Its more than a Modern World History GCSE revision site
John D Clare is a prolific textbook writer, his latest textbook is for the AQA Modern World, this Heinemann published book is part of the new generation of textbooks, but this is not all, the website, which is also well established provides a much needed extra dimension for GCSE.
John will admit to teaching for a number of years, this site provides support and practical advice for students and teachers, John shares his experience. The huge advantage of this site is that one does not need to be taking the AQA course to take advantage of this experience, the advice to teachers is used by experienced teachers as well as newbies, the advice to pupils is clear and concise.
I have used some of the activities and quizzes on the site,despite not taking AQA or Modern World, the self-test activities can be used with KS3 & A Level Students, as they are can be used as they are or as foundations for later activities, I have certainly steered my GCSE & A Level students towads this site, to use it as a tool for good revision. I will also continue to use the site to stucture my courses and revsion activities for my students.
Remembrance day and beyond
http://www.passingofthegeneration.org.uk/index.html
As the last three Great War veterans died this year, to mark the passing of this ‘World War One generation’, a national event will take place at Westminster Abbey on Remembrance Day, Wednesday 11th November 2009. To encourage schools to support this significant milestone and to engage young people in the history of the WW1 generation and experiences of the passing generation, the Ministry of Defence, in collaboration with key organisations such as the IWM, are providing a range of engaging primary and secondary education resources on this site.
The resources are very detailed and will provide the basis for projects and research into this aspect of the Great War. I have used some defence dynamics www.defencedynamics.mod.uk resources in the past, and found them useful for G&T students, when I have wished to set an individual research project. With the Imperial War Museum and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission involved in this venture, the resources and Links will be invaluable. This site is well worth noting for the the links to other sites related to this issue alone.
Putting the Thinking into History
http://www.thinkinghistory.co.uk/
Anyone lucky enough to see Ian Dawson at History CPD conferences, and especially the Saturday evening session at the SHP conference, will be familiar with his active learning techniques. This site began as a place to highlight this work, but it has grown into much more than this now, providing teaching resources of all types and styles.
I have used a number of the resources myself for GCSE and A Level, and have a couple of my activities on the site. One aspect of A Level especially, and GCSE to some extent, is the pressure to concentrate on ‘chalk & talk’, these active learning activities can be taken straight off the site and used, or one can use the ideas and adapt them to one’s own circumstances.
I would reccommend this site highly, I generally dip into it every month or two, and usually find something to inspire me towards a lesson activity.
British Newspapers - superb opportunity to view contemporary views of Historical events
A text to Movie application which is so much fun
An excellent book providing many valuable strategies
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/booksProdSampleMaterials.nav?prodId=Book232407
I have just finished reading this excellent book, written by Dr Cooper and Arthur Chapman. I will admit to buying the book for one reason, that reason being ‘Alphonse the camel’ who gets a mention. For the uninitiated Alphonse dies for the sake of Causal reasoning, and has done so in numerous of my lessons, the instigator of this bizarre, but successful, activity is Mr Chapman. I thus expected to pick up one or two ideas that I could use in the History classroom, I am please to see that I have far more than the one or two I hoped for. The strength of the book is that the case studies are very recent and have an emphasis on the use of technology, thus we are dealing with the next generation of classroom activities, using ICT from an active learning approach. Constructing History is much more than a description of practical examples, it provides the pedagological theory behind the examples, reinforcing the usefulness of the practical examples, for one does not need to replicate the activity exactly to benefit from the approach. The emphasis on personalised and collaborative learning will be useful for CPD trainers, but the e-learning aspects are the parts that most interested me. I feel the book has something for all educators in History who wish to engage, stretch and inspire their students.
Additional materials are available on the books’ webpage: www.sagepub.co.uk/cooperchapman”>www.sagepub.co.uk/cooperchapman
innovative history . net
http://www.innovativehistory.net/
Timemaps
Superb interactive and animated Historical maps.
http://www.timemaps.com/index.php
SchoolHistory.co.uk Student Forum
A discussion forum for students, run by History educators for students
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Prezi
A presentation application, which provides so much freedom.
