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Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
History Department Web Links page

  • Local History Links:
  • Britannia: British History
    http://www.britannia.com/history/
    A wealth of information relating to British History, including sketches of political leaders since 1721, portraits and biographies of British monarchs, historical maps and a searchable timeline.

     

  • Spartacus Schoolnet
    http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
    An excellent History resource with information and links on the following:
    • The USA 1840-1960
    • The Medieval World
    • Encyclopedia of British History: 1700-1900
    • Encyclopedia of the First World War
    • Slavery: 1750-1870
    • Railways:1780-1900
    • Investigating the Vietnam War
    • The Emancipation of Women
    • Parliamentary Reform
    • The Textile Industry
    • The Trade Union Movement
    • Religion and Society

  • The Historyplace Website
    http://www.historyplace.com/ - An excellent site with pages on the American Revolution, the U.S. Civil War, Child Labor in America 1908-1912, Apollo 11 - The First Lunar Landing Mission, the U.S. in World War II, the Vietnam War, U.S. Presidents and Nazi Germany/World War II.

     

  • CTICH History Links
    http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/www/ctich/histlink.html
    A comprehensive link page easily navigated using the table of contents. Excellent links to sites containing primary source data bases, text and images. Approximately 2,500 connections to related sites.
  • Trenches on the Web
    http://worldwar1.com
    An interactive history of the First World War, providing some excellent background material for work based on 'the war that will end war'.
  • Egyptology Resources
    http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/index.html
    Links to many different Egyptology resources all around the world.

     

  • The British Library
    http://portico.bl.uk/
    The British Library's Online Information Web site, with pages on its treasures such as the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Magna Carta, information on projects such as Electronic Beowulf, the multimedia CD-ROMs published by the British Library for use in schools, and current events and exhibitions at the British Library.
  • http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/wwii.htm
     A number of WW2 documents.
  • http://www.battle1066.com/
     Deals with Saxons, Vikings and the Normans.
  • http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/
     The history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present day.
  • http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng
     A site with links to a number of Family History sites on the Net.
  • http://www.thehistorynet.com/home.htm
     A massive site with links to a whole host of History sites.
  • http://www.worldwar1.com/
     A site dedicated to the First World War - lots of primary source pictures and text.
  • http://britannia.com/history/
     An excellent resource! It contains material useful for researching topics right across the Key Stages.
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/education
     Amongst other things it contains a variety of resources for GCSE courses.
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
     Contains a number of revision sections.

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