The BBC website has often come to my rescue. The Maths and Language activities are first class. Now they have earned even more brownie points with great topic work.
The Highland Clearances – brought to life here.
Doing a brief overview of the site, the class were buzzing. What they initially feared may be a dry topic has been brought to audio/visual life! I was hoping to be able to use some sort of mapping utility, such as quikmaps, to highlight where the emigrants ended up. Not sure how suitable it is for widescale mapping. I’ve seen it used effectively for local mapping by the priestsic crew.
Hi
Quikmaps is an excellent and often overlooked resource, you could also take a look at Local Live from Microsoft or even Google Earth.
http://classroomgoogleearth.wikispaces.com
I look forward to how you get on.
Tom
Yes they are both good resources.
I’ll have to check to see if they have the ability to be saved into a blog or wiki like quikmaps does!?
Need to negotiate installation of Google Earth with those in authority – those with admin password to enable installation!
Plenty to ponder!