School Packs - Web links

1. to web-based resources for archaeology, quarrying, geography and history
2. to historic and modern maps and aerial photographs of Worcestershire

1 - Web-based learning resources

• Unlocking the Past Homepage:
  http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-archaeology-agg.htm
• http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/secondary_geography/ - for an overview of the areas which teachers and pupils use as a basis for the study of Geography in Years 7, 8 and 9.
• http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wccindex/wcc-arch.htm - for a comprehensive set of resources about the Archaeology of Worcestershire.
• http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-archaeology-agg-infoexchange - for links to local and national organisations with helpful resources about archaeology, quarrying and education.
• http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wccindex/archeo_dr_index.htm - for access to archaeological reports relating to town and country in Worcestershire.
• http://www.britarch.ac.uk/cba/educate.html - for wider resources relating to archaeology and the school curriculum – particularly in connection with the study of Geography and History. A factsheet series is being updated (May 2007).
• http://www.wyac.co.uk - for information about the Worcestershire branch of the Young Archaeology Club.
• http://www.britarch.ac.uk/yac - for information about the National Young Archaeology Club.  

2 - Web-based maps

• http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-arch-tithe-maps.htm - for information about historic maps of parishes in Worcestershire.
• http://www.pastscape.org - Pastscape is a national database providing historic and modern maps on which specific archaeological sites and monuments can be located. The main link gives the options of a TEXT SEARCH or a FUN SEARCH and starts the navigation to the map and photographic database. It is a very useful resource for local map information because it allows the student to click for text, map or aerial photographs at different scales. The web site is interlinked with:
  Multi-map: http://www.multimap.com - a map database complimenting geographical and historical information – just click and zoom
• Old maps :  http://www.old-maps.co.uk  
• Aerial Photography: for example, Evesham, the nearest town to the early farming settlement at Kemerton, can be viewed aerially at: www.multimap.com/map/evesham-aerial from a scale of 1:5,000 up to, (as with this web link), 1:200,000
• An aerial photograph overlaid with a map (by cursor movement) at:
  http://www.multimap.com/map/kemerton