History
This section will include links to helpful online programmes (eg. for making timelines) and to sources about the periods of history studied in:
Year 7 History: Ancient societies
Year 8 History: Medieval societies
Years 9/10 History: Australian history
Years 9/10 Elective History:
Years 11/12 Modern History:
Indochina
Russian Revolution
World War I
Europe between the Wars
World War II
Year 11/12 Ancient History:
Ancient Egypt
Minoan Society
Year 7 History: Ancient societies
Year 8 History: Medieval societies
Years 9/10 History: Australian history
Years 9/10 Elective History:
Years 11/12 Modern History:
Indochina
Russian Revolution
World War I
Europe between the Wars
World War II
Year 11/12 Ancient History:
Ancient Egypt
Minoan Society
World History Overviews
Historypin [http://www.historypin.com/map/#!/geo:-30.357886,136.846652/zoom:5/fs/] locates events through photographs which are pinned to a World map. Yopu can search by country or event and it is an interactive site so you could add your own contributions (eg from your Auburn site study).
British Pathe [http://www.youtube.com/user/britishpathe] is a digitised archive of 3500 hours of historical footage showing major events, celebrities and simple day-to-day life from 1896 until 1976.
British Pathe [http://www.youtube.com/user/britishpathe] is a digitised archive of 3500 hours of historical footage showing major events, celebrities and simple day-to-day life from 1896 until 1976.
Making Timelines
Timelines are an easy way to understand how things have changed through history. Making a timeline can therefore be useful in any subject where you need to know how a particular person, idea or technology developped. Don't just think about history assignments. You could also use these sites to summarise your study notes in any subject - for example, uploading artworks in the correct dates to illustrate art movements, uploading different pictures of a mobile phone to show how communications technologies developped in Senior Science.
Some timelines simply state the events in the correct order (these are called chronologies), while other are drawn to a scale so that every century/decade/year takes up the same amount of space on the line, even if nothing happened during that time (these are called timelines). Be careful to check whether your teacher wants you to create a chronology or a timeline before you begin your research.
The following websites provide software to help you create timelines, often with room to include pictures, maps and comments:
Classtools.net [http://www.classtools.net/] includes a simple timeline to which you can add pictures. You can create timelines for free, so create a free account and ignore all the advertising for "premium" membership.
Timetoast [http://www.timetoast.com/] is very simple and easy to use. It allows you to switch between "timeline" or "text view" to see the difference between your events on a timeline or a chronology. You need to sign up for this, but it is free and doesn't seem to send you spam. Make up a user name you will remember and don't include personal details as these are public accounts.
Tiki-toki [http://www.tiki-toki.com/] and Dipity [http://www.dipity.com/] are more complex timeline creators that allow you to choose a scale (five centuries to five hours), locate events and upload images to create a timeline of your own. Again, they are free sites (Tiki-toki charges for more than one, Dipity charges for more than 3), so ignore the advertising and spread your work between progammes to save money. Teachers might want to look at a faculty membership, though, if they think the site is particularly useful.
Some timelines simply state the events in the correct order (these are called chronologies), while other are drawn to a scale so that every century/decade/year takes up the same amount of space on the line, even if nothing happened during that time (these are called timelines). Be careful to check whether your teacher wants you to create a chronology or a timeline before you begin your research.
The following websites provide software to help you create timelines, often with room to include pictures, maps and comments:
Classtools.net [http://www.classtools.net/] includes a simple timeline to which you can add pictures. You can create timelines for free, so create a free account and ignore all the advertising for "premium" membership.
Timetoast [http://www.timetoast.com/] is very simple and easy to use. It allows you to switch between "timeline" or "text view" to see the difference between your events on a timeline or a chronology. You need to sign up for this, but it is free and doesn't seem to send you spam. Make up a user name you will remember and don't include personal details as these are public accounts.
Tiki-toki [http://www.tiki-toki.com/] and Dipity [http://www.dipity.com/] are more complex timeline creators that allow you to choose a scale (five centuries to five hours), locate events and upload images to create a timeline of your own. Again, they are free sites (Tiki-toki charges for more than one, Dipity charges for more than 3), so ignore the advertising and spread your work between progammes to save money. Teachers might want to look at a faculty membership, though, if they think the site is particularly useful.
Ancient Egypt
I have just begun building a website to help with the Year 7 assessment task on ancient Egypt. You can find this site here [http://ancientegyptresearch.weebly.com]. Keep checking back as I will be working on this site all week.
If you are an Ancient History student, look at the last page, "Senior Students". This is where I'm putting links to anything relevant to the Egypt section of your course. I will eventually annotate this section. If you come and talk to me about what you need, I can make it even more relevant.
If you are an Ancient History student, look at the last page, "Senior Students". This is where I'm putting links to anything relevant to the Egypt section of your course. I will eventually annotate this section. If you come and talk to me about what you need, I can make it even more relevant.
Indochina
Source: http://voiceseducation.org/node/394
The Airforce Magazine has a great account of military strategies used in the Diem Bien Phu siege [http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2004/August%202004/0804dien.aspx] while The French Experience describes what happened to French soldiers who were taken prisoner by the Viet Minh [http://www.nationalalliance.org/vietnam/ovrvw12.htm].
If you don't mind reading old-fashioned courier font, a very detailed analysis of Dien Bien Phu can be found at http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a166594.pdf.
Shifting Images of the Dien Bien Phu Crisis is an academic paper that examines the different ways the battle has been used to support different biased perspectives (Vietnamese, French, US etc). It is a brilliant secondary source for advanced history students. J. D. Lathers has written an article for advanced students about Eisenhower and US intervention in the first Indochinese War[http://www.thepresidency.org/storage/documents/Calkins/Lathers.pdf].
The NZ department of education has some pre-assessed "diaries" similar to your task. If you look at these tasks, be aware that your teacher knows about them too, so s/he will know if you have plagerised someone else's idea! They may help you understand what your teacher is looking for in your assessment.
If you don't mind reading old-fashioned courier font, a very detailed analysis of Dien Bien Phu can be found at http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a166594.pdf.
Shifting Images of the Dien Bien Phu Crisis is an academic paper that examines the different ways the battle has been used to support different biased perspectives (Vietnamese, French, US etc). It is a brilliant secondary source for advanced history students. J. D. Lathers has written an article for advanced students about Eisenhower and US intervention in the first Indochinese War[http://www.thepresidency.org/storage/documents/Calkins/Lathers.pdf].
The NZ department of education has some pre-assessed "diaries" similar to your task. If you look at these tasks, be aware that your teacher knows about them too, so s/he will know if you have plagerised someone else's idea! They may help you understand what your teacher is looking for in your assessment.