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Heritage Explorer www.heritageexplorer.org.uk Heritage Explorer provides classroom resources and accessible information to create a one-stop shop for teachers seeking to inspire classes at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. All the information can be downloaded and...
The clock will be turned back to Victorian times again at the Museum of Kent Life in October. Children will take part in a carousel of 6 workshops with a Victorian theme. This year's workshops are The Victorian Dinnertable, Meet the Toymaker, Victorian...
From 31 July 2008 the national contract which provides the British Pathe film archive to schools at zero cost will end. Schools may continue to use downloaded film material to the end of August 2009. After that date such material will have to be deleted...
Here are some useful websites on Kent Kent TV Contains historical videos as we as other Kent interests http://www.kenttv.com Heres Hstory Kent An archive of historical material relating to Kent Parishes and Towns. Contains old photographs and maps which...
The West Sussex 'Learn about the Victorians' website provides 'classroom-ready' learning activities for teachers of History Key Stage 2 based on two QCA Schemes of Work: Unit 11 'What Was it like for children living in Victorian times...
Stonehenge a hospital? A team for the BBC series Timewatch has begun the first excavation inside the ring at Stonehenge for more than forty years. You can follow the once-in-a-lifetime archaeological dig on the BBC website right now. www.bbc.co.uk/history...
Today, I would like to bring your attention to fantastic webquest that helps pupils understand the pitfalls of the intenet. The website looks, at first, to be fairly well put together and seems to be the ideal site to find out about Explorers. However...
Dull Literacy and History lessons! Why not bring in some film clips to your lesson. Screenonline provides short video clips of films. These can only be viewed in school through the regional broadband connection (KCN)- for Kent schools). Be aware to check...
If pupils are doing to research on a person or any topic that has chronological elements, such as a historical event, an arts movement, a biography, an author, etc, add view:timeline as an additional search term in google: eg Type in ' victorians view...
Diana Marsden has found these resources on the internet: "I found these sites quite bizarrely this evening! http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/dress_the_soldier/roman_legionary.htm Other dress soldiers activities http://www.exeter.gov.uk/timetrail/dress_the_soldier...
Heather Pettitt writes: There is a new and exciting history videoconferencing workshop on offer from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter. It is a session on the Romans (KS2) and is running on Wednesdays this term and next. Please see our web site...
Dear All, I have been working with EIS for nearly a year now making "Starters for Study" based on various Pathe Films. Some, though not all of my work can be found at http://www.segfl.org.uk/projects/view.php?id=175 Some is also available on ClusterWeb...
From Karen Brooker at York Road Juniors: www.old-maps.co.uk This is quite a useful site for looking up what certain villages/towns etc looked like in Victorian times. In the "gazetteer" you will find a list of places covered (even down to villages)! If...
Here's a useful resource to complement a locality topic, or study of change since Victorian times. http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/Surnames.aspx Enter a surname in the box. There is a choice of 1881 or 1998. Frequency is then plotted on a map...
All KCN broadband schools can access British Pathe and Audio Network - but note that you have to be in school! This is because free entry is granted on recognition of your school's IP address. James Blomfield at Capel-le-Ferne Primary has been using British...
If you have Clicker5, you may be interested in these CDs with non-fiction interactive big books with differentiated texts. The latest titles - Victorians, Romans, Tudors - have been very well received by teachers on our courses. http://www.cricksoft.com...
Object Lessons is an online display of about 200 objects from Islington Artefacts Library . The site has high quality images and information on each object under the headings of childhood, work, health, clothes, homes, conflicts and cultures. A fantastic...