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Get started by taking tour of British history with the BBC interactive timeline! You can chose the 'Take a journey' option and explore themes such as slavery, women's rights, technology and kings and queens.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/british/index.shtml
UK Teachers can download free clips and images on British Pathé. All you have to do is use your school's broadband internet connection and the site automatically discounts the clips at the checkout. Clips and images can be downloaded in a choice of formats, including Windows Media Player (WMV). "Educational Use: All files are free of charge to UK schools, RBCs and LEAs through the national education broadband networks and are strictly for internal non-commercial use only. No other third party publishing or re-use is permitted without a commercial licence." (see www.britishpathe.com/prices.html for further information)
www.britishpathe.com/index.html
For KS3 History try:
This site has lots of great resources (including copies of some of the homework we give you!), games and further links to loads more great history sites on the net.
Try:
schoolhistory.co.uk/year7links
schoolhistory.co.uk/year8links
The history department at the Sir Bernard Lovell School in Gloucestershire has a really good web page containing loads of links on Black history. Click on 'History home page', then 'Year 7' or 'Year 8' to take you to similar pages on medieval and 17th/18th century history. A very thorough site!
sirbernardlovell.s-gloucs.sch.uk/learningcentre/history
'Liberty, equality, fraternity'. Explore issues surrounding the French revolution at:
firstworldwar.com. Says what it does on the tin! An EXCELLENT site with loads of interesting information and media clips. Check it out at:
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission was set up during the First World War to set up and continue to care for the graves and memorials of 1.7 million men and women from across the Commonwealth who died in the two World Wars. In all there was a total of 1,146,918 burials. In Year 8 we willbe looking at the history of WWI from the point of view of two people who worked at Nodehill and who died in the conflict. The CWGC has a interesting website and we will be using it in our studies.
Channel 4 has a special mircosite, 'The Lost Generation', dealing with lots of aspects of the history of WWI. A really detailed site with lots of links to other sites and pieces of information. This is well worth a look.
www.channel4.com/history/microsites/L/lostgeneration/index.html
The BBC also has an excellent WWI website.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone
A schools focused site is also avialable, inclding games and other interactive content.
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone
You should also check out the BBC's interactive content, including this movie covering 6 key topics relating to life before, during and after the war:
www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/animations/wwone_movies/index.shtml
BBC schools also has a WWI section, including games and interactive content for kids!
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone
In Year 8 we look at how women achieved the vote in the early 20th century. The BBC has an interactive quiz which tells the story of how women were treated during the 19th and 20th centuries.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/victorian_women/index.shtml
For KS2 try:
This is a BRILLIANT site for lots of subjects, not just history! There is lots of easy to use information to help with subject topics under homework help and there are also games to play as well.
Primary Resources is a great site for teacher created resources and covers lots of KS2 topics.
primaryresources.co.uk/history/history1.htm
Why not also try the primary links at schoolhistory.co.uk
schoolhistory.co.uk/primaryindex
Nettlesworth Primary School hosts a really useful history site for lots of KS2 topics.
Snaith Primary School also has an excellent website for KS2. Check out the sections on the Tudors, Ancient Greece, the Victorians and World War II.
home.freeuk.com/elloughton13/index.htm 
The BBC also offers an interactive online movie about bombing during WWII. This might be useful for pupils studying life during the Second World War.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/animations/wwtwo_movies_bombers/index.shtml
The BBC also offers a minisite specifically designed for children on life during WWII. If you can, this might be great for pupils to do individually in your ICT suite!
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/index.shtml
A load of interesting teaching ideas for KS2 (including free lesson ideas to download!) can be found at:
The Imperial War Museum has a really good set of easy to use pages exploring life during WWII.
Teachers might find nostalgiacentral.com a good source of images and information on the '60s, '70s and '80s to help with units on John Lennon/Britain since 1948. Groovy!
http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/
The BBC offers websites for both key stages
Secondary (ages 11-16) bbc.co.uk
The BBC has set up a new web page commemorating the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in 1807. Check it out at:
The same minisite contains a brilliant interactive map covering the history of slavery across the Atlantic.
bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/map/index.shtml
Channel 4 has an interesting site and often features more quirky history topics.
Black History 4 Schools is a really simple website to use and contains teacher resources, articles and web links.
The Learning Curve website from the National Archives is another good site. Here you can investigate snapshots using on-line resources. There are some good resources for teachers too!
If you would like to find out a little more about the National Curriculum for History, there is a really good site which gives lots of details about the topics we study. There's also lots of information about how to improve in history and examples of leveled work so you can see what different pieces look like.
ncaction.org.uk/subjects/history
For examples of leveled work try
Spartacus Educational is a really detailed site. Although a lot of the site is aimed at KS4 and above, it still has lots of useful information on many of our KS3 topics such as the medieval world, the English civil wars and slavery.
Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia people can add to and edit, has a history portal. Just remember that sometimes the information on the site might not be entirely accurate...
The Isle of Wight has had a very interesting history. Find out more at:
And finally...
The website of one of the best football teams in the land...
