For Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum, history study units W2, W3, and W4: people and events in Wales from pre-history to the times of Hywel Dda.

Darganfod Hanes Cymru (Discovering Welsh History): Teachers' Book 1

History

Stevens, Catrin

Carter Harri, John, Richard

Jones, Mansel

Europe

Oxford University Press

In Wales the post-Second World War period was one of gradual decline for the major, traditional, male-orientated industries of coal, steel and slate. While whole libraries have been devoted to chronicling the rise and fall of the heroic miner and quarryman in Welsh history, the story of working-class Welsh women, who laboured in our factories in Wales during this same period, has been largely neglected and ignored. Voices from the Factory Floor aims to put this right and to allow the women to tell their own stories. Over 200 factory girls’ were recorded in this oral-history project, which was run by Archif Menywod Cymru/Women’s Archive of Wales, with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (Wales) and other sponsors. Their stories are fascinating. The women talk of long hours, low wages, and difficult working conditions with few health and safety regulations, but also of communal solidarity, camaraderie, controversial rites of passage and a vibrant social life. Many of them abandoned their personal ambitions and, through their sacrifice, they managed, in the sixties and seventies especially, to raise their families out of poverty. The voices of these extraordinary, ordinary, feisty working-class women deserve to be heard and appreciated.

Voices From the Factory Floor: The Experiences of Women Who Worked in the Manufacturing Industries in Wales, 1945-75

World

Amberley Publishing

A bilingual booklet telling the fascinating story of the talented lawyer, fearsome warrior and cunning statesman. Contains full-color illustrations and interesting facts on every page. Ideal for all ages.

Hywel Dda/Hywel the Good

Literature & Fiction

Gomer Press Limited

A bilingual, colorful booklet introducing the patron saint of Welsh lovers since the Dark Ages whose spiritual home is an idyllic spot on the Anglesey coast, and an inspiration to modern-day romantics! Includes full-color illustrations and interesting facts about Dwynwen on every page resting facts about samplers and the people who made them.

Santes Dwynwen/Saint Dwynwen (Cyfres Cip Ar Gymru / Wonder Wales)

Called the "language of heaven," Welsh is beautiful to speak, fascinating to learn and enchanting to hear. It's a musical language, liltingly poetic, and has long been the language of the hearth. But it is also the language of school, office and government, and is equally at home in TV, film and pop culture. This book is an informed and entertaining glance at the origins and history of the most vibrant of the Celtic languages.

Telling the Story of Welsh

<p>The history of the Tudors and Stuarts interpreted and illustrated in an exciting way for children. Includes humorous illustrations on every page, and the book is a trove of information presented in a clear and appealing way. In the main, the more gory and extreme customs of the period are described.</p>

The Troublesome Tudors and the Sleazy Stuarts

Children's Books

<p>There's something for everybody in Woeful Wales at War, from the grandparents and great-grandparents who experienced the horrors of war first-hand, to the thousands of schoolchildren who enjoy finding out about this very important (and world-changing) part of our history.</p>

Woeful Wales At War (Wicked Wales)

The Appalling Victorians (Wicked Wales)

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