Teaching
History Online
Number
94: 13th July, 2003
Introduction
1.
Teaching
Black and Asian History in Schools
2.
Clickable
Mummy
3.
Battle
of Fulford
4.
Welsh
History
5.
IGCSE
History
6.
Black
Presence in History
7. Black
Facts Online
8. Multicultural
History
9. Ralegh's
Last Journey
Introduction
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Teaching
Black and Asian History in Schools: If one of the assumptions
of the National Curriculum was that all students should be prepared
for “life in a multicultural society” (NCC 1990 p.2), then
History has a strong responsibility for this. In this seminar Dan
Lyndon argues "there has been a failure by government, QCA, Ofsted
and schools to develop a curriculum that reflects the Black and Asian
experience in Britain and how it has shaped our current position."
If you have views on this subject, register
with the History Forum and join the debate.
Clickable
Mummy: A mummy is a preserved body. Best known mummies are Human
And Egyptian, but artificial mummification was practiced by various
cultures. This website, part of the Akhet Egyptology: The Horizon
to the Past project, allows you to click on different parts of the
Mummy to view interesting facts and information about the mummification
process.
Battle
of Fulford: This battle on 20th September, 1066, on the outskirts
of York, has been overshadowed by the other great battles of 1066
at Stamford Bridge and Hastings. This website has been created to
gather, assemble and then disseminate information about this neglected
battle at Fulford. All the written and physical evidence for the location
and the course of the battle are explored in the evidence section.
The website provides a seven maps sequence on the course of the battle.
Welsh
History: Cymru's Virtual Teachers’ Centre provides high quality,
online digital resources for both teaching and learning. The material
on history are organized under the headings: Wales and Britain in
the Early Modern World (How did the Civil War affect Wales?), Wales
and Early Modern Britain 1500-1760 (Tudor Wales), Wales and Industrial
Britain (Chartism in Wales, Rebecca Riots, Working Children in the
19th century, Living and Working Conditions).
IGCSE
History: This is the IGCSE History site of the International School
of Toulouse. Current students can find the relevant sections of the
hypertext curriculum through the term links on the left of the page.
The website also includes some exam type questions including Hitler's
Rise to Power 1929-34, Munich, Appeasement and the causes of WWII,
Nazi persecution, Germany during WWII, Nazi Soviet Pact and Appeasement
and the Berlin Airlift.
Black
Presence in History: A forum for people wishing to discuss Black
History. Current subjects include Black Merchant Seamens Memorial,
The Other Side of Slavery, The First Blackman to Vote, Black History
Month, Black G.I's in the UK, Black People on the Home Front, Black
Racism, Slave Reperations, Black People in Britain before the Second
World War, Second Generation Jamaicans and the Black Irish.
Black
Facts Online: This website is an online searchable database of
Black History Facts that you can use to: Perform full text searches
for Black History Facts! Find out what happened in Black History today!
Find out what famous Black people were born on your birthday! Help
you research papers and articles! Help educate yourself and your children
on Black History!
Multicultural
History: A collection of articles on Black History including Caribbean
Family History (Kathy Chater), Slavery in Barbados (Karl Watson),
British Anti-Slavery (John Oldfield), World War One and the West Indies
(Glenford D Howe), Colonies, Colonials and WWII (Marika Sherwood),
Slave Island in New York (TJ Davis), Multiracial Britain (Diane Abbot).
This BBC website also includes biographies of Marcus Garvey, Mary
Seacole, William Cuffay, William Davidson, Olaudah Equiano, Claudia
Jones and Phillis Wheatley.
Book
Section
Ralegh's
Last Journey: Walter Ralegh was the greatest courtier of his day.
Elizabeth's favourite, dashing, brilliant, wily and powerful. But,
by the summer of 1618, his reputation was ruined by the failure of
his last journey and he was suffering from the hostility of James
I. Ralegh's Last Journey tells the story of the last twenty weeks
of Sir Walter's life, revealing the details of his fateful journey
as he was escorted from Plymouth to London and the scaffold. Paul
Hyland lyrically describes Ralegh's grotesque behaviour along the
way, the web of deceit and counter-treachery woven between him and
his reviled betrayer 'Judas' Stucley, and of their travelling companion
the French physician and double agent Dr. Manoury. Woven throughout
the details of this last journey Hyland depicts other key players:
Bess, Ralegh's wife; Carew, their only surviving son; and Samuel King,
privateering captain and link with Ralegh's past glories. (Paul Hyland,
HarperCollins, ISBN 0 00 710600 9, £14.99)
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