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 It
was just over 10 years ago, during
the summer holidays of December 1998
and January 1999, whilst
teaching history in Buenos Aires
that I had the idea of creating a
list of basic web sites that would help my
IB students find resources on the
web. We called it
casahistoria,
meaning house of history or more
appropriately, the history home.
Since then that single page has grown to nearly 100 as a result of my teaching and examining students at AS, and A2 as well as IB level. My main intention has always been to provide a critical listing of sites that are of value to undergraduate, IB and Advanced Level modern history courses. I have tried to view as a selection criteria what as a teacher I would feel would be of use to my students if they were working on this topic. Although there are numerous "history" sites on the web, many were and are of dubious use. Casahistoria is designed to help history surfers to use the web more effectively and efficiently by reducing the amount of time spent "filtering" the valuable from less valuable. Hopefully you will find casahistoria will give some indication of the usefulness of a particular site to you. Topics are not comprehensive, but they do emphasize those themes most commonly studied and within each topic my intention (wherever possible) is to provide a variety of links to sites that not only inform, but also allow you to see divergent views and make judgements.  Only very rarely is a web site a
substitute for the written word, but
if used carefully it does provide
many useful resources, especially
for initial study and research.
Although edited since 2002 in Europe, one continuing aim of casahistoria has been to put more weight on Latin American history links, especially for those sites appearing in English. In doing this I am indebted especially to the links sent to me on a regular basis by Ale in Argentina (who is also to be thanked for her critical reading of content changes!) and to the updates sent from the National Security Archive of the George Washington University in Washington DC. Equally, it has also been an intention to provide resources and documentary materials for history students in the developing world especially, who might not have immediate or easy access to written texts (although the web can never replace those textual materials.........). I would like to thank those students and teachers who have written to me with words of encouragement and support (or for some assistance with an aspect of researching links). It is good to hear how casahistoria is being used in schools and colleges worldwide and how it is being of help to you. If you have a site that you would like to see added to the casahistoria listings, please send it to lesfearns@casahistoria.net . Equally, if you have comments in general on the the site, or would like to see a new section, let me know.  Happy history surfing! Les Fearns
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casahistoria is recommended by:
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BBC radio,
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Channel 4 TV, UK | Birmingham GRID for Learning, UK | UK joint university database | Argentina's national paper | SBC Education Blue Ribbon HOT site, USA | SovLit, Harvard Univ, USA |
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