Online Resources: British History

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: Online Resources

Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH)  https://royalhistsoc.org/publications/bbih/ This resource allows researchers and scholars to access and search through an online database containing the latest publication information on a variety of history topics...

Online Resources: Early Medieval England

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: Online Resources

Anglo-Saxon Cluster  http://www.ascluster.org/ The resource is an online portal for four existing online publications on Anglo-Saxon sources from projects conducted at King’s College London and University of Cambridge. The resources listed on the Cluster are: ASChart;...

Online Resources: Early Modern Europe

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: Online Resources

1641 [Irish] Depositions  https://1641.tcd.ie/ This online resource contains the digitised images and transcriptions of the Irish depositions that were written down in seventeenth-century Ireland. The depositions were witness testimonies, from predominantly Irish...

Online Resources: Early Modern Britain

by emgregory2020 | 27 Nov 2020 | Teaching Portal: Online Resources

Bentham Papers Database  http://www.benthampapers.ucl.ac.uk/ This resource provides researchers with access to a database focused on the papers of early modern English utilitarian philosopher, jurist, economist, and social reformer Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832). The...

Climate in the History Curriculum

by royalhistsoc | 13 Oct 2020 | Guest Posts, Teaching Portal, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

In September, Amanda Power spoke to the RHS Education Policy Committee about putting climate into the history curriculum. In this post for the RHS blog, which draws on that presentation, she considers how we might develop history curricula to integrate climate, and...

Gender-Neutral Pronouns

by royalhistsoc | 28 Sep 2020 | LGBT+ Project: Resources, Teaching Portal: For Teachers

Using correct pronouns for non-binary and trans people is a simple indication of acknowledgement and respect. Gendered appearance does not reliably tell you about a person’s gender. Checking which pronouns to use, and then doing so consistently, is an easy way to...