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Help with the History FootstepsScroll down the page or choose your help topic from the list on the left. Clicking any of the headings on the left will take you directly to the topic you have chosen. The paragraphs on the individual modules, Bristol, Codford and Warter will tell you a little more about each programme of study. If you have a question which is not addressed here, please email vch@englandpast.net
The Bristol team will be working to provide a revised on-line version of the Bristol slave trail based on original historical research and expanded to include a virtual gallery of related contemporary visual images along with explanatory material geared to the needs of primary and secondary school pupils. This package will also feature notes for school teachers which will include background information on the historical sources, and suggestions for related classroom and field work activities. The materials for this site will first be piloted in two Bristol schools: St. George's Community School (which has a multi-ethnic student body) and Ashton Gate Primary School (whose pupils are largely from white working-class backgrounds). The responses of both pupils and teachers will then be fed into the on-line version which will be then be put to teachers and pupils for a final evaluation in the Autumn term.The site will contain hyperlinks to other related sites, including a NOF-funded Bristol City Council site on the city's slavery exhibition; a UNESCO-funded educational site run by Anti-Slavery International which are currently being developed.
The teacher's notes accompanying the slavery trail site will include the following features:
- Background information on the primary sources featured in the trail
- Suggested lines of enquiry and activities linked to the resources appropriate
for Key Stage 2 and 3 pupils- Suggestions of ways in which the materials and activities relate to the
programmes of study within the History National Curriculum and links with other curriculum areas, including citizenship and ICT- Learning outcomes for different activities and ways in which they might be
assessed- Extension activities for more able pupils and support for children with
special educational needs- A bibliography of further sources specially geared to the respective needs of teachers and children.
At first sight a typical rural parish, Codford has unusual features which make it worthy of more time and resources than can usually be spent on such an area. The villages in the two original parishes of Codford St.Peter and Codford St. Mary have merged into one settlement whose two churches, both medieval in origin, stand only about half a mile apart. A Saxon sculpture found during rebuilding work on St.Peter's church suggests that a church may have stood on the site since at least the 9th century. The parish is bounded on the south by the Wylye river, and Codford village stands between that and the scarp of Salisbury plain on the busy Salisbury-Bath road, south of which stands the small settlement of Ashton Gifford.
There is evidence of human settlement since prehistoric times. A private museum at Manor Farm houses many archaeological finds, and archaeologists resident in the village are currently investigating the prehistoric earthworks on the downs. The farming economy of the parish was boosted by the wool trade until the 19th century and in the first half of the 20th century there were military camps in the parish; ANZAC troops were billeted there and there is an ANZAC cemetery. Undaunted by the crises facing such villages in the later 20th century, including a decline in local employment, transport services, and profitable farming, a vibrant community spirit is evident. The old wool store has been converted to a successful community theatre, the village has retained its small but thriving primary school, and a lively community website provides a forum for information, discussion and plentiful historic and contemporary images.
The aim will be to produce and post on the Wiltshire VCH's website educational material relating to topics in the history of the two Codford parishes. Up to six topics will be chosen (2 tailored to keystage 1, 4 to keystage 2) in consultation with the relevant teaching staff. The topics will dovetail with historical themes covered during the present 2-year cycle of history teaching practised in the school.
Living in an estate village
This pathway will concentrate on the Victorian and Edwardian village of Warter high on the East Riding Wolds and relate material about that time to living in or near Warter today. Themes will include family life at the 'Big House', Warter Priory, which has since been demolished; village housing in the late Victorian period much of which survives; and oral history material which will be used for anecdotes illustrating the interference of Lady Nunburnholme's in the lives of the villagers in the early 20th century. The children will also be asked to consider the pros and cons of living in an estate village, whether a Victorian estate one or Warter as it is today, with 11, 000 acres and most of the houses owned since 1998 by a multimillionaire businessman.Throughout the footsteps pages we use symbols to indicate video clips, exercises and close-ups of images and maps. Here is a list of the symbols we have used.
This symbol indicates an exercise for the pupils to complete, sometimes by looking at and reading the images provided.
The tick indicates answers to questions asked of the pupils, or hints and tips to help them complete their work.
The magnifying glass indicates an image or map which can be viewed in larger format by clicking the thumbnail image.
The back and next buttons at the bottom of the page lead to the previous and next pages of the pathway. Links to other sections such as the worksheet archive can be found at the head of each page. If you have used the Footsteps and would like to feed back, or you require more information about the VCH's online educational materials, please contact us.
Phone VCH central office on 0207 862 8770
Email education@englandpast.net (for enquiries about the material).
To feed back on the design of the site email webmaster@englandpast.netAnother Warter module, The Church and Churchyard will be added in due course. The VCH has applied for funding to expand the footsteps programme, adding several more modules. More news about this will be posted here in 2003.
