Counting Heads: Britain & Ireland 1801-1871 - an ICT resource pack

David A. Gatley and Paul S. Ell

English and Welsh Counties 1801 - 1871

English and Welsh Poor Law Unions in 1861

London in 1851

Irish Counties

Irish Poor Law Unions 1841 - 1871

Scottish Counties 1801- 1871

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"Overall, I was tremendously excited and impressed by this package. I think the potential is huge. They may not realise it, but history teachers have been waiting for this for years."
Ben Walsh, History and ICT author/consultant, and Chair of the Historical Association Secondary Education Committee

"This well-researched and meticulously presented CD-Rom package is based on an extensive database of 19th-century censuses, in a format which is as easy to use in Year 7 as at A-level...[it] should he snapped up for history, geography, mathematics, sociology and all types of cross-curricular work."
Sean Lang, TES, May 4, 2001.
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"If you study 19th Century social or economic history at Key Stage 3, 4 or 5, then this pack is worth a close look. There is an amazing collection of data here, and it is presented in a way that allows you, once you get to grips with the SECOS data handling program, to easily use it as you wish. A relatively painless way to incorporate more ICT into your history lessons."
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The "Counting Heads" ICT resource pack provides history departments with access to key primary sources (The Census, Poor Law data, Vital Statistics (Births, marriages, deaths), The Education Census, Trade Directories) on CD-ROM, together with: ·

• Information about their origins and development
• ICT tools to investigate the sources, so that students can practice ICT skills, while doing historical investigations
• Advice about how to use these materials in the classroom
• Worksheets for pupils, which can be used away from the computer as well as while working at one

Contents

The Counting Heads ICT Resource pack contains:

• a Teachers' Guide;
• Student worksheets;
• an introductory book;
• and a CD-ROM containing: the SECOS data handling, graph and mapping program and six databases (English and Welsh Counties, 1801 - 1871; English and Welsh Poor Law Unions in 1861; London in 1851; Irish Counties, 1821-1871; Irish Poor Law Unions, 1841-1871; Scottish Counties, 1801-1871),
• together with edited versions of three topographies of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland which were compiled by James Pigot and Isaac Slater in the 1830s and 1840s, presented through the ENQUIRY program, which provides a browser style interface, together with helpful tools such as text search and a notepad.

The "Counting Heads" ICT resource pack is designed for IBM compatible micros only, running Windows 3.x or Windows 95/98/2000/NT

Prices

All prices + VAT and Post & Packing at £2 per item

School edition (ring binder, introductory book, plus CD-ROM)
Single user £35; Network/site licence £75

Personal edition (Introductory book, plus CD-ROM) £25 (payable by credit/debit card or cheque only)