Teaching
History Online
Number
47: 18th August, 2002
Introduction
1.
TimeRef
2.
Andersonville
3.
The
Irish Famine, 1846-1850
4.
Irish
History on the Web
5.
Chronicon
6.
BUBL
Irish History Reference Library
7.
Sharon
Howard's History Resources
8.
Blitzkrieg
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 19,900 subscribers to the newsletter.
John Simkin
spartacus@pavilion.co.uk
TimeRef
is a medieval timeline reference site covering the years 800 to 1499.
It includes the key events for medieval Britain during the period,
which biographies of all the kings and many of the important people.
Detailed family trees are included with each branch of the tree being
a link to more information. Also included are details on important
medieval buildings, castles, abbeys and cathedrals. Maps show where
the buildings are located. The site contains 3D reconstructions of
ruined castles and abbeys. This excellent website is continually being
updated.
Andersonville:
During the
early stages of the American Civil War the federal government refused
to negotiate the exchange of prisoners as it did not recognize the
Confederacy as a nation. In July, 1862, General John Dix of the Union
Army and General D. H. Hill met and agreed an exchange. They decided
that the rate of exchange was one general for every 60 enlisted men,
a colonel for 15, a lieutenant for 4 and a sergeant for 2. When Ulysses
S. Grant became overall commander of the Union Army he brought an
end to exchanges. Grant's decision resulted in a rapid increase in
the number of prisoners and so it was decided to build Andersonville
Prison in Georgia.
It was to be the Confederate's largest prison for captured soldiers.
By August, 1864, there were 32,000 Union Army prisoners in Andersonville.
The Confederate authorities did not provide enough food for the prison
and of the 49,485 prisoners who entered the camp, nearly 13,000 died
from disease and malnutrition. This website provides an overview of
the tragedy and includes several first-hand accounts of life in Andersonville.
The
Irish Famine, 1846-1850: A comprehensive study of how the the
Irish Famine changed the social and cultural structure of Ireland.
Liz Szabo's archive provides a series of interpretations of the famine
that appeared in newspapers, diaries and novels at the time. This
material can be explored in a variety of different ways. The primary
sources are categorized by topics (hunger and disease, eviction, emigration,
homelessness, etc.) and types of sources (newspaper accounts, photographs,
drawings, etc.). The main emphasis of the website is on the different
interpretations of the Irish Famine. The primary sources are also
organized under the headings: 'Voices from Ireland', English Views
of the Famine' and 'Irish-American Commentary.
Irish
History on the Web: This website, produced by Jacqueline Dana
of the University of Texas, provides a unique resource for anyone
interested in learning about or researching a wide variety of Irish
history topics. Like a sourcebook, most of the links found here will
lead to primary documents, original essays, bibliographies or specific
informational sites, all of which are visited prior to inclusion on
this site.
Chronicon
is an electronic journal of history. It is published annually and
is freely available on the Internet. The journal publishes articles
relating to history - ancient, medieval and modern - but with a particular
focus on Irish history. It contains reviews of publications and notices
of scholarly developments. The journal will provide a forum for scholars
to exchange views on matters of topical interest. Each volume appears
at the start of the calendar year and will remain open for that year.
As new articles are received they are added to the current volume.
BUBL
Irish History Reference Library:
BUBL Information Service, based at Strathclyde University Library,
is a searchable database of Internet resources of academic relevance.
The websites are organized by Dewey Decimal Classification and can
be searched by subject or class number. The Irish History section
includes topics such as Celtic Art and Culture, Chronology of Ireland,
National Archives and the Great Irish Famine.
Sharon
Howard's History Resources: Sharon Howard is a PhD student in
the Department of History and Welsh History at the University of Wales,
Aberystwyth. Her collection of links are organized under the following
topics: Welsh History and Culture, Britain and Ireland, Crime, Punishment
and Law, Women and Gender History and General History Resources. You
can also read the outline of Sharon Howard's PhD, 'Crime, Community
and Authority in Early Modern Wales'.
Book
Section
Blitzkrieg:
The German Blitzkrieg brought the rampaging German forces within 22
miles of the British coast, across most of mainland Western Europe,
into Poland and to the North African desert. Its combination of fast-moving
armoured land units and fearsome air power carried all before it and
swept aside opposition with disdain. Blitzkrieg is avidly studied
as a strategy that advanced land warfare and as a means used by Hitler
to forward his political and national ambitions. Now this remarkable
collection of vivid images, drawn from many personal and unused national
archives presents the visual reference that endorses existing knowledge
and aids further study of the subject.
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