Teaching
History Online
Number
70: 26th January, 2003
Introduction
1.
SchoolHistory
2.
English
Civil War
3.
Family
Records
4.
History
Teachers' Discussion Forum
5.
Bill
Haywood Trial
6.
The
Churchill Era
7. South
Wales Miners' Library
8. Domesday
Book
9. Accessing
Scotland's Past
Introduction
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of websites and articles on using ICT in the history classroom. Members
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SchoolHistory:
An award winning teacher-created website offering a plethora of resources
and materials for history teachers and pupils. Includes categorised
and reviewed internet links, interactive games, over 650 freely downloadable
worksheets and presentations, online lessons, interactive diagrams
and popular teacher and student forums. In addition to this, recent
developments allow history teachers to submit their own versions of
all the popular activities which can then be shared with the wider
teaching community - and downloaded for their own use.
English
Civil War: A
comprehensive encyclopedia of the conflict between the monarchy and
parliament. Most
entries contain a narrative, illustrations and
primary sources. The text within each entry is hypertexted to other
relevant pages in the encyclopedia. In this way it is possible to
research individual people and events in great detail. The sources
are also hypertexted so the student is able to find out about the
writer, artist, newspaper, organization, etc., that produced the material.
There
are sections on Military Leaders (36), Political and Religious Figures
(40), Writers and the Civil War (14), Artists and the Civil War (6),
Events, Issues and Organizations (18), Battles (6) and Religious Groups
(10).
Family
Records: This website helps you to find the government records
and other sources you need for your family history research. The site
is divided into two main sections: Topics and Partners. In the topics
section you will find information on Births, Marriages & Deaths,
Census, Immigration, Emigration, Military Records and Adoption. In
the partners section, you will find information on each member of
the Family Records consortium.
History
Teachers' Discussion Forum: Extremely popular discussion forum
run in partnership with some of the leading teacher-created history
websites. Offers discussions on teaching, suggestions, ideas, trials
of ICT and history materials together with general help and friendly
advice on issues faced by history teachers today. The detailed calendar
shows up and coming history programmes on British TV. Anyone can access
the forum and a simple registration enables you to get involved. Popular
discussions have covered curriculum issues, GCSE questions, management
questions, lesson plan ideas, textbooks, training and ICT issues.
Bill
Haywood Trial: In 1905 Bill Haywood was charged with taking part
in the murder of Frank R. Steunenberg, the former governor of Idaho.
Steunenberg was much hated by the trade union movement after using
federal troops to help break strikes during his period of office.
Charles Darrow, a man who specialized in defending trade union leaders,
was employed to defend Hayward. This comprehensive website includes
a chronology of trial related events, biographies of the main characters
involved, the testimony of Harry Orchard, the prosecution and Darrow's
summation and the Supreme Court decision on the case.
The
Churchill Era: This educational website has been specially designed
to enable teachers and students to make use of archive material in
the classroom. The Churchill Era will be divided into units reflecting
the great public issues and events which arose during the long career
of Sir Winston Churchill, starting with the First World War. Each
unit will contain two or three specific enquiries, consisting of exercises
which can be addressed using archival material. These exercises include
document analysis, comparison of documents, and work with pictures,
maps and statistics. The site also features a comprehensive glossary
section giving background information, a timeline for each enquiry,
listing the key events of the period, and information for teachers.
To date, the site consists of the initial unit on the causes and impact
of the First World War: the naval arms race between Britain and Germany
up to 1914; the Dardanelles campaign of 1915; and Field Marshal Haig's
conduct of the war on the Western Front.
South
Wales Miners' Library: The Coalfield Web Materials Project, funded
by the New Opportunities Fund, is a project to develop a new educational
website which will enable people from all over the world to access
material relating to the South Wales Coalfield, currently held within
the Archives and South Wales Miners' Library, at the University of
Wales Swansea. People will be able to listen to reminiscences about
life in the South Wales Coalfield and see photographs, audio and video
material even if they are unable to visit the University. To enhance
the material, a series of themes have been written explaining the
events behind the material, such as the General Strike and education
in the Coalfield.
The
Domesday Book is a record of England at a turning point in its
history, and it is the oldest surviving government record. This Public
Record Office activity is intended for upper primary and lower secondary
students to use, either unassisted at home, or under the direction
of their teacher at school. Students can discover the story behind
it, investigate how it was made and look at it in great detail. The
website also includes a comprehensive glossary.
Accessing
Scotland's Past: The Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical
Monuments of Scotland holds a vast amount of information relating
to the built heritage of Scotland in the National Monuments Record
of Scotland (NMRS). 'Accessing Scotland's Past' (ASP) is a new pilot
project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, that uses the diverse
range of material held in the NMRS, which includes maps, photographs
and literary sources, to create short descriptions for each of the
records held. The end result is a resource which provides the user
with detailed information on sites of archaeological and architectural
interest.
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