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"The History Faculty offers FREE video & audio lectures by leading UK historians. Please register for access to all our materials. There's no catch. We will not use your details for any commercial purpose." That's what they say. Let's hope there's more of this type of thing in the future - a place where the excellent materials produced in universities can be used for secondary level teaching.

Resources for teachers

A site maintained by a bloke called Peter Chen whose hobby is collecting images and sources on World War II. What a legend!

A thorough and growing database on aspects of World War II.

A guide to reading a primary source. It would be useful in helping your students develop their source evaluation skills.

A good outlay for students of what to look for when reading/analysing/evaluating primary sources.

Here is the photostream including photos of activities I've run with my classes. I thought I'd add it to generate ideas on re-enactments and activities that people do with their students. I've found activities like this can be surprisingly educational by helping bring what the students have studied to life. I run them at the end of the term.

This site seems to prefer if you pay (>)_(re for use studying history in the British system so you can guess the focus. What was that saying, the sun never sets...? Not too sure about that...

What a great find! These are blogs where people post history resources, usually audio-visual sources. I'll never use a textbook again...

Useful in helping students understand what primary and secondary sources are and how to approach them.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle compiled on the orders of Alfred the Great in the C9th AD. Wonder what was so great about him anyway?

This wiki is run by the American Historical Association and is a clearinghouse of archival material. I have no idea what that means but the site seems to have links to some primary sources which is a cool thing.

A great set of resources for teaching history. The kids love the flowcharts and the material is engaging. You buy them from www.teacherspayteachers.com for about 3 bucks each.

Flowcharts and power points describing what the website owner calls "the flow of history"-- a way to look at the causes and effects of history

A dynamic and graphic approach to teaching history.

Copies of the Articles of Confederation in the United States Constitution. I don't really know what they are but they seem important.

"The Printed Ephemera collection at the Library of Congress is a rich repository of Americana. In total, the collection comprises 28,000 primary-source items dating from the seventeenth century to the present and encompasses key events and eras in American history." That's what they reckon.

The Printed Ephemera collection at the Library of Congress is a rich repository of Americana. In total, the collection comprises 28,000 primary-source items dating from the seventeenth century to the present and encompasses key events and eras in American history.

"The HTA publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects. It was founded in 1990 in Mississippi and is one of the oldest history sites on the Internet. This site is dynamic with regular additions to its contents and its link collection." That's what they say.

The HTA publishes high quality articles, books, essays, documents, historical photos, and links, screened for content, for a broad range of historical subjects. It was founded in 1990 in Mississippi and is one of the oldest history sites on the Internet. This site is dynamic with regular additions to its contents and its link collection.

Globalization101.org is dedicated to providing students with information and interdisciplinary learning opportunities on this complex phenomenon. Our goal is to challenge you to think about many of the controversies surrounding globalization and to promote an understanding of the trade-offs and dilemmas facing policy-makers.

A catalogue of images, manuscripts, etc maintained by the American Antiquarian Society. What an awesome bunch. Will be good for any aspect of American social history, I would imagine.

This is where using the net gets tricky for students. We tell them never to use wikis (for good reason) and then something like this comes along. It's awesome. A fast-growing wiki (a site that anyone can add to) of historical sources. Shows why we need something like Diigo to filter the internet and provide guidance for the students regarding what to use in their research. Run by the same people as Wikipedia (Wikimedia). If you're ever looking for historical images can I suggest Wikimedia Commons.

A collection of nearly 3000 high-resolution World War II propaganda posters maintained by an American writer living in Berlin. Wonder what his German mates think?