On a bright, sunny October afternoon , Ms Duthie and Ms Morris were joined by six very enthusiastic pupils -Kieran, Morgan, Jamie, Isla, Taylor and Steph- all dressed in green, purple and white. Their aim ? To follow in the footsteps of campaigners who had marched exactly one hundred years ago to try and achieve votes [...]
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Bannockburn and Stirling Castle Trip
Published by June 25th, 2009 in History and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsTuesday 26th May saw Stirling being beseiged yet again by marauding hordes - no, not the English, but 60 S1 pupils from Preston Lodge. The advance party (Ms Duthie, Mr Arnot and Mr Stewart’s coach) spent the morning at Stirling Castle, whilst the other coach, with Ms Morris, Ms Marr and Mr Bishop, brought up [...]
Another successful trip to Edinburgh Castle ! The S3 class , accompanied by Ms Duthie, Ms Kazamoglu and Ms Morris, spent the morning finding out about life for a Scottish soldier during World War One. Pupils had the opportunity to hear first hand accounts, handle artifacts and visit the Scottish National War Museum. One highlight [...]
S3 History students spent the day at the Peoples Palace Museum in Glasgow. This was part of their Standard Grade history course. They viewed exhibits connected to topics which they had covered in their course e.g a steamie, a single end, 70s fashions but the highlight was taking part in a Suffragette rally ! Pupils [...]
Archaeologist visit - A great way to learn !
Published by March 26th, 2009 in History and Uncategorized. 0 Comments[rockyou 134949764]
The S1 history course features a unit on archaeology so it was really exciting when Natasha- an archaeologist at Glasgow University- came into the dept to work with classes. She brought in many artifacts such as coins, buttons, musket balls and even a cannon ball - all of which were over 300 hundred years [...]
Preston Lodge High School made the papers yet again - this time in TESS: the Times’ Educational Supplement in Scotland on Friday 6th March. The article features news of the recent archaeological project that a group of S1 history pupils participated in, investigating the Battle of Prestonpans. You can read the article here, or below:
Digging up yesterday’s rubbish
History [...]
Useful for revision of basic points - music by one of my favourite bands, too!
To everyone - have a super Christmas, enjoy the holidays, and here’s a little something to keep your hand in:
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/penaltyshootout/santa.shtml
S1 History students get to be Indiana Jones!
Published by December 17th, 2008 in History. 0 CommentsS1 pupils have been studying archaeology - so it was really great when Sarah Cowie, the Museums officer, came into the department. She spoke to the classes about what archaeology involves and then the class were able to do an ‘Indiana Jones’ and handle artifacts from the Stone Age. Pupils had to work out what [...]
Higher History: Appeasement & The Road to War
Published by December 16th, 2008 in History and Links. 0 CommentsA great resource for Higher History
http://www.ers.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/History/SSHistorycontents.htm
An interesting Slideshow (view in Full screen)
German Territory 1933 (BBC Bitesize)
