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Paul´s castle * * * * *

Paul´s castle

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3, KS4
Review: This is a website dedicated to the local history of the Medway area of Kent, featuring information on Rochester Castle and Cathedral, Dover Castle, Canterbury Cathedral and the Tower of London, as well as other sites of historical interest. It is maintained by Paul Hillman, who has a lifelong interest in the subject and who has also written accounts of two medieval sieges, those of 1215 and 1216 at Rochester and Dover castles. A great resource for teachers and pupils.
History
 
Selma to Montgomery March * * * * *

Selma to Montgomery March

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS3, KS4
History
 
Site owner's description: In 1965, a march of protest from Selma, Alabama was violently broken up by state and local police. A court order was raised that prevented the state from blocking further marches from Selma to Montgomery.
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Public air raid shelters in WW2 * * * * *

Public air raid shelters in WW2

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Archaeology Data Service * * * * *

Archaeology Data Service

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools Foundation Stage - Preschool
Review: The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) supports research, learning and teaching with high quality and dependable digital resources. It does this by preserving digital data in the long term, and by promoting and disseminating a broad range of data in archaeology. The ADS promotes good practice in the use of digital data in archaeology, it provides technical advice to the research community, and supports the deployment of digital technologies. The ADS is developing online teaching materials to assist in the teaching of archaeology and cognate subjects like Tourism, Geography, History and local studies.
History
 
What did the Romans eat? * * * * *

What did the Romans eat?

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS1, KS2
History
 
Site owner's description: The Romans in Scotland ate a healthy diet mixing local produce with imported foods
Lesson ideas, Good for interactive whiteboard use, ClassClips
Legacies of local history * * * * *

Legacies of local history

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Roman Britain Index * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Roman Britain Index

  
Mainly suitable for:
Foundation Stage - Preschool, KS2, KS3
Review: A good starting place for the History of Roman Britain, in fact there is probably more than you ever wanted to know here! A very good place to start for a teacher new to the topic at either KS2 or KS3. There are list of emperors, links to different Roman sites in Britain – could be used for a local study. There are also lots of images of Roman artifacts that could be used on worksheets or on interactive whiteboards. Lovely maps of Roman Britain also very useful, as well as timelines.
History
 
Images from National Trust sites in England * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Images from National Trust sites in England

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Education and Teaching Resources on the North Staffordshire Potteries * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Education and Teaching Resources on the North Staffordshire Potteries

  
Mainly suitable for:
KS2, KS3, KS4
Review: If you teach in the Stoke or North Staffordshire region you will find this site very useful indeed. The Key Dates section gives you a timeline of the development of the potteries – Industrial rev local study in KS3 – Also gives key dates for national developments in Health, the treatment of the poor etc. There are also census transcriptions of the Stoke area which could be used for analysis with pupils. The best bit however is the historic walks around Stoke which would, again be very useful for a local study of the area.
History
 
Hunt the Ancestor * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Hunt the Ancestor

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools Foundation Stage - Preschool
Review: BBC site from the successful TV series Meet the Ancestors. Could be used as part of a local history study or 'what is History?'. Has archaeology games.
History
 
Mailbase U * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Mailbase U

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools Post 16
Review: History. A massive academic website with links to all the main learning institutions. Not easy to navigate but there are some gems in here.
History
 
A Vision of Britain Through Time * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

A Vision of Britain Through Time

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools
Review: A useful languages website, with some excellent free resources for use in the classroom - suitable for secondary school use
History
 
Archaeology in York * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Archaeology in York

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools Foundation Stage - Preschool
Review: History. Teachers in York you are so lucky - a beautiful city, vast history and its all on the internet. Local studies can be done in front of a computer screen. A very useful site.
History
 
Chester A Virtual Stroll around the Walls * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Chester A Virtual Stroll around the Walls

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3, KS4
Review: Chester: a Virtual Stroll Around the Walls (www.chesterwalls.info) is an informal- but very informative and entertaining- online guided tour of the ancient and beautiful city of Chester which possesses the only complete circuit of Roman/Saxon/medieval city walls in the UK. The author, an independent guide, photographer and author, tells many colourful tales from history and records the impressions from over 800 years of Chester's visitors. In addition, there are many photographs, drawings and maps (both contemporary and historical), news of local environmental and planning developments, links to interesting places, and lots of regularly-updated useful information for the scholar, resident and visitor.
History
 
Places to visit in your locality * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Places to visit in your locality

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Researching an old map of your area * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Researching an old map of your area

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
A Vision of Britain Through Time * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

A Vision of Britain Through Time

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools Post 16, Undergraduate, Postgraduate
History
 
NEM gallery - Post boxes * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

NEM gallery - Post boxes

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools KS2, KS3
History
 
Education and Teaching Resources for Stoke-onTrent * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Education and Teaching Resources for Stoke-onTrent

  
Mainly suitable for:
KS2, KS3, KS4
Review: This a good site for local history if you study or teach in the Stoke or North Staffs area. But it can also be used by schools further a field as there is also a national interest element to the site. There is a timeline of the development of the Potteries, Biographies of local notaries and a History of Chartism in Stoke. North Staffs Mining is also documented here. The site is pretty basic mainly text. The best part by far is the Walking tours feature.
History
 
Area Monitor Staffordshire * * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Area Monitor Staffordshire

  
Mainly suitable for:
Foundation Stage - Preschool
Review: Part of the bicentennial celebration of the national census. This is an excellent resource for anyone teaching or learning local History in Staffordshire. Can be used as a research tool to find out about the census and therefore the population changes in Staffordshire in the nineteenth century. The Did You Know section can be used by pupils to show statistical data in the form of graphs and bar charts either by hand or transferred to a excel spread sheet to produce computer generated charts for pupil analysis. If pupils click on the census home button hey are taken to the National Statistics home page where lots more statistical data can be viewed. Pupils can then undertake compare and contrast activities with different counties. There is also general information about the census and how it can help historians. Numeracy implications.
History
 
Hampshire Record Office * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Hampshire Record Office

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools Foundation Stage - Preschool
Review: Education service pages of the Record Office containing resources, help and advice for schools.
History
 
Elmbridge Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, England * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Elmbridge Museum, Weybridge, Surrey, England

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools Foundation Stage - Preschool
Review: This site is owned by the Elmbridge Museum in Weybridge, Surrey. It is free to enter the museum, and looking at the site is likely to encourage people living near to Weybridge to pay the museum a visit.
History
 
History UK - National and Local Centres * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

History UK - National and Local Centres

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools Post 16
Review: History. The History Online homepage which has links to many subject areas. A good starting point for research.
History
 
Scotland A Unique Scottish Castle; Hermitage,. * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Scotland A Unique Scottish Castle; Hermitage,.

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools Foundation Stage - Preschool
Review: Legend has it that the wizard Thomas of Ercildoune saved the local inhabitants by catching the wicked and elusive Baron de Soulis
History
 
Hampshire Museums Service * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Hampshire Museums Service

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools Foundation Stage - Preschool
Review: History. The homepages of the Hampshire Museums Service. Includes online photographs of their ideas, educational ideas and details of locations & opening times. Quite well done for small, local museums.
History
 
Interactive Tour of Canterbury * * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Interactive Tour of Canterbury

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools Foundation Stage - Preschool
Review: An extremely detailed photographic tour of Canterbury town centre, navigable by a series of arrows. Links to pages of notes and extracts from archaeological reports give additional detail. Mainly of local interest.
History
 
The Second World War in the local area * * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

The Second World War in the local area

  
Mainly suitable for:
Review: A collection of unreviewed web resources for History
History
 
Resources in British Local History * This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website This is a star rating given by UK teachers who have reviewed the website

Resources in British Local History

  
Mainly suitable for:
Well suited for use in UK schools Foundation Stage - Preschool
Review: British Association for Local History web site not available at the time of review
History
 

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