Britain since 1948
Relive the final part of the impoverished 40s, the rock n roll 50s, psychedelic 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. Whether you're looking for changes in cars, toys, homes, technology,transport or lifestyle. It won't take you decades to find something which will save you time!
BBC TRANSCIPT TO BE USED IN WAKE OF NUCLEAR ATTACK
Visit in a new windowA very chilling insight into the plans being made by the UK government in fear of nuclear attack - interesting reading for those studying the 1960s and 1970s.
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British buying habitats in the 20th century
Visit in a new windowA collection of images including a 1960s kitchen. Suitable for teacher lesson preparation only.
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British Pathe newsreel
Visit in a new windowThis fantastic site allows you to search through archived newsreels from the past. Suitable to use when studying topics such as fashion, popular culture and transportation changes. There is also information about New Towns which may support discussions on population changes after world war 2. Please note that resident UK citizens are allowed to download "preview" versions of the material for free. These are not of the highest quality - but are certainly acceptable for use in the classroom.
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Cars adverts and images
Visit in a new windowA wonderful collection of images related to cars through the ages.
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Cars through the 20th c
Visit in a new windowA visual timeline of cars through the twentieth century.
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Example of a Census
Visit in a new windowHere's an example of the form sent to all UK households every ten years. This would be well used in Victorian lessons to add a sense of time and place to census from the past.
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Hosting the world cup in 1966
Visit in a new windowThis National Archive site will support lessons on the 1966 Football World Cup which was hosted and won by England. How can we ever forget?
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How clothing fashion changed since 1920
Visit in a new windowSome super images to use with basic notes to accompany them.
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How jobs have changed since 1948.
Visit in a new windowWe rate the worksheets - not entirely sure about the images - but a good site overall.
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How the population has changed since 1948
Visit in a new windowFocus on immigration and population change, a great resource from the National Archives.
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Icons of England audio visual gallery
Visit in a new windowFly around the angel of the North, watch a Punch and Judy show, explore Stonehenge and more on this interactive website. Perfect for KS2 history lessons.
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Images for children
Visit in a new windowThese are beautiful free images which will suit a range of topics for many ages. Yes, they are totally biased in terms of gender stereotyping, but skilled teachers will make informed decisions about when and where to use them. Includes images of..... country, mealtime, port, school, railwaystation, seaside, street, Country, Mealtime, Port, School, Railwaystation, Seaside, Street 1, map_london, map_london2, picnic, postbox, sewing, seaside2., street2, London-map 1, London-map 2, Picnic, Postbox, Sewing, Seaside, Street 2, baking, carpenting, dressing, farm, gardenwork, grocery2, Baking, Carpenting, Clothing, Farm, Gardenwork, Grocery, baker, bicycle, at_home, playing_dog, painting, milkman, clothes washing, Baker, Bicycle, At home, Playing, Painting, Milkman, Washing, christmas, carwash, toys, grocery, butcher, Christmas, Washing car, Toys, Grocery, Butcher.
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Information for teachers on how Britain has changed since 1948
Visit in a new windowWe don't normally link to PDF documents. But this gets our vote. Mainly suitable for teacher support. Includes; Decade summaries to use as the basis for your timeline, Summaries of changes across the five main areas of change: Working life, Home life, Popular culture, Population and Technology, Suggestions for more detailed questions to include in the enquiry, Transcripts of the two Voices from history, together with suggested discussion topics, Web quest time detective activity exploring how the world of popular culture has changed since 1948, Support sheet for an older person who you invite to talk to your class about changes in life since 1948, 1948 - 2006 news events timeline summary. Don't forget it's a PDF file - you will need the Adobe Reader software.
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Information on the 50s,60s,70s and 80s
Visit in a new windowCulture, movies and television and film are all here. Easy to navigate. Great for teachers wanting to research these periods. Are teachers really as young as this that they don't remember the 80s? Perhaps. Good for upper Ks2. But please check the site thoroughly before you use it.
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Newspaper reports from the past
Visit in a new windowClippings galore can be found here. A super resource if you are trying to develop study skills and projects.
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Popular culture and music
Visit in a new windowYouth culture and popular music and summarised in the page - along with images to use.
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Population changes in the UK
Visit in a new windowGreat animated map which shows how the population has changed since the iron age. It would certainly be useful in the "Britain since 1948" unit.
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Post-war recipes
Visit in a new windowA great collection of 'typical' postwar recipes, reflecting the enriching effect of a multicultural society and some 1970s kids' party recipes. The present author has some affection for these at least :)
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Red Cross
Visit in a new windowPosters created by the Red Cross to encourage support. A range of these are provided from 1915 to 2004. Great for thinking about the focus of charity giving in the UK.
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Resources for population changes in Britain
Visit in a new windowBeautiful images to support lessons on immigration to Britain. A super resource with lots of real life accounts and well organised list of topics to help guide you through.
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Windrush stories
Visit in a new windowA wonderful collection of stories and primary evidence to support a study on population changes and immigration to the UK.
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