Historical account books are a valuable record which reflect the activities of individuals and families and provide evidence the way they lived.
David Matless (University of Nottingham) discusses ways of encouraging curiosity and further independent research/study in historical geography.
Briony McDonagh describes an activity she offers to third year students using historical OS maps to reconstruct the landscape and historical geography of Burton Agnes in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
David Matless discusses taking third-year geography students to the Lake District to explore heritage conservation, landscape and cultural geography.
Sounds can offer powerful evidence of lived experiences in the past and prompt oral history recollection.
Listen to David Matless talk about the shared experience of viewing and analysing images in the classroom.
A selection of resources to help make decisions about how to visualise different data types for different purposes.
Online tools for experiential learning
Online tools to help with dissertations and research projects
The introduction of new technologies and collaborations can broaden out what historical geographers do
Innes Keighran (Royal Holloway, University of London) talks about taking students to New York for a fieldtrip.
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