This provides information about the census. It also shows how the census can be used to study local history. There is an activity based on a page of a census return that can be investigated by clicking on each of the columns. There are also two quizzes and an interactive investigation using material from the 1891 census.
This is an investigation using material from the 1891 census. It starts with a census map, focuses down to street level and provides a photograph of the street. Some of the houses in the photograph can be clicked on to reveal the census return along with guidance questions to interpret the information provided by the census material.
Focus On Film is a jointly funded project by The National Archives and the South East Grid for Learning. This site presents film as a historical source and considers its advantages and disadvantages as evidence for the past.
Introduction: This article outlines with film clips, some of the issues relating to film as evidence.
Activities: These investigate different aspects of film evidence with clips. The activities can be accessed either for individual use on a pc or for whole-class teaching using an interactive whiteboard.
Film Archive: The archive contains a range of original footage from the twentieth century as well as some reconstructions of earlier periods of history. All clips have full background information and can either be viewed online or downloaded for free.
Editor′s Room: You can understand the power of the film editor by working with our film archive and online editing tool.
Sources used: film, typed document, photo, hand written document
This is designed to help pupils handle documents and encourage them to ask the right sort of questions, cite sources to support their own judgements and draw conclusions. The documents relate to the British government's policy of appeasement, 1937-1938, and show how Eden and Chamberlain responded to the threats posed by Germany, Italy and Japan. There are guided questions to interrogate the sources. Students can type their answers onto a screen notepad and receive feedback in the form of on-screen marking.
Focus On Film is a jointly funded project by The National Archives and the South East Grid for Learning. This site presents film as a historical source and considers its advantages and disadvantages as evidence for the past.
Introduction: This article outlines with film clips, some of the issues relating to film as evidence.
Activities: These investigate different aspects of film evidence with clips. The activities can be accessed either for individual use on a pc or for whole-class teaching using an interactive whiteboard.
Film Archive: The archive contains a range of original footage from the twentieth century as well as some reconstructions of earlier periods of history. All clips have full background information and can either be viewed online or downloaded for free.
Editor′s Room: You can understand the power of the film editor by working with our film archive and online editing tool.
Sources used: film, typed document, photo, hand written document
This provides information about cartoons. It shows how political cartoons can be used as evidence. There are simple quizzes on captions and the use of symbols. There is also an investigation of two cartoons and pupils can submit their answers. Finally, pupils can participate in a 'Build your own' game based on three different cartoons.
