Archive for June, 2006

Google Earth Database: Submit a Resource function

Monday, June 19th, 2006

I have updated the Google Earth for Historians Database so that users can now submit resources they find / develop themselves for inclusion in it.

Nazi Germany: Youth policy - Youth Organisations

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

A new worksheet - students write a dialogue between two disillusioned youngsters outlining their experiences of the Hitler Youth / League of German Maidens.

Google Earth for Historians: Searchable Database

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

I have just created a searchable database of 175 resources in Google Earth. You can search by year group, topic or resource type. If you know of any other links that could be added, please let me know!

What is the message of Holbein’s ‘The Ambassadors’?

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

Analyse the famous portrait from the court of Henry VIII and decide for yourself!

Nazi Germany: The “moral maze” of Darwinism

Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

A new worksheet designed to get students thinking about exactly when or if “acceptable” and “civilised” ideas descend into irrationality and barbarism.

Nazi Germany: Were their social policies immoral and novel?

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

A new worksheet, designed to make the point that Nazi social policies did not “come out of nowhere” nor have they entirely “gone away” - it should be a stimulating lesson!