Teaching
History Online
Number
59: 10th November, 2002
Introduction
1.
Richard
Arkwright
2.
Versailles
Experience
3.
History
UK
4.
Romanian
History
5.
BBC
History Games
6.
Impeachment
of Andrew Johnson
7. History
Mentor
8. The
History of the Ship
Introduction
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Richard
Arkwright: This BBC website looks at the man considered to be
the father of the modern industrial factory system. The site includes
a biography of Arkwright and several related articles: Industry and
Invention, Inventions of the Industrial Revolution and Earning a Living.
There is also a timeline, a spinning mill animation and a game, Who
Wants to be a Cotton Millionaire?
Versailles
Experience: As the Guardian's Learn online Versailles Experience
enters its third year, it is worth looking at how one school has made
use of the resources in the classroom. The International School of
Toulouse has built a website to support and record the annual conference.
As well including a digital archive of previous debates and outcomes,
the site also includes useful links for research, specially adapted
rules for the debate and detailed explanations of how to turn an online
activity into a real classroom event.
History
UK: This website includes an interactive Timeline to provide a
visual ‘time lapse’ perspective to help children appreciate
events and their relationships in a linear fashion. The user can scroll
through the years dipping in and out as they choose. The Timeline
content was created in ‘newspaper’ style with headlines
showing the most important events and essential historical detail
underneath. The website is also the world's largest online directory
of people, organisations and places associated with UK history and
has been designed to be suitable for classroom use. Searching can
be achieved by a number of different methods, such as keyword, place
name, post code or even telephone dialling code. This flexibility
helps students to explore historic events in their immediate neighbourhood
where the subject may be more meaningful and interesting.
Romanian
History: Aiming to reveal the part played by the Romanians and
their ancestors in world history, this work sets forth, in a very
brief and accessible manner, the most significant events and salient
people who have made up the Romanian saga from its beginnings to the
day. The writing is easy to read by all those who have an interest
in South Eastern Europe, who are curious to learn more about Romania's
origins and past, and want to become acquainted with its people and
traditions beyond and against set opinions and poor cliché
images of the Dracula's or Ceausescu's kind. The communist rule kept
Romania isolated from the Western world for almost half a century,
which made it difficult for her or almost denied her free access to
the flow of knowledge and information, to the Western standards and
systems of values. The present mini-guide is intended to fill in the
gap of information and highlight the Romanian experience from the
historian's viewpoint, which may reassert the European vocation of
this country.
BBC
History Games: A collection of history games that can be used
in the classroom. Titles include: The Mummy Maker, Pyramid Builder,
Battle of the Atlantic, Viking Quest, Weapons Through Time, Coins,
Gunpowder Plot, Women's Rights, Hunt the Ancestor, Battle of Waterloo,
Walk Through Time and the Battle of Hastings.
Impeachment
of Andrew Johnson: In early February 1866, the Republican Congress
passed the Freedmen's Bureau Bill. It called for the distribution
of land to the freedmen, provided schools for their children, and
set up military courts in Southern states to protect freedmen's rights.
But to the dismay of Republicans and the joy of most white Southerners,
President Johnson vetoed the bill. He called it unconstitutional and
too expensive. Johnson's decision led to impeachment proceedings and
this lesson, produced by the Constitutional Rights Foundation, looks
at this case in great detail.
History
Mentor: Jim Hamann's website is designed to be a resource for
students and teachers of Advanced Placement United States History.
There is also a link to the AP European History page. Advanced Placement
United States History is a challenging course that is meant to be
the equivalent of a freshman college course and can earn students
college credit. It is a two-semester survey of United States history
from the colonial period to the present. Solid reading and writing
skills, along with a willingness to devote considerable time to homework
and study, are necessary to succeed. Emphasis is place on critical
and evaluative thinking skills, essay writing, and interpretation
of original documents. A college textbook is used in the course and
an average assignment consists of 10 to 12 pages. Students will also
be trained in note-taking skills as most of the classes are lectures.
Throughout the year, students will be introduced to typical questions
used on the AP Exam which is administered in May. Several weeks are
spent in intensive review preparing students to take the exam. All
students enrolled in the course are required to take the AP Exam.
A final exam is also given at the end of the course.
Book
Section
The
History of the Ship:
Ships have been among the most powerful artefacts produced by the
hand of man. They have transcended mere practical use and become instruments
of great influence, furthering causes for good or evil, acting as
manifestations of political power, of military puissance, or of commercial
exploitation. The purpose of this new volume is to present the informed
reader who has an interest in ships, with a full account of the development
of this most fascinating, important and influential invention. The
book in general follows the arguments propounded in Conway's highly-praised
twelve-volume History of the Ship series: these are underpinned with
the author's many years of sea-going experience and numerous writings
on maritime topics. Whilst dealing with a hugely complex subject the
author presents his truly international thesis in a highly readable
manner. The book is complete with over 250 colour and black and white
illustrations ranging from ship plans, engravings and diagrams to
marine oil paintings and photographs of both ships and ship models.
(Conway Maritime Press, ISBN 0 85177 927 1, £19.99)
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