Mainly suitable for:
Foundation Stage - Preschool, KS3
Review: A Collection of WWII Letters to and from the home front written to and from Prvate Arthur Pranger of the 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion. This site is very pleasing to the eye and easy to navigate. It follows the story of the Second World War through the eyes of one American soldier. Arthur was sixteen when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour. He joined up in 1943. There are also newspaper headlines from 1944 onwards to see the bigger picture. Well worth a look. Pupils could contrast with a UK soldier?
Review: This page looks at some of the individuals who have helped shape the twentieth century. You can find people by selecting the field of achievement, or even a quality essential for success.
Review: The home page for the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge. Contains all information about the faculty for undergraduates, students and postgraduates.
Review: History. A massive links page. It would make a good starting off point, but some of the links are weak. That is they take you to poor quality sites.
Review: Home page of Reading University´s centre for Roman Studies. Gives details of courses, members of staff, fields of interest. Good links to other web sites of interest. For teaching and learning this website provides good access to lots of research materials. However there is a lack of clarity in the web sites layout and there seems to be many missing links. Make sure you know what is there before you plan a lesson or learning time. Makes for good worksheet preperation and teacher research.
Review: History The Great Britain GIS historical project was a fascinating project. The site can be searched by the public but is very slow loading. The concept is great. The media section is worth reading, as it contains some articles on the project.
Review: History Web site for the History Department at Durham University gives details on conferences, courses and general information about the department. Has links to useful pages for Historians
Review: This site is advertising the Living History team who bring alive the life of the ordinary Tudor, in the home, field, town and Manor House to schools, museums and stately homes. There is a description of the services they offer and how to contact them. There is also a page ‘Who were the Tudors?’ which talks about Tudor Monarchs and the things they did. There are no pictures on this page but it is simply presented and easy to access the information.
Review: History very academic essays on primarily Shakespearean topics. Excerpts from journal. probably only useful to undergraduate, and more likely post graduate students of English Literature.
Review: This URL takes you to a teachers' tips section of a website that consists of one page, there is one good idea here. There are only four ideas altogether, however. The one good idea is a roleplay on Henry and his six wives based on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the other three are rather ‘old hat’. Most teachers will have probably have tried something on the lines of the Oprah lesson anyway. If you click on the crown to the homepage ( Don’t try to click on the word home as it is not hyperlinked!) You will be taken to a page which offers royal profiles – very basic text only pages. There is also a hyperlink to a timeline, which is probably the most useful part of the site, and a help for students section – debatable how helpful this would be. There is also a bibliography and links page. These will link you to far better sites!
Review: History. The home page of Florence has a good section on the Renaissance. Good biographies and images.
