Planning a First World War project 40 First World War educational websites for primary and secondary schools
Phil Bracegirdle – SEGfL Associates Last updated January 2014
For more information about the websites listed in this catalogue visit: www.ww1toolbox.org.uk
National Education Network First World War online Teaching & Learning resources E2BN Picture
http://tools.e2bn.org/pictureteller/
E2BN Museum Box
http://museumbox.e2bn.org/
CookIT
http://cookit.e2bn.org/
History’s Heroes
http://historysheroes.e2bn.org/
Battle of the Somme
http://ovnv.lgfl.org.uk/somme_theatre/
What impact did technology make on the First World War?
http://www.dur.ac.uk/4schools/FWW4/default.htm
What was it like to fight in the battle of the Somme?
http://www.dur.ac.uk/4schools/FWW2/default.htm
What was trench warfare?
http://www.dur.ac.uk/4schools/FWW3/default.htm
Use historical photographs to create impressive multimedia presentations. Organise resources (text, audio, images and video) to create a persuasive argument about a person or an event Follow the online recipes to make the food soldiers would have eaten in the trenches and families would have eaten in the UK. Make a compelling case for a World War I figure to be added to the History’s Heroes website. 6 easy to follow lesson plans for 13 – 18 year olds. Explore how developments in technology led to changes in tactics, methodology and fighting in the 20th Century. Read the official view of The Battle of the Somme. How does it compare to the accounts given by the infantrymen and artillerymen that were fighting in the trenches? Use the notes found amongst the papers of Lieutenant Colonel W D Lowe to see what it tells you about the theory of trench warfare.
First World War Archive Film Collections British Film Institute
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/history/index.ht ml
National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/first-worldwar/
Imperial War Museum
http://www.iwm.org.uk/learning/resources/learni ng-resources
BBC Learning Zone
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/
Screen Archives SouthEast Wessex Film & Sound Archives
http://www.brighton.ac.uk/screenarchive/ http://www3.hants.gov.uk/wfsa.htm
The First & The Last http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_cgNcbxktE
The screen online collection includes one hundred short films about the First World War. Topics covered include: The Home Front, Women in War Time and the War on the land. The National Archives First World War collection includes a large library of archive films and podcasts. Film titles include National Service and Women making munitions. Short interviews with IWM staff about propaganda, recruitment and the role Commonwealth soldiers played in the First World War. Set of 65 clips. Topics covered include: War Graves, Causes of the Conflict and The causes of World War I. Film archive includes historical films about Sussex, Surrey and Kent Film archive includes historical films about Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Superb film about the conflict in Western Europe funded for the centenary by the Belgium Government.
First World War Photographic Collections Heritage Explorer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_cgNcbxktE
National Archives World War I image collection
https://images.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
NEN Gallery
http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/
National Army Museum
http://www.nam.ac.uk/online-collection/
World War I Colour Photos Encyclopaedia Britannica
http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/
IWM Photographs
http://members.1914.org/photographs/
Wiki Commons
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
http://school.eb.co.uk/
First World War photographic collections include Memorials, Women at Work and Transport The collection features Ordnance photography and photographs of The Home Front & Women working on farms, in factories and on the railways. A collection of high quality First World War images that can be repurposed by teachers and students. Collection includes images grouped under the following themes: Great Generals, Horses in War, Remembrance and Women in the British Army. A collection of images from the Western Front. Free access to the EB School Library that comprises of over 8000 World War I digital images A collection of 50 high quality digital images. To access these resources schools must register as a Centenary Partnership Member. Large depository of copyright free images. Subjects covered include War Leaders, War at Sea, Propaganda, Memorials and Postcard Collections.
First World War Audio Library websites IWM Podcasts
http://www.1914.org/podcasts/
IWM Sound Archives
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collectionsresearch/about/sound
FirstWorldWar.Com
http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/index.htm
BBC History Soldiers’ Story Audio Gallery
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/s oldiers_stories_gallery.shtml
Internet archive: Songs of World War I First World War Poetry digital archive
https://archive.org/details/SongsOfWorldWarI
First World War New Perspectives
http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/first-world-warnew-perspectives
National Archives First World War Podcasts
http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/t ag/first-world-war/
http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/first-world-warpoetry-digital-archive
A collection of 38 audio recordings about events associated with The First World War. Created by the IWM and Western Front Association the collection contains over 3300 WW1 recordings. The website contains audio recordings of politicians, royalty, commanders, battles, songs and speeches from the period 1914 – 18. On this website actors read aloud diary extracts, memories and letters of those who fought in the war. A collection of 10 American popular World War I songs. A set of podcasts created by the First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project at Oxford University. A series of short introductory talks from experts in the field presenting new perspectives on the First World War. Produced by the University of Oxford. A set of 40 podcasts and videos that share the recollections of service personnel and civilians.
BBC Wilfred Owen Audio Library
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/ wilfred_owen_gallery.shtml
Library & Archive Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/first-worldwar/interviews/index-e.html
Listen to Wilfred Owens’s poem “The Sentry” and extracts from a letter written to his mother in January 1917. Interviews with veterans of the Canadian Expeditionary force.
War Graves, Military Records and Census websites Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Imperial War Museum War Memorial Archive Ancestry.co.uk*
http://www.cwgc.org/
Find my Past*
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/
National Archive Census Records Forces War Records
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/rese arch-guides/census-returns.htm http://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/ http://www.ancestry.co.uk/
Search the CWGC database to find out what happened to the service personnel who died in the First World War. Site lists the location of all UK War Memorials. Research the family history of men and women who were alive during the First World War. Search census records dating back to 1841 and military records from the period 1914 - 1918 User guide on searching and interrogating census records. Search the database for information about First World War regiments.
* Some Local Authorities offer free online access to these collections. Contact your Library Services Team for more information.
Other useful First World War websites Royal British Legion
http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/sc hools-and-learning
The Royal British Legion education Pack can be used in the classroom to support topics linked to history, citizenship, literacy, PHSE and citizenship.
First World War Timelines
BBC World War I digital Timeline (Text only) http://www.bbc.co.uk/remembrance/timeline/ind ex.shtml National War Museum Interactive Timeline (with images and links) http://theworldwar.org/explore/interactive-wwitimeline National Archives First World War Timeline (Text only) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/fir stworldwar/timelines/timeline1914.htm http://books.google.com/
A collection of World War I timelines.
First World War E-Books
First World War Artists
Paul Nash http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/p aul-nash Stanley Spencer
Search the Google online book collection for full texts and extracts from fiction and non-fiction books about The First World War. View the work of prominent First World War artists on these websites.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/painting s/search/located_at/national-trust-sandhammemorial-chapel-7464_locations IWM First World War Art Collections http://archive.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/95/col lections/art/john-singer-sargent.html First World War Toolbox
http://www.ww1toolbox.org.uk/
The “one-stop” shop for all World War I Teaching & Learning resources and for information about First World War events and projects taking place in 2014 across the South-East region.
The “one-stop” shop for all First World War resources www.ww1toolbox.org.uk