While scouring the internet for some interesting visual materials for a World War I unit plan, I had the good fortune to stumble across the history section of the BBC's website. In addition to the B&W still photos that modern students find so enthralling, the Beeb has a fairly impressive array of other resources including games, animated maps, virtual trench tours, period radio clips, newspapers, academic articles, detailed breakdowns of individual campaigns and battles and of course, extensive photo galleries. Lots of great opportunities to use your powerpoint projector as something more than a glorified overhead.
The BBC collections cover both World Wars and the Cold War. They also include a wealth of resources pertaining to ancient British history and medieval Europe topics such as the Vikings (attn SS 8 teachers!) as well as lots of useful stuff on the Romans, Greeks, Eygptians etc. Some of the topics are covered in suprising depth. For example, the Vikings section includes info and resources on the role of women, Norse mythology, and depictions of day to day life in medieval Europe.
There are some really interesting articles that examine commonly held beliefs about historical events that could be a great tool for teaching critical thinking skills.
Definitely worth a look!
Saturday, December 6, 2008
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NOOOOO Cam you totally stole my amazing resource that I was about to share. haha. Ya this BBC website is amazing, I've been using it to plan my Socials 8 and thought it would be great to put up. It is awesome for incorporating lessons on the use of primary sources and artefacts, as it has a lot of external links to places such as the British Museum. Everyone should definately check it out, under the Ancient History section both socials 8 and 9 topics are available. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
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