{"id":3068,"date":"2014-07-08T12:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T09:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3068"},"modified":"2014-05-27T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T09:34:08","slug":"recommended-films-for-the-history-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/history-teachers\/recommended-films-for-the-history-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Films for the History Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/library\/index-VIDEO.php\">searchable database of video<\/a> for the history classroom contains scores of hand-picked recommendations, all searchable by topic and period.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Simon-Schama.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2976\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Simon-Schama-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Simon-Schama\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Simon-Schama-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Simon-Schama.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This searchable database of video for the history classroom contains scores of hand-picked recommendations, all searchable by topic and period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-teachers"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4032,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/recommended-films-for-the-history-classroom-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":3068,"position":0},"title":"Recommended Films for the History Classroom","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"July 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Recommended History VIDEO | (see also podcasts and books) I have updated this searchable directory of useful films for the history classroom with 50 new entries based on some of the most recent feature films released in the past couple of years.","rel":"","context":"In \"classroom\"","block_context":{"text":"classroom","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/tag\/classroom\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4847,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/historical-periods\/medieval\/activehistory-simulations-new-searchable-database\/","url_meta":{"origin":3068,"position":1},"title":"ActiveHistory Simulations: New Searchable Database","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"November 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"This new searchable database provides you with full access to scores of online history simulations and other interactive resources to use with your classes. 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