| S4 History |
Last
update -
30 April 2023 |
Official European
School History 4-5 Syllabus:
English,
French,
German. |
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Unit 1 - The methodology of history |
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Key Questions |
Lessons |
Additional resources and external links |
| What is
history? - A brief overview. |
Introduction to S4 History -
Expectations, assessment etc.
Worksheet
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Prezi presentation
on What is History? |
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What are the Middle Ages? |
Worksheet
Downloadable blank
timeline of the Middle Ages diagram. Add five important
dates and descriptions.
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The excellent
Wikipedia article provides a well illustrated overview.
BBC Medieval Realms
video series for schools. |
| How can
archaeology help us understand the medieval past? |
Archaeology -
worksheet
PDF and
PowerPoint
from lesson.
BBC 'Hunt the Ancestor'
virtual excavation - interactive decision making
game. ISH worksheet
PDF and
Word document for completion.
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Video
of forensic archaeology investigation into the discovery of
medieval bodies found in Norwich.
BBC Medieval Realms
video on the deserted village.
Diagram explaining cropmarks and Wikipedia on
cropmarks and
aerial
archaeology.
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A
video about
medieval archaeology from the popular Channel 4 TV series
Time Team. |
Hunt the Ancestor activity
answers. This goes live after the assignment has been
finished. |
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How can medieval images help us to understand the
medieval past? |
Luttrell Psalter - Video worksheet
PDF
Luttrell
Psalter video 1 as shown in the lesson and extra video part
2.
Luttrell Psalter's beautiful illustrations of
a
farming year.
What makes a source
useful? The RRR model.
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makes different types of sources useful? This section of
the website written for my Bac students explains how
visual sources are useful. |
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More
about the Luttrell Psalter
PDF, The Luttrell Psalter facsimile at the
British Library. (requires Shockwave) |
Beautiful High-Definition
BBC documentary
on medieval maps and what they reveal about medieval minds.
Also an excellent supporting
website with a chance to view the
maps up-close.
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How a medieval manuscript is made.
Excellent
video
from the Getty Museum |
BBC documentary on medieval illuminated
manuscripts including a section on the Luttrell Psalter.
The
Middle Ages in Colour a look at The British Library
presentation on the medieval illuminated manuscript.
Illuminations: The Private Lives of Medieval
Kings - A
three part documentary
series. Dr Janina Ramirez interprets what medieval
manuscripts can tell us about medieval kings.
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| How can
medieval texts help us to understand the medieval past? |
Written sources -
worksheet
PDF |
What types of Medieval
texts exist? Online Medieval Sources
Bibliography Short
videos from the Getty Museum in LA about medieval
manuscripts.
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Helen Castor- Medieval Lives: Birth,
Marriage, Death - 2013
video. The first episode is very
good on the value of medieval letters. |
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B Test 1 Thursday
8th October 2015 |
Revision
quiz |
