East Dunbartonshire's War: a resource about the experience of the First World War in East Dunbartonshire

Scope and Content

East Dunbartonshire's War is a secondary schools' teaching and learning resource about the experience of the First World War in East Dunbartonshire.

The resource addresses learning outcomes at levels 3 and 4 of the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. It uses cross-curricular approaches to meet outcomes in Social Studies, Literacy, Expressive Arts and Health & Wellbeing aspects of the curriculum.

East Dunbartonshire's War makes extensive use of original records from East Dunbartonshire Archives service, including newspaper reports, official documents, personal diaries, letters from soldiers, diagrams and photographs.

Administrative / Biographical History

The East Dunbartonshire's War teaching and learning resource was developed by Archivist Janice Miller and Education Consultant Douglas Roberts, assisted by education professionals and archives researchers and in partnership with local schools.

Archives research and transcription was undertaken by Sheena Carmichael, Julie Devenney, John Gunn and Catherine Gillies. Sara Johnstone coordinated volunteer research and community events. Piloting and development of materials was undertaken by staff and students from Kirkintilloch High School and Douglas Academy, Milngavie. Additional feedback was provided by Bishopbriggs Academy.

We acknowledge the support and assistance of families of individuals whose stories are included in this resource, in particular descendants of nurses Elspeth Graham and Kate Jeffrey, and soldiers John, James and Craig Boyd.

If you have any feedback on this resource please contact - archives@eastdunbarton.gov.uk

This project was supported by the Scottish Government Public Library Improvement Fund which is administered through the Scottish Library & Information Council (SLIC).

Note

This is a description of an online resource . Online Resources are websites that describe, interpret and provide access to archives. They often provide access to digital content but they may also describe physical materials. They usually cover a theme or topic, such as an individual, a movement, or an important historical event.