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Article: Multi-media and databases for historical enquiry: a report from the trenches.
- Article from:
- Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia
- Article date:
- September 22, 2003
- Author:
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The Victorian period produced a diverse and rich range of
historical source materials including census returns,
photographs, film, personal reminiscences, music, cartoons, and
posters. Recent changes to the history curriculum emphasise
the acquisition of enquiry skills alongside developing knowledge
and understanding, which necessitates reference to a
range of primary historical sources. Multi-media provides a
unique medium in which to collate film, databases, photographs,
and other similar sources making them more accessible
to pupils and teachers. The result has been a CD-ROM,
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