Description
According to the QCA:
“Although pupils have a good in-depth knowledge of specific topics in history, they seem less confident about making links and connections between historical periods. The result is that they often fail to acquire an enduring and deepening knowledge of the past as they progress through key stage 3.”
Ofsted, also, has highlighted one of their major concerns with history at key stage 3 as being the “failure of pupils to gain a good overview of history as they progress through school.”
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The Interactive Map of World History offers an unparalleled opportunity for pupils to gain a broad overview of history. Brightly coloured, animated maps placed on an interactive timeline introduce the whole sweep of human history. This enables students to place key events in their chronological framework and make links between different periods.
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The main map sequence connects to a range of interactive modules including:
- The rise and fall of the Roman Empire
- Medieval England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
- Exploration and discovery
- The Reformation
- The rise of European Empires
- The causes and course of the 2nd World War
- The causes and course of the 1st World War
- The Cold War
and much more ...
How does it work?
1. Key Map Sequence and Interactive Timeline
This is a sequence of world maps placed on an interactive timeline, each providing a “snapshot” of the world at a particular date. Together, these maps offer a broad overview of the entire span of recorded history, beginning when civilization got going in about 3500 BC and ending in AD 2005.
You can zoom in and out of the maps, allowing you to view the entire world or focus in on particular regions for a closer examination.
2. Information 'Hotspots'
Each map has a range of information 'hotspots' placed liberally over different areas of the map. The information 'hotspots' serve to provide an overview of what is happening in that particular region at that time. Included in many of them are carefully chosen images, used to illustrate key personalities, ways of life or events associated with that region.
3. Interactive Modules
Major historical events and episodes are covered in modules which contain interactive and animated maps; they illustrate the rise and fall of empires and civilizations, famous conquests, catastrophic epidemics and other dynamic episodes in history.
The TimeMaps Interactive map of World History can be used profitably with EVERY history unit studied.
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