Maps, Photographs, Documents & Links
Bristol Central Reference Library
College Green
Bristol BS1 5TL
Tel (general enquiries): 0117 903 7250
Tel (reference library): 0117 903 7202
The Central Reference Library holds an extensive collection providing invaluable information for conducting a local area study. Accessing the information is user-friendly, but staff feel that many of the documents (i.e. early census data) are difficult to read and therefore recommend teacher/adult, rather than school group, visits.
Bristol Record Office
Smeaton Road
Bristol BS1 6XN
Tel: 0117-922 4224
Fax: 0117-922 4236
E-mail: bro@bristol-city.gov.uk
Use the Record Office if you require historical material that is not included in this website. It holds mainly archive (primary) sources (newspapers are held at the Central Reference Library). Remember that this is the raw material of history and much of it is unique: you will have to make sense of it yourself. However there are card indexes and catalogues (soon to be automated and online) to help you find what you want. Helpful staff are always on hand to advise you how to use the service and to point in you in the right direction. They regret that at present they are unable to accommodate school parties.
The searchroom is open 9.30am - 4.45pm Monday - Thursday.
Links
www.multimap.com
An invaluable resource. The site displays aerial photographs and maps by postcode or address. There are several scales to choose from but you will find that 1:5000 is the most useful, showing individual buildings. Unfortunately the map function does not show parks and open spaces and is best viewed as an overlay to the aerial photo.
See ICT/geography lesson plan and worksheet for upper KS2.
www.old-maps.co.uk
Again, a useful resource although definition is better if viewed on line rather than printed out. Coming soon: ICT/geography lesson plan and worksheet for upper KS2
www.teachingideas.co.uk/geography/map.htm
This has a good intro to map wk at KS1 & 2. Even the youngest children can start by making a plan of classroom objects or drawing around an object placed on an overhead projector. These skills move on to making a map of the classroom and making a signpost of where things are in relation to each other from where they are sitting. This simple, but useful web page finishes with developing these ideas using a map of e.g. your park.
www.ordsvy.gov.uk
Also worth a dig about - this is the government's Ordnance Survey site. There are extensive resources, some free. The Free and Fun section includes a slidey puzzle.
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