British Pathe Archive - support for schools

: : Using the Archive: Pathe website; options; access; downloading; terminology, etc.
: : History of the Newsreels: Film: News; Pathe; News since Pathe? Film Preservation.
: : Starters: Themes; topics; groups of archive items; extended starters.
: : Classroom Tactics: 20 ideas for getting started.
: : History Teaching the Historical Association area
: : Newsreel - the film and teachers notes
: : FAQs and Issues: Why B&W? Issues of representation? The nature of the Archive.
: : Weblinks, Reviews and References More resources; more support; more ideas.
: : Promotion: Text, images and notes.
Latest Additions

It's not just a school thing....

Hindenberg crash; Atom bomb cloud; a sheep.
The Hindenberg crashes; An atom bomb explodes; A sheep is cloned.
American composer Steve Reich and Video Artist Beryl Korot created a full-scale video opera performance using newsreel stories and digital projections of the Hindenberg Disaster, the Bikini Atoll Atom-bomb tests and Dolly the Sheep.
Read the story; buy the DVD; search associated weblinks.
Excellent resource for Performance Arts, History, Science, Media and Citizenship courses.
More 'use of archives' stories from the Creative Arts.
News from the Ether ~ with added Pathe

BBC Creative Archive - more good stuff for schools on the way.
Faulkes Telescope it's in the stars - remotely!
Unwrap a Mummy with a Mouse - beware the mummy's curse but be sure to get the Pathe bonus
Northern accents on t'net - e-by-gum-learning...
Video Quartet video art made on a laptop.
The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives taken down due to overwhemling demand...available again soon.
Screenonline launch of new online learning service from the BFI.
Decasia Film made from decaying archive footage.
Media and Film Studies weblinks includes Film Glossary, BFI, Screeneducation, NMPFT, Thrill in the Dark, etc.
Take care!

These icons are used to indicate possible concerns for safety or copyright in the examples from the Archive.
Take care - safety issues!
Take care - copyright issues!
...and the Awe and Wow face means
TAKE CARE NOT TO MISS THIS!
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Latest Schools News

Beyond Pathe: First pupil films...absolutely wonderful!
West Midlands' Beyond Pathe project has published it's first set of films by pupils. Stimulating stuff at Beyond Pathe: Short Films.

'Starters for Study' packs from Kent CC part of SEGfL are launched with one on Hop Picking and one on [Coal]. More to come. Download pdfs.

The Cockerel Crows Again: article about the British Pathe Schools Licence can be read in Mediaed at as html text which has a link to a pdf version with illustrations. Visit the Mediaed website.
The article was originally published in the In The Picture magazine (itp)

SETT 05
Announcement of British Pathe online resources for Scotland on The Holocaust and Scottish Football.

Southwark Key Stage 3 pilot
Southwark LEA (part of LGfL) have published lesson plans and resources based on news film from the Archive following a collaborative development programme. See trhe work and the resources at LGfL Southwark pilot

Pathe in Wales!
NGfL Cymru have been launched the British Pathe Schools Licence to shools and LEAs throughout Wales in May. Introduction and contacts

Using Pathe - the London Grid Primary Pilot
Eight teachers have been working to explore the use of the Archive in the Primary classroom. Read the lessons, see the work...point others to the excellence of teaching in the schools! Hasten now to Using Pathe LGfL

Pathe at DfES Roadshow
British Pathe workshops at the DfES and Historical Association roadshow in Sheffield: Cutlers Hall, 2nd November 2004. Embedding ICT @ Secondary - History. Details at Roadshow

Pathe in Scotland!
Learning and Teaching Scotland launch the British Pathe Schools Licence at SETT 2004.
Competition for Schools in Scotland Creating Digital Learning Resources with the British Pathe Archive.
full competition details here.

Newsreel
Cleo's wonderful film is created from British Pathe Archive clips edited to a soundtrack of Cecil Day-Lewis's 1927 poem Newsreel. It's presented as a 'flash' movie and includes teacher notes discussing the context of Day-Lewis's poem. The notes also detail the copyright issues associated with making this film and provide valuable information and awareness for teachers and students alike.
Newsreel.

Black History Month - 2004.
London Grid for Learning has identified resources from the British Pathe Archive supporting topics for using during Black History Month (starting 1st October). all the details here - Lambeth Black History Pack and Black Londoners from Windrush to the early sixties. See also West Midlands Black History area at http://www.wmnet.org.uk

Pathe Crows and Birmingham Bites
Millennium Point, October 2004: presentation to teachers at the Birmingham Bites ICT show. See WMNet's Pathe support

Early Case Study.
DfES case study about the use of broadband rich resources British Pathe and InfoMapper to support learning in schools. http://www.dfes.gov.uk/ictinschools
direct to case study.
 
                                       Published by Shapesoftime for the NEN 2009: copyrights: British Pathé, NEN and Marshall Mateer