Tag: York

New resources about York’s medieval Jewish community and life before the Romani Genocide

by YorkClio, posted in Resources, Subject development

As Holocaust Memorial Day is approaching we are sharing these resources we have created related to Jewish and Roma/Sinti history. Actually, they are resources you can embed into your curriculum and teach at any time.

York’s Medieval Jewish community

Working with historians at the University of York, we have created this resource Padlet. It shares recent scholarship that has revealed new knowledge about York’s 13th century Jewish community – after the terrrible massacre of 1190. It suggests how you could work with this material in class. It also provides images, maps and other useful links. This is medieval English history as much as Jewish history and the new material shows how integrated the York’s Jewish citizens were at the time.

Life before the Romani Genocide

It is established good practice to teach about life before the Holocaust, so that European Jewish people are not presented just as victims. This PowerPoint has been created so that the same can apply when teaching about the Romani Genocide. In a short amount of lesson time, pupils can learn something of the vibrancy of Romani people before the genocide and the many ways that they were part of European life in the early 20th century.

life-before-the-romani-genocideDownload

Alford Gardner: WW2, Windrush & Yorkshire

by YorkClio, posted in Resources, Subject development

Alford Gardner’s story is rich material for the history classroom. His story connects Yorkshire to the Windrush story, from 1948 to present day. It presents a narrative arc of Britain in WW2 to the present. Here is a Padlet of resources and suggested approaches to using Alford’s story in the classroom.

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Stories of slavery, abolition, industry – York and area

by YorkClio, posted in Resources, Subject development

Thanks to the University of York Borthwick Archives and Professor Jim Walvin, we have been focusing on York and area in connection with slavery, abolition and industry. This complex topic could be approached using a local focus. To help teachers, here is a Padlet of ideas, knowledge and resources to help with planning and teaching. There are:

  • Resources relating to the two people who lived in York having been compensated for owning enslaved people – they are on the UCL Legacies database.
  • Images from the Harewood Lascelles archive.
  • Clips of Prof Walvin giving perspectives on abolition.
  • A story from letters by a methodist missionary on Nevis at the time of abolition.
  • Maps, timelines and images
  • A short reading/listening list for busy teachers.

Please do let us know if there is anything you would like adding to this. The intention is not to replicate what is elsewhere, but to keep a specific local/ new focus.

Enjoying local history!

by YorkClio, posted in Resources

The current York PGCE history students have been working with local history and have created some resources to use with their pupils in the next few weeks. You might enjoy browsing their afternoon’s work.

The impact of the Second World War on Grimbsy and CleethorpesDownload

Consett Iron and Steel Works

Harewood House

Huntington History

Learning Thirsk

Railway History of Selby

Spain – The Alhambra

St Robert of Knaresborough

Thornton Abbey

Walking Tour of Horsforth

York and the BombDownload
York Welcome to the ChocopolisDownload

York’s Street Story

GCSE Public Health using York Archives

by YorkClio, posted in Resources

Huge thanks to Heather Sherman, York College, for generously sharing this work using York’s city archives. Heather has put together this booklet of sources about public health in York for GCSE students.

The booklet is a teacher pack (this document: GCSE Public Health York Archives Material_Teacher Pack ) that links the research to the OCR, AQA and Edexcel GCSE History specifications. There are suggested activities/ questions to use with students to develop their thinking and link national history to a local context.

Heather has also provided a blank copy of each of the sources (separate sources) for use to design your own activities/ resource pack for students. She suggests that colleagues use any of the glossaries/ questions/ activities that she has designed when creating their own resources, or create their own, or use a mix of both. The suggested activities/ questions are not intended to be an exhaustive list and can be adapted to suit different students.

As a very experienced A level teacher, Heather also has her eye to what students may need to be able to do if they decide to carry on their history studies.

English Civil War resources

by YorkClio, posted in Resources

We are very grateful to Gillian Waters for allowing us to share these Civil War resource packs for schools: English Civil War part one  English Civil War part 2

Gillian wrote these quite a few years ago now and they were for a previous iteration of the Royal Armouries and an earlier version of the National Curriculum. However, as all good resources, there are rich pickings for teachers.

In part 1 there is material on the Battle fo Leeds in 1643, on Fort Nelson, the Tower of London and Littlecote near Hungerford. In part 2 you will find portraits of Charles I and accompanying notes, comparisons with Tudor monarchs, material on Civil War leaders, information on the Great Chain of Being, inventory source material, decision making cards relating to reasons for joining the war according to status and lots of detail and source material (including partish registers) for the course and impact of the war(s), particularly in Yorkshire.

Definitely worth a good rootle through for resources, teacher knowledge, inspiration!

A lesson on the Siege of York

by YorkClio, posted in Resources

Thanks to Emma Bevan for this lesson on the Siege of York 1644 that could form part of teaching the Civil War. The resources are here: The Siege of York Siege of York Information Sheet  and the link to the film clip on the PPT is here.

 

A History of York in Maps

by YorkClio, posted in Resources

New for helping students to learn about the history of York: A History of York in Maps. In this G-drive folder you will find a history of York in several parts using the maps of the British Historic Towns Atlas Vol 5 on York. This brilliant interpretation with maps and a gazetteer was finally completed in 2015 and is part of the European historic towns atlas project that began shortly after the Second World War.

This History of York in maps is for students and teachers and it uses the maps to explain the development or York over time, from the arrival of the Romans in 71CE to modern times. Several themes are developed: political power, military power, religion, education, trade and industry.

The History is divided into parts:

  • Part 1: 71-1066
  • Part 2: 1065-1200
  • Part 3: 1200-1500
  • Part 4: 1500-1688
  •  … More soon!!

 

(The format is .mov, and can be converted to mp4 using free online software if needed.)

 

York in 14 life stories – online teaching resource

by YorkClio, posted in Resources

This is a history of York in 14 life stories that is designed for students working away from school. The lives of 14 people across the ages are used to help students learn about York and the wider world. The whole activity is very large. It can be done in sections. Each life story is written, but there is also a sound narration for students who find reading harder. Every story makes sense on its own, but there are also ‘think’ questions. For students who have more time and want to go further there are research ideas connected to each story. There are also a wider range of activity ideas of different types. Finally, there are three options: small, large and larger to summarise the whole project.

The PPT is large and so it is shared via OneDrive here: Link to the online resource PPT

(Tip: If the PPT is too large to handle, or you need to convert it to .pptx, then simply take out the sound files from each of the stories and put them in a separate zip file to share with students.)