NQ Scottish History

Suggested websites

General

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/

Microsite from the BBC.

 

http://www.firstworldwar.com/

A general overview.

 

http://www.findmypast.com

Allows anyone to search military records for relatives who fought in the First World War.

 

http://uk.youtube.com

A range of clips from recent television programmes; sometimes variable quality.

 

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm

First World War Index – text heavy but good for detailed information.

 

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/

Poetry website.

 

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/index.htm

Online exhibition of sources on the First World War from the National Archives. Has good links to movies held by the archive. Also has good maps for use on whiteboards.

 

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/F/firstworldwar/

Website supporting Hew Strachan’s book of the same name.

 

http://www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk/index.htm

Birmingham University Website. Has an online bibliography, e-books and dissertations. General British, but also regional references.

 

http://www.art-ww1.com/gb/visite.html

Art of the First World War.

 

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/

Index website with good links to other sites. General British perspective.

 

http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/95/index.html

Excellent website – well-constructed and thoughtful, as you might expect from the Imperial War Museum.

 

http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Main_Page

Document website – American based.

 

http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/waractivities.htm

Activities related to the First World War from Schools History.

 

http://www.gcal.ac.uk/radicalglasgow/index.html

Website of Radical Glasgow, an e-book that gives excellent information on key personalities, issues and disputes. It has a very useful chapter on the peace movements.

 

http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/redclyde/

Exhaustive and fascinating website based on the Willie Gallacher archive. A brilliant source of primary evidence.

 

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scotlandshistory/20thand21stcenturies/index.asp

Learning and Teaching Scotland’s comprehensive new Scotland’s History website includes sections on The Great War and Red Clydeside.

 

Fighting

 

http://www.nms.ac.uk/

National Museums website.

 

http://www.nls.uk/

National Library website.

 

http://www.scottisharchivesforschools.org/

National Archives website.

 

http://www.theblackwatch.co.uk/index/first-world-war

Black Watch site; concise history of engagement in the in the First World War.

 

http://www.gordonhighlanders.com/

Gordon Highlanders; basic information on the website.

 

http://www.argylls.co.uk/museum

Basic information and guidance for contacting the museum at Stirling Castle.

 

http://www.cameronians.org/

Cameronians (Scottish rifles) website.

 

http://www.scotsguards.co.uk/

Scots Guards website.

 

http://www.aboutscotland.com/theroyalscots/index.html

Royal Scots website.

 

http://www.kosb.co.uk/

Website of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers.

 

http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-001-477-L&

Link to SCRAN Pathfinder Pack on the Somme.

 

http://www.scran.ac.uk/learning/lifelong/museums/exhibs/warlette/intro.php

Link to SCRAN detailing the experience of war of Jack Carmichael and his family. Jack was killed in 1917.

 

http://www.rhf.org.uk/

Excellent website with extremely useful online book section.

 

http://www.qohldrs.co.uk/html/seaforth_history.htm

Seaforth Highlanders website.

 

Impact on politics, society and industry

 

http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/redclyde/

An essential reference for radical politics, Red Clydeside and the impact of the war on society, industry and the changing role of women.

 

http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=005-000-000-559-C&

Link to SCRAN Pathfinder Pack on rationing.

 

http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-001-479-L&

Link to SCRAN Pathfinder Pack on the Home Front.

 

http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-001-482-L&

Link to SCRAN Pathfinder Pack on Women at War.