YouTube

I expected the 'funnies' on YouTube but was amazed by what else was available. I decided to spot check some key historical events and found them all. Nelson Mandela's first interview in May 1961; Martin Luther King's 'I have a Dream' speech; film about the Mau Mau uprising; and most amazing of all footage from the Battle of the Somme. I was struck by the possibilites YouTube has for teaching. Film has an important place in education and it struck me that seeing and listening to Mandela as he was fifty years ago would make more impact than just reading a typescript. Very thought provoking.