Teaching
History Online
Number
55: 13th October, 2002
Introduction
1.
Time
Team
2.
Battle
of Hastings
3.
Saddam
Hussein and Adolf Hitler
4.
Second
World War Open Directory
5.
World
War II: The Homefront
6.
KidsMAPE
7.
The
National History Project
8.
Zeppelins
and the First World War
Introduction
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Time
Team: This website allows you can catch up on the latest programme
updates, see more of the personalities who make Time Team tick as
well as unearth more of the archaeology that brings Channel 4's award-winning
series to life. If you've always longed to try your hand in the field,
why not simulate the archaeological experience in Time Team's new
interactive whodunnit Time Detectives. The website also has a comprehensive
A-Z of Archaeology and an illustrated timeline.
Battle
of Hastings: On
1st October 1066 King Harold was celebrating his victory over King
Hardrada at a banquet in York when he heard that William, Duke of
Normandy had landed at Pevensey Bay. King Harold immediately assembled
those housecarls who had survived Stamford
Bridge and
marched south. When Harold realised he was unable to take William
by surprise he positioned himself at Senlac Hill near Hastings. On
14th October 1066, Harold II's army fought on foot against the attacks
of Norman cavalry and infantry. After a long struggle, lasting for
most of the day, Harold was killed and the Normans were victorious.
This online activity involves the students looking at the various
accounts we have of the battle.
Saddam
Hussein and Adolf Hitler: Matthew Engel points out in this article
that during the Iraq crisis politicians have attempted to link participants
in this struggle with characters from the past such as Winston Churchill,
Neville Chamberlin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler. Engel
looks at other conflicts during the 20th century and argues that "politicians
who try to cut-and-paste past events into their understanding of current
situations are prone to lead their countries to disaster."
Second
World War Open Directory: This comprehensive directory contains
737 websites on the Second World War: Air Forces (98), Arts and Literature
(14), Atomic (56), Directories (3), Documents, Manuscripts and other
Primary Sources (3), Education and Academic (3), Land Forces (36),
Naval Forces (63), People (183), Regional (133), Theaters of Operations
(162), War Crimes (2) and Weapons and Equipment (43).
World
War II: The Homefront: This website created by Jacob Crouch, Ben
Gould, and Scott Hays for ThinkQuest, an educational web site building
contest for high school children world wide. It includes a timeline,
an impressive artifact museum and a simulation that allows students
to follow the lives of five American families during the school year
of September 1943-June 1944.
KidsMAPE:
MAPE (Micros and Primary Education) is an organization that has played
a pioneering role in using ICT in Britain. The KidsMAPE section of
the website includes Greenfield Road (a 19th century database with
differentiated activities), History Photo Quiz (dating photographs)
and History Treasure Trials (Greece, Roman Empire, Tudors, Victorians
and World War II).
The
National History Project: This website contains information and
resources which have been developed for teachers in primary and secondary
schools across Australia, who are involved in the teaching of history.
The Making History Guide will be available online in the coming months.
It is a resource which provides an in-depth discussion of the theory
and practice of the teaching of history. It will be useful both to
specialist history teachers, and teachers who may be including history
as part of an integrated curriculum. It is designed to develop all
teachers' understanding of techniques and their rationale in the teaching
of history. The guide includes specific classroom topics and strategies
for teaching that will be of immediate application in the classroom.
Zeppelins
and the First World War: Before the 20th century, civilians in
Britain had been largely unaffected by war. Overseas wars rarely touched
British shores; even violent civil wars passed most civilians by unless
they were very unlucky. But the First World War was to change that,
for ever. When the war started in 1914, the German armed forces had
several Zeppelins, each capable of travelling at about 85 m.p.h. and
carrying up to 2 tons of bombs. With military deadlock on the Western
Front, they decided to use them against towns and cities in Britain.
The first raid was on Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn in January
1915. This Public Record Office activity involves students studying
documents that refer to a Zeppelin raid on Hull in June 1915.
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