contains nine different investigations
that tell the story of the political history of Britain between 1800
and 1914 (Radicals, Luddites, Captain Swing, Peterloo, Great Reform
Act, the Chartists, Reform After 1850, White Slavery and the Suffragettes).
The sources in these investigations have been chosen to highlight
the role of important individuals, the broad pattern of changes and
the different causes of those changes.
Nazi
and East German Propaganda: Propaganda was central to Nazi Germany
and the German Democratic Republic. The German Propaganda Archive
includes both propaganda itself and material produced for the guidance
of propagandists. The goal is to help people understand the two great
totalitarian systems of the 20th Century by giving them access to
the primary material.
Can
you save the Weimar Republic?: How would you have handled the
trials and tribulations of post World War One Germany? Try this interactive
simulation by Russel Tarr of ActiveHistory and find out, learning
about the subject on the way (complete with worksheet).
NATSIEW:
This is a portal to 1630 resources related to the culture, issues
and education of Aboriginal and Islander peoples. The organisers of
the website point out that they are mainly concerned with two issues:
learning about Indigenous Australia and the learning of Indigenous
Australians. More specifically they are interested in collecting resources
that: reflect the scope and diversity of Indigenous Australia as represented
on the Internet.
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.
