Handbook for History Teachers

W.H. Burston, C. W. Green, E. J. Nicholas, A. K. Dickinson and D. Thompson

Part I: The Teaching of History 1. The Place of History in Education 2. Some Psychological Aspects of History Teaching 3. Language and History Teaching 4. The Syllabus in the Primary School 5. The Syllabus in the Secondary School 6. Local History 7. World History 8. General History and Aspect History 9. The Place of History in Integrated and Interdisciplinary Studies 10. The Role of Audio-Visual Material 11. The History Room 12. Radio and Television Broadcasting 13. Art and History 14. The Use of Museums and Historical Sites 15. The G C E (Ordinary Level) and the C S E Examinations 16. History in the Sixth Form 17. Source Material in the Classroom 18. Methods of Teaching History: a survey Part 2: School Books Editor’s Preface 1. Secondary School Textbooks: English History 2. Classroom Work Books and Library Reference Series 3. Biographical Series 4. Historical Fiction 5. Prehistory 6. Ancient History: General 7. Egypt and Mesopotamia 8. Ancient Israel 9. Greece and Crete 10. Rome 11. Roman Britain 12. Anglo-Saxon England 13. Medieval England: 1066-1485 14. England: 1485-1603 15. England: 1603-1714 16. England: 1714-1815 17. England: 1815-1914 18. England: 1914 to the Present Day 19. Ireland 20. Scotland 21. Wales 22. The Commonwealth: General 23. Europe: to 1500 24. Europe: 1500-1789 25. Europe: 1789 to the Present Day 26. World History 27. The Americas 28. Africa 29. Asia 30. Australia 31. New Zealand 32. Archaeology 33. Architecture 34. Communications 35. Costume 36. Exploration and Discovery 37. Farming and the Countryside and Food 38. Government 39. Homes 40. London and Town Life 41. Medicine 42. Music 43. Recreations 44. Religion 45. Science 46. Transport 47. Visual Arts 48. Warfare Part 3: Audio-Visual Material Editor’s Preface 1. Audio-Visual Material: General 2. The Ancient World 3. Roman Britain 4. Anglo-Saxon England 5. Medieval England 6. The Tudor Period 7. The Stuart Period 8. Britain: 1714-1815 9. Britain: 1815-1960s 10. Medieval Europe 11. Renaissance and Reformation 12. Europe: 1610-1815 13. Europe: 1815-1914 14. Europe: 1914-68 15. Russia and the Soviet Union 16. The Commonwealth of Nations 17. United States of America 18. Latin America 19. Africa 20. South-east Asia 21. East Asia (China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan) 22. Middle Eastern Studies 23. Art and History 24. Costume 25. Exploration 26. The History of Education 27. Homes 28. Local History: London and Leeds 29. Music and History 30. Postal History 31. Transport 32. Warfare 33. Suppliers of Audio-Visual Materials Part 4: Select Bibliography for Advanced Work Editor’s Preface 1. History and its Interpretation 2. General Reference 3. Prehistory 4. Ancient History: General 5. Early Civilization 6. Greece 7. Rome 8. Israel 9. British History: General Works of Reference 10. English Political Histories: General 11. English Constitutional Histories: General 12. English Social Histories: General 13. English Historical Geography 14. Roman Britain 15. Medieval England 16. England: 1485-1603 17. England: 1603-1714 18. England: 1714-1815 19. England: 1815-1914 20. England: 1914 to the Present 21. Economic History: General 22. English Economic History: the Middle Ages 23. English Economic History: c. 1500-1750 24. English Economic History: c. 1750 to the Present 25. English Local History 26. London History 27. Ireland 28. Scotland 29. Wales 30. The Commonwealth: General 31. Military History 32. Naval History 33. Air Power 34. Europe: General 35. Europe: the Middle Ages 36. Europe: 1494-1610 37. Europe: 1610-1715 38. Europe: 1715-1815 39. Europe: 1815-1914 40. Europe: 1914 to the Present 41. The Balkans 42. Eastern Europe 43. France 44. Germany and Austria 45. Italy 46. The Low Countries 47. Russia 48. Scandinavia 49. Spain and Portugal 50. Africa: General 51. East and Central Africa 52. North Africa 53. South Africa 54. West Africa 55. Asia: General 56. The Middle East 57. South Asia 58. South-east Asia 59. The Far East 60. Australia 61. New Zealand 62. Canada 63. The United States 64. Latin America 65. The West Indies 66. Archaeology 67. Architecture 68. Painting and Sculpture 69. A Note on the Art of East Asia 70. Music 71. English Literature 72. The Useful Arts 73. Costume 74. Homes 75. Education and Learning 76. Exploration and Democracy 77. Government 78. Political Thought 79. Religion 80. Science 81. Transport List of Abbreviations