About the West Sussex Seaside Past project
This learning resource has been created by
West Sussex County Council Library Service, with the help of
teachers. It is the second product of the West Sussex History
Elearning Project, funded jointly by the Heritage Lottery Fund
(61%), WSGFL (23%) and WSCC Library Service (16%).
The first products of the West Sussex History
Elearning Project was the Victorian West
Sussex web pages which support teachers of History Key Stage
2.
The Moodle elearning platform has been used to
develop further sets of local history resources for educational
use, in particular Child Labour, Childhood & Schooling,
Photography, Researching Local History, Transport, Victorians
and World War Two.
Topics
The 8 main topics covered are: Getting There, What to Wear,
On the Beach, In the Water, On the Water, Piers, Holiday Camps and
Souvenirs. Each topic has between 8 and 12 digital images plus
Teachers' Notes.
Mostly images were selected as resources, given the young age of
the children involved in Key Stage 1. A small number of texts
have been included which can be read out by teaching staff, who may
also wish to distribute copies to children so that the more-able
can follow what is being read. In each section we scanned
images from a wide range of periods from the 19th century through
to the 1970s to support the dating of photographs as a learning
objective.
The Teachers' Notes, in every Topic section, give you some
historical background and further information on the relevant
images.
The Source Gallery has all of the above resources, plus around
50 more images, all searchable by keyword.
Acknowledgements
The content in this learning resource was researched and
compiled by West Sussex County Council Library Service.
Partners
Partners in the project include the Heritage Lottery Fund, West
Sussex County Council Children's Services and West Sussex County
Council ICTS department.
The following organisations kindly supplied images and/or
information:
- Adur District Council
- Arun District Council
- Bognor Regis Town Council
- Chichester District Council
- Marlipins Museum (Shoreham-by-Sea)
- Selsey Town Council
- Worthing Borough Council
- Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
Contributors
Gill Tucker, Project Officer, West Sussex County Council Library
Service
Bronwen Lloyd, West Sussex County Council Library Service
Martin Hayes, West Sussex County Council Library Service
Kate Loubser, Worthing Museum and Art Gallery
David Nicholls, photographer
Cara Orpin, teacher consultant, St Mary's RC Primary School
School
Alun Williams, ICTS, West Sussex County Council