General Teaching Resources

USEFUL RESOURCES AND INFORMATION

American "Digital History" First-class site for studying US history includes handouts, lesson plans together with plenty of resource material.

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/ ***

Association of Teachers An association of web sites created by teachers. Claims 18,000 resources, 6,000 photo-copiable materials and 6,000+ online resources. It is actually a good page to bookmark and then use as a vehicle to find the lesson plan you may be after.

Association of Teachers' Websites

Australian history project Australian site for teachers in primary and secondary schools.

The National History Project

Chronology Tests historical knowledge by inviting students to choose a topic area and then presenting them with a series of shuffled 'cards'. They then have to determine whether the event described on each new card happened before or after the one to its left.

Chronology testing game

Devon County Council Curriculum Advice and useful links

Devon Curriculum Services

History on the Net Site run by a Sussex teacher that links historical information to KS3 and KS4. Some online lessons and an excellent range of worksheets. Well worth a visit***

http://www.historyonthenet.com/

Kids Directory US site that has over 1,348 history site links - so it says.

Kids and teens directory

Learnhistory.org.uk site with lots of links including some excellent revision guides. Strong on modern American history.

Learnhistory.org.uk

Modern History Sourcebook Edited by Paul Halsall of the University of North Florida. Thousands of links to online resources.

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html ****

Schools History Project The present SHP is the successor to the project funded by the Schools Council in 1972 for "History 13-16". Based University of Leeds. Lesson materials etc.

Schools History Project *

Schools History Publishers

John Murray

Nelson Thornes

Think through history (Pearson Education)

Shropshire Digital Resources County Council site presenting online resources and content from the counties archives.

http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/roots/index.htm

Teaching History Online Spartacus Schools Net. Huge resource. The Teachers' Virtual History Department provides lessons that are listed under Key Stage and topic.

Teaching History Online ***

History Games BBC site. 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.

History Games

History Learning site Chris Trueman's History Learning website.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk ****

Teaching Resource, history on the net Series of topics linked to the National Curriculum.

http://www.historyonthenet.co.uk/

Teaching Resource, timeline History.uk.com. Timeline content was created in 'newspaper' style with headlines showing the most important events and essential historical detail underneath. The website also says it has 25,000 directory listings relating to Britain. Best to go direct to its weblinks section.

Interactive Timeline

Teaching Resource 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).

KidsMAPE

Historical Maps The Perry-Castaneda Library of historical maps at the University of Texas.

Map Library at University of Texas

Oral History Advice on preparing an oral history project from the Oral History Society.

Oral History

Pathe News film and stills photographic archive. ****

http://www.britishpathe.com/index.cfm

Schoolsnet Schoolsnet was launched in November 1999 to offer "parents, pupils and teachers an indispensable educational resource." See for yourself.

Schoolsnet

Welsh History NGfL Cymru includes lessons on Tudor Wales, Civil War in Wales, Chartism in Wales, The Rebecca Riots and Working Children in the 19th Century.

Welsh History

This page was last updated 09-07-05