The School of History is also re-launching the successful British Military MOOC.
The School of History has released free on its website 13 packages of History resources for home schooling teachers and students, all of which are downloadable and in-line with the current GCSE and A-Level curriculums.
Many currently home-schooled students are anticipating GCSE and A-Level assessments this year, with a potential break in their studies being very unwelcome.
To support this, the School of History has collected and created the following GCSE and A-Level resources for students and parents to use: https://www.kent.ac.uk/history/news/1164/history-resources-teachers
It includes 13 GCSE and A Level topic areas.
This collection features five GCSE curriculum topics:
- Conflict and tension: the First World War, 1894-1918
- Crime and punishment in Britain (Whitechapel case study)
- Health and the people
- Medicine through time (Western Front case study)
- Weimar and Nazi Germany
Also included are eight A-Level curriculum topics:
- Britain, 1930-1997
- Challenge and transformation, Britain 1851-1964
- Nazi Germany and the Holocaust
- The German Democratic Republic, 1949-1990
- The Making of Modern Britain, 1951-2007
- The quest for political stability, Germany 1871-1991
- Tudor rebellions
- War and welfare: Britain in transition, 1906-1957
All resources are free to use from the Kent’s School of History, and include exam practice, Q&As, photos, overviews and source questions, all suitable for GCSE and A-Level students, and first-time parent teachers.
In addition to this, the School is re-launching its highly successful free MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on British military history, focusing on Waterloo, the Empire, WW1 and WW2.
The first launch of the now quarterly course saw a sign-up of 1500 people from across the world, and features 6-weeks of content, including filmed lectures, with images provided free by the School’s partners at the National Army Museum, short articles, quizzes and online discussion forums.
Delivered with Future Learn, registration for the free MOOC can be completed via: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/waterloo-to-the-rhine
Dr Juliette Pattinson said: ‘We’re delighted to be able to support students and parents who are eager to continue with their learning at this vital time in their studies. Lockdown has meant many regular learning avenues are now unavailable, such as libraries and of course schools, so providing these downloadable resources for free means that learning can continue, and still be engaging for parents and their students.’