Am Baile for Schools
With our partners in Historic Scotland we have recently begun to offer a new facility for schools. This section, especially created for Highland 2007, Year of Culture offers pupils and teachers the opportunity to learn more about Highland heritage by publishing their own projects on-line. The feature provides the tools to enable schools to create exciting projects and share them around the world.
Follow this link to register.
You can also download the teacher and pupil guides to getting started from the right hand panel of this page.
If you require further help on how to get started email the team on ambaile@highland.gov.uk.
Learning Resources
This section has been created to provide teachers and students with easy access to the Am Baile website. However, it may also be of interest to others wishing to learn more about the Highlands & Islands.
A selection of topics and materials are made available here for use in the classroom. Each topic starts with a brief introduction then homes in on various aspects touching on the life and times of the people involved. Worksheets and answers are provided for all topics and can be downloaded and printed off for use in conjunction with the website.
Students can work individually on-line and check their answers. The teacher may link a projector to the Internet and, using the printed worksheets, employ whole-class teaching. Topics currently available include (please note that all links on this page are for the English language pages on Am Baile - follow this link to access the Gaelic version of Education Zone):
• Celts, Picts and Norse
• Clearances
• Crofting
• Energy
• Famous Highland Personalities
• Farming
• Fishing
• Highland Crafts
• Religion
• St Kilda
• Tourism
• Travelling People
Study using these learning resources contributes to pupils’ knowledge and understanding in a number of strands of the 5-14 Environmental Studies curriculum.