I missed almost all of this, but caught the conclusion. Portillo’s point seems to be that the Great War eclipses the social and political upheaval that was happening in the years before, and in some cases the War inhibited change.
Atrocity propaganda – The British Library
Absolutely brilliant page at the British Library about Anti-German propaganda and atrocity reports during and after the war. http://www.bl.uk/world-war-one/articles/atrocity-propaganda
SHP’s Primary Hub
Great news – the SHP’s primary hub is up and running at: http://www.schoolshistoryproject.org.uk/Teaching/Primary/Index.htm Lots more great stuff is planned for the next few weeks, and there’s already some really interesting items. Take a look! I’ve added a new category in
BBC iPlayer – Exploring the Past: Post War Britain (High Definition)
Just watched this absolutely fabulous TV programme produced for BBC LearningZone. There’s such a wealth of valuable material here, based around the idea of young people investigating the history of their own families. These histories are then used as way
Podcast: Housing in London during the First World War | History Today
If you would like to stretch any KS4 students doing Britain 1890-1919 units, then you might want to get them to listen to a really interesting podcast from History Today. In this episode, Jerry White discusses the housing crisis that
A vision of Britain
This looks absolutely amazing – a treasure trove of historical data, for free and all online. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk
Historical fiction in the classroom – blog
I have just bumped into Historical fiction in the classroom by Dave Martin @davemartin46. It’s a great site, with a very wide range of books covered, both in terms of topic and age range. Dave has also had a book published on The
British Propaganda during the Second World War
You can now find a series of lessons that I’ve been teaching about British propaganda during the Second World War on this site. These might be adaptable in the future to help tick off many of those on the list
History Teaching Sites
Despite the fact that this is a ‘web-log’ I spend little time noting down the great things I often see on the web to do with history teaching. I’m going to try to make a note of them more frequently
IOT: 02 Jan 12 The Written World, part 1
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/iot/iot_20120102-0945a.mp3