National Army Museum website

Some excellent resources and information is available on the National Amy Museum's website

http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/

Some useful links are...

Crimea
Florence Nightingale
Early photography (including Fenton)
Boer War
The Victoria Cross

WW1
Tanks -

Western Front 1918
Finding the Fallen
Specific teacher links for visits and resources - http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/education/secondary13.shtml

Causes of the Boer War

A really useful summary can be read here - http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/governence-projects/anglo-boer-wars/anglo-boer-war2i.htm

Some key events...

the Witwatersrand Gold Rush - http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/library-resources/online%20books/all-that-glitters/the-glitter-of-gold.htm

the Uitlander Franchise -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uitlander

The Jameson Raid - http://www.angloboerwar.com/other-information/87-jameson-raid/1754-the-jameson-raid

Nursing in the Crimea...

.. a recommendation from one of my students whislt comparing the roles of Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale.

Angels and Citizens,  British Women as Military Nurses, 1854-1914 By Anne Summers

Available to read on Google Books - click the title to read the book online. Also looks at the Boer War and WW1 for later parts of the course!

Thanks Isobel!

Post-war reform - Haldane Reforms

Who was Richard B Haldane?

http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/haldane.htm

What were the Haldane Reforms (1902-1908)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haldane_Reforms

Post war reforms - Liberal Reforms

Why was reform necessary?

Charles Booth – a detailed account of his study of London
http://booth.lse.ac.uk/

Who was Seebohm Rowntree and what did he do?
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RErowntreeS.htm

The Boer War and National Efficiency
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/redschl/historydocs/Poverty%201830-1939%20A%20Level/Boer%20war%20and%20national%20efficiency%20notes.doc

What were the Liberal Reforms?

The Liberal Reforms – a good overview from BBC Bitesize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/britain/liberalreformsrev1.shtml

The Liberal Reforms – an online lesson
http://www.educationforum.co.uk/liberalreforms.htm

The Khaki Election

What is a 'Khaki election'?

http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Khaki:Election.html

What was the Khaki election of 1900?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_1900

A detailed look at the wider implications on British Society

http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=170595

Boer War Personalities

Very brief details of some of the key personalities can be found here...

http://beta.asoundstrategy.com/sitemaster/userUploads/site259/cboerwarpersonalities.pdf

They include some of the more obvious ones such as Kitchener, but also the less obvious such as Ghandi. You can also see nice models of the individuals too...

Reporting the Boer War

The History of the Daily Mail (with sources) 1896-1940
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jmail.htm

The wars most famous correspondent - Winston Churchill
http://www.ladysmithhistory.com/the-siege/biographies/winston-churchill/

Churchill's book: 'The Boer War: From London to Ladysmith'
The entire book here.

Boer War website

Everything you need to know and more about the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902...

http://www.angloboerwar.com/

A useful site for finding out about the battles of the Crimean and Boer Wars.

For example, The Battle of Balaclava