History KS2/3 – A Local Study of South Shields during WW2.  The teaching programme is focused through a fictional story set over 3 generations.

Sutton Hoo burial site

The material in this section  supports the following sections of the QCA Scheme of Work for History unit 6b ?Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? An Anglo-Saxon case study?:

• What was in the Sutton Hoo grave?
• Whose grave was it?

First produced for BECTA, this activity consists of a range of tasks based on pupils searching an NGFL approved Internet site for information on historical artefacts. The British Museum web site contains the Compass database with over 3000 entries including the Sutton Hoo artefacts used in this investigation.

Pupils work through, individually and collectively, a number of tasks:

• Use an online database to find out about the past
• Examine in detail a range of artefacts
• Collect information about an artefact
• Make inferences about artefacts
• Sort artefacts into categories
• Interpret and present the results of their investigations
• ? Summarise the general characteristics of artefacts from one historical period

The activity supports the development of generic research processes

The Audio Network Education Licence has been developed to provide Schools with world-class music recordings over the National Education Network and the UK's national education broadband networks.  It is hosted at London Grid for Learning and delivered to schools throughout the UK over the NEN.

Schools have FREE access to the same high-quality music resource that is used by professional film, television and media producers. Just right for ICT and digital video projects across the curriculum. Works for Primary, Secondary and FE. Ideal for vocational courses and developing a sense of the world of work.

The service enables the FREE download of Audio Network music files for use in school and college projects including ‘synchronisation’ use in audio-visual productions together with general guidance on music copyright.

Summary of benefits

Ease of use: digital and on-line over the education broadband networks. Standard file type.
Free: school and connected college users do not have to pay.
Choice: huge range of types of music.
Quality: industry quality recordings.
Clean: no viruses...non pop-up advertising.
Legal: all rights cleared for education use in school/college.
Creative Licence: resources can be used creatively.
Restrictions: can’t be distributed or performed outside school/college or on the WWW without additional licences...but...
Additional licences: provide a one-step process for public performance/distribution.
Curriculum relevance: meets the needs of e-learning and 'Harnessing the Technology' and supports many areas of the curriculum in Primary, Secondary, Further and Higher Education.
Examinations: meets requriements of examinations and the new generation of e-assessment.
World of work: uses industry procedures and supports of vocational courses.

Britain and London haven’t always been so diverse. Taking a look at history can help us understand how our population has changed over time and the reasons for this. People have been moving to and from Britain for hundreds of years. This is called immigration and emigration.

Jewish people are one of the many immigrant groups that has contributed to the richness of our society both now and in the past. This group of people is the focus of our local study.

It includes the personal story of Bertha Leverton, a Kindertransportee from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. She came to England from Munich at the age of 15years with her brother and sister. Bertha dedicated a large part of her life collecting stories about other kindertransportees. For this work she was awarded the O.B.E. from her Majesty The Queen in 2005.

Old Vic, New Voices

Under Kevin Spacey’s direction, the Old Vic Education section has employed professional directors, writers and actors to work with pupils and students from South London schools on a variety of projects to encourage them to think about the creative use of drama in other subjects. The first project was a joint collaboration with the Imperial War Museum around the theme of the first day of the battle of the Somme in 1916.

The topics covered include Signing up, Women at Home, Training, the Battle, Back Home and Consequences.

the web-site includes six easy to followlesson plans for 13 to 18 year olds. the emphasis is on using drama techniques to encourage debate. Each lesson plan focuses on key issues relating to the battle of the Somme and contains scenes filmed during the performance. all of the learning materials are designed to encourage teachers to replicate the project as a Drama in History project in their own school.

A national, interactive history resource to deliver the KS1 History topic on 'Toys' in an interesting and engaging way

Visit and explore a virtual version of the National Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green.

Lots of online activities to support individual and whole class work.

This resource looks at the impact of the Blitz on London from the 111 continuous nights of bombing raids in 1940 to the use of V! and V2 rockets in the later stages of the war. It contains a host of photos and other resources form the Imperial War Museum on the impact of the Blitz, sheltering from the raids, evacuation of London children to the countryside and the impact of rationing. Many of the photos included were taken by Bill Brandt.

There are downloadable worksheets to support all age groups in KS2

 This website is designed to provide a collection of virtual tours around Welsh medieval castles and fortified houses in order to increase pupils’ knowledge and understanding of Welsh heritage.

Split screen interviews with 1880 and 2008 footballers. Filmed at the National Football Museum, Preston.

Charterhouse has a long and interesting history, which this website brings to life. Charterhouse through the ages is discovered; medieval, victorian and roman charterhouse periods. There are lots of excellent resources to help you visualise Charterhouse past and present, and some activities as well.

Northern Grid for Learning, in partnership with the Friends of Chopwell Wood, has developed a new interactive educational resource for KS2/3. This features 18 locations around the Heritage Lottery funded forest trail.

Educational questions, activities and projects that supplement the interactive activities, cover aspects of Numeracy, Literacy, History, Geography, Science, Design Technology and ICT curriculum areas.

The Digital Storytelling site is a place where learners can publish video and animations. It is similar to YouTube. However, all videos and animations and any comments added to published materials are viewed by an administrator before publication thus ensuring that the site is free  from inappropriate material.

CookIt is more than an online recipe book. Learners can submit their own recipes, watch short videocast programmes, find out about food in the past and link recipes to festivals and seasons.

One hundred and thirty pupils from twenty-six Kent primary schools took part in the Crabble Mill Writing Project in October 2007. The mill is a delightful living museum in Dover which became the inspiration and source of research material for this innovative broadband communications project.

Planned and managed by Advisory Service Kent staff, Leading ICT Teachers and South-East Grid for Learning Project Officers the project involved pupils using a wide range of web based technologies to support story writing. Applications used included video conferencing, blogging, Podcasting and “On-line” Publishing.

Dorset's dramatic ties with the sea are revealed in museums across the county. This web site enables you to view the collections and enjoy the real-life adventures they represent.

This resource uses streamed video to compare and contrast life in Essex between 1914 and 1953 with life in the 21st century. It uses material from the East Anglian Film Archive and new material produced by five Essex schools.

Resources produced by Northern Grid to support the Folk Archive Resource North East archive.

FlashMeeting is an application based on the Adobe Flash 'plug in' and Flash Media Server. Running in a standard web browser window, it allows a dispersed group of people to meet from anywhere in the world with an internet connection. Typically a meeting is pre-booked by a registered user and a url, containing a unique password for the meeting, is returned by the FlashMeeting server. The 'booker' passes this on to the people they wish to participate, who simply click on the link to enter into the meeting at the arranged time.

During the meeting one person speaks (i.e. broadcasts) at a time. Other people can simultaneously contribute using text chat, the whiteboard, or emoticons etc. while waiting for their turn to speak. This way the meeting is ordered, controlled and easy to follow. A replay of the meeting is instantly available, to those with the 'unique' replay url.

FlashMeeting users belong to one of three account types; Guest, Sign In and Booker.

This project focuses on the development of tourism in Torbay and in Bournemouth. The site explores a series of themes, and many of the sources have been catergorised to make it easier for you to get a more complete idea of particular aspects of Victorian life in seaside towns.

Gàidhlig Air-loidhne is a website for Gaelic teachers. Because it is aimed at the Gaelic community, there is no English version of the site. However, we recognise that non-Gaelic-speaking Head Teachers and others have an interest in Gaelic education. Therefore, a section of the site provides summaries of the main site and a small selection of dedicated pages designed for those people who are connected to Gaelic education but do not have a strong command of the language.

This topic covers the impact of canals, railways, trams, tube, road, motorway and air travel, over a 250 year period on one area.

Ten teachers from the London borough of Hillingdon have been working collaboratively on a local History project.  They have provided KS2/3 teachers and children with quality resources that can be used in the classroom to show the how the development of transport has effected the growth of the borough.

An original dairy from World War One, made available by Tyne and Wear Archives. The resource includes the diary, transcripts, support materials and activities.

Cross-curricular resource featuring the Ruskin Foundation's superb comic book treatments of one of the most influencial of 19th century writers. Also contains a fascinating insight into his artistic techniques and video footage of Paul O'Keefe's celebrated portrayal of Ruskin.

Use this website to discover more about Victorian life and Kilve inlcuding Lilstock and Williton workhouse in Somerset. Also, find out about the history of Kilve Court and some of the activities which can be carried out there.

Helping young people to become successful learners is one of the key aims of Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland.

Our knowledge about learning is continually changing in the light of research and there is still much that we do not know. This site provides an overview of current thinking on how people learn. 

This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others.

Myths and Legends is for pupils, teachers and all those who enjoy stories and storytelling. The British Isles is rich in myths, folktales and legends. Almost every town, city and village in Britain has its own special story, be it a Celtic legend, Dark Age mystery, strange happening or fable.

A collection of high quality images, sound and video files that can be repurposed by teachers and students. All materials can be used for educational, not for profit activities.

Registered users can also upload images, sound and video files to the Gallery for use by other members of the educational community.

C Day Lewis' 1936 poem read over contemporary newsreel footage.

Produced to show the potential of the Pathe archive to support understanding of the interplay between 20th century arts and news-media. Also provides insight into public attitudes during the build up to WWII.

Contains a useful article on copyright issues.

This web site has been created to complement the Local Studies Pack that was created by the Poole Museum Education Service in 1998. This was designed to be used either alongside a visit to the town, or completely in the classroom if a visit was not possible or planned. It provides a useful focus for a comparative study within the National Curriculum requirements.

Information about public art in the North East of England. Materials can be uses as a stimulus for a range of subjects.

A KS2 History resource authored in partnership with the Newport Ship Project. Contains a number of interactive resources that give pupils the opportunity to compare the Newport Ship with other famous finds, consider artefacts found on board and find out more about Newport in Medieval times.

These illustrations and photographs are free for any kind of educational use - whether you are a teacher creating topic worksheets or looking for ideas to spark creative writing, or a pupil who needs illustrations for a presentation or website.

You can download them, print them off or use them online.

Environment

A mixture of drawings, photos and images of the world around us. The collection includes pictures of seasons, landscapes and natural habitats. Other images concentrate on man-made environments including buildings and famous landmarks.

Animals and birds

Animals are always a winner! We have images (including some photos) of wild animals and birds from Britain and abroad, pets, farm animals, dinosaurs, prehistoric creatures and minibeasts.

People

A wide variety of images of people, from illustrations of babies, children's faces showing different emotions and people working in a variety of jobs, to anatomical drawings of the human body and fine art portraits. 

History

Many coloured and black and white illustrations of people in the past - Egyptians, Celts, Picts, Vikings, Greeks, Romans and medieval Scots as well as scenes from the two World Wars. Also have a look at the visual primary sources, such as 19th-century photos, medieval manuscripts, and portraits since 1780.

Art, music and literature

Great images of Scottish fine art from the Royal Scottish Academy and illustrations of musical instruments are available to download here, as well as information on how to use pictures and text from a beautiful medieval manuscript.

Leisure time

Activities and items for leisure - from musical instruments to cultural events, children interacting, photos of foreign holidays and paintings of holiday-makers in earlier times.

The prehistoric world

Scenes, people and animals from the prehistoric world including crannogs, standing stones, woolly mammoths and sabre-toothed cats.

Food and drink

Illustrations, photos and paintings of food and drink - some healthy and some not so healthy! Plus photos of restaurants and pictures of birthday cakes.

Language and numbers

Resources for helping pupils to develop language and number skills, including modern foreign languages. The images include colourful pictures of numbers, safety signs, notices for the classroom and photos from continental Europe which feature signs and notices in French and German.

Clothes

Coloured and black and white illustrations of clothes, including children's shoes, different outfits for different types of weather and working clothes and uniforms such as those worn by police officers and firefighters. 

Transport

Photos and drawings of different types of transport, from around the world. Fancy taking the camel to school?

Technology

Ensure the digital natives are up to speed with today's technology from video cameras to tablet PCs, with these coloured and outline illustrations of gadgets and equipment.

Sainsbury’s Virtual Museum contains a wealth of material, including photographic and documentary sources on Sainsbury's in the period 1869 to 1900. It is designed to help teachers use the internet to support the teaching of the following elements of the History National Curriculum:

KS1 - What were shops like a long time ago?

Welsh KS1 - Sut le oedd siopa 'slawer dydd?
KS2 - Victorian Britain.

KS2 - Second World War.

KS2, Year 6 - Online Activities

KS3 - History National Curriculum.

They contain:

• descriptions of activities based on the pages in the website.
• worksheets, which can be printed out or downloaded, to help pupils work through the activities.
• analyses of how the activities relate both to the QCA scheme of work for History at KS1, National Curriculum for History and IT and also to the KS2 Literacy Hour.
• Online resources include a talking story for KS1, a database of Sainsbury management memos during the Second World War on the impact of women workers and video interviews of Sainsbury staff who survived air raid attacks

This learning resource has been developed to mark the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade. The website has information on Scotland's role in the transatlantic slave trade, on the abolitionist campaign and its legacy, ideas for religious observance assemblies and links to other key resources, including events and exhibitions across Scotland.

This website covers a range of defining eras in Scotland's rich historical heritage, from stone age, through Roman and medieval, to the indistrial revolution and the twentieth century. There are over 70 interactive learning resources covering key epochs and events in the Scotland's history.

A set of colourful and interesting activities at various levels. They include an electronic version of St David’s story, wordsearches, matching and sequencing activities, information book, multiple choice question games, create pictures, matching pairs games and jigsaws.

Activities for becoming an effective learner and managing your own learning. The site is divided into three age groups: 5-9, 10-14 and 15-18-year-olds; and four headings - Get, Understand, Remember and Do. Includes notes for teachers, parents/carers and students.

Archive photographic material released by Durham County Records Office. How and why did the Holocaust happen? KS3 Citizenship, QCA Unit 3 Human rights and QCA Unit 16 Celebrating human rights.

This site looks at Thomas Clarkson and his fellow abolitionists who fought for the ending of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the emancipation of enslaved Africans in the British colonies.

This website has been designed to support pupils' learning in History and in Literacy, and will support their ICT development. We have created a series of historical enquiries, all based in the East of England, and all produced by local schools.

We have filmed pupils, in role, pretending that they have witnessed an historical event that had taken place the previous day.

Your children may be encouraged to act as newspaper/TV news reporters and 'interview' the 'eye witnesses' by using the film clips. Your children/pupils could then be encouraged to produce a report on the previous day's events.

Board the time machine and meet characters from a range of historical eras, from Roman times to the twentieth century. Use your knowledge of each era to find your way through the maze and get back to the present day with your gold pieces

This online resource sets the Story of Gardens within its wider historical context, so that pupils can see the way that gardens illustrate other events and trends that they are learning about in their NC History lessons. The Story of Gardens is split into 11 chronological periods, ranging from Ancient times to the present day, with a timeline feature, which visually illustrates the historical context.Developed for the European Gardens Heritage Network by SWGfL with Somerset CC and in partnership with the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens.

An exciting broadband project, launched at BETT 2008, combining documents from The National Archives, photographs from English Heritage and film from BFI to provide teachers with original source material to develop creative approaches to the History and Citizenship curriculum. Pupils of all ages will be able to engage with original sources using correct historical methods. The resources have not been mediated, abridged or edited in any way.

This website is all about Crime and Punishment in the UK in the 19th Century. It contains a database with actual prisoner records and case studies for a more in-depth view of the crimes and trials of some of the inmates.

Six Harrow Schools from Key Stage 1 and 2 completed an exciting multimedia project
using digital video cameras to express the visual literacy ideas of the students in their schools.

The topics vovered included Poetry, Fairy Tales, the Romans and Circuits.

All ctopics ome with full lesson plans and examples od children's work

Aimed at KS2, with this site you can visit the past, engage with interactive museum artefacts and download educational resources. It features Pre-History, Tudors, Romans, Victorians and Britain since the 1930s.

Index of resources from the RBCs to support work on World War 1 and 2.

Xeno (providing on-line learning and support for young people and those caring for them)

Xeno is a co-operative venture for members of SEGfL and Uniservity. We are building a ‘virtual learning community’ of professionals and young people that enables resources to be jointly developed and encourages co-operative learning.

‘Personalised learning’ will put the learner at the centre of provision and give every child access to online tools. Xeno is an online environment that will act as a virtual school for children who are disconnected from normal schooling. Schools and local authorities generally struggle to maintain levels of achievement with these groups and research recommends catch-up support and independent/individual learning opportunities out of school. SEGfL proposes to facilitate the combination of local authority efforts so that resources can be jointly developed or procured, good practice can be shared and children can store and retrieve their work and learning records

Xeno will become a focal point of opportunity for pupils going in and out of mainstream education and an opportunity for local authorities to support their own pupils but also to contribute towards the whole in terms of content, materials and staffing. It will be of particular interest to staff and children in pupil referral units, hospital and home tuition services, young offenders’ institutions, teenage parents’ units, young carers’ organisations, home education organisations and looked after children’s services as it will create a virtual community for these, often isolated, professionals. It could also be used by schools to support pupils that are temporarily excluded.

Through its partnership with Uniservity and using the cLc, Xeno will work closely with the relevant professionals to provide:

• Learning Platform functionality with secure, remote access and online storage.
• Links to a wide range of resources to provide curriculum materials, including the internet.
• Links to schemes of work that can guide students through a variety of curriculum objectives.
• Provision of an e-Portfolio that can be stored, updated and retrieved.
• Personal space for students to store and retrieve their work.
• Interaction with tutors (issue tasks, hand-in work, feedback grades and comments).
• Dialogue with tutors (leave questions and get answers).
• Dialogue with other students (a virtual school community).
• All in a safe, secure, on-line environment.