History
Medieval History - The site attempts
to cover the key facts about the Medieval period from the year 900 to the year 1500. An
excellent resource.
Nancy Mautz Links - Web pages
on every period of history, hundreds of links arranged in chronological categories etc. An
absolutely brilliant site.
Jessica's
History Teaching Resources - for secondary history or social science teachers. Sites
of interest, lesson plans, and more.
1066 Archive - It
is hard to believe, but well before the tunnel was built, there were those who would cross
the channel with plans to stay for more than a quick holiday. One such was William, most
politely known as 'the Conqueror', and here he gets some serious respect as you are guided
to the finest relevant sites on the Web.
A Regency
Repository - This site takes as its cue a love of novels set in the genteel years of
the early nineteenth century. Looking at manners, fashion, literature and learning, this
site offers an excellent glimpse of life in England before the slightly less colourful
decades under Queen Victoria.
Altapedia Online - Contains key information on
every country in the world. Each country profile provides facts and data on the geography,
climate, people, religion, language, history and economy for students of all ages.
American and
British History Resources on theInternet - Lists of library catalogues, documents,
historical sites, books, treaties, maps, book reviews and electronic texts categorised by
period, as well as a guide to other Internet related resources.
An Abridged History of the United States -
Potted history of the United States. Goes back six thousand years and ends with the
closing of the 1995-96 term of the Supreme Court. Looks mainly at the 207 year period of
modern American civilization. Well-presented and easy to use.
Anglo Saxon England - Some
background on the Dark Ages in English history, but most useful is the collection of links
to Anglo-Saxon Web resources.
Anne Frank Online - Nothing as useful as the
complete online diary, but background on Frank and her times, details of the travelling
exhibition and the latest news from the Ann Frank Center, USA. Difficult to know what the
diarist herself would have made of it all.
BBC Education: GCSE
Bitesize Revision - Read the tips here, in books and on the television - then check
what you know with their Test Bites section.
Background Briefing - Personal
summaries by an independent researcher of an eclectic range of issues ranging from the
Balkans to baseball disputes. Good basic information, but the summaries are very short and
often a couple of years old.
Britain's Parliament - It won't win any design
awards but the official parliament site is extremely useful and informative. The most
exciting bit (if you like that sort of thing) is the online Hansard: read the wise and
weasel words of our glorious leaders exactly as they said them. But if the daily goings-on
bore or disgust you, there's plenty of other material on parliament and the constitution
to keep you happy.
Bureau of Atomic Tourism - At last
-- a way to visit all the shrines to makind's troubled relationship with the atom without
glowing in the dark at the end of your tour. Well-designed, comprehensive and informative.
Castles on the Web - Just
what it says. An excellent collection of links to castle resources on the Web. Nicely
organised and easy to find what you want, it contains everything from some arty shots of
Welsh border fortresses to the home page of a German estate agent who can sell you your
very own impregnable Schloss. If you know what machiciolations are, add it to your
bookmarks now.
Constitution of the United
States of America - A straight transcript.
Early Man Archive
- Excellent and well-organised, a collection of links to resources related to human
evolution and prehistoric man.
Eleusinian Mysteries - Detailed,
dry and academic. But if you want to know about the Ancient Greek rituals performed at
Eleusis, this is the place to look.
English Civil War - It doesn't
look very interesting, but there's a lot of information tucked away in these text-only
pages. If you're a Cavalier or a Roundhead, check it out.
First World War and its Poets
- This easy-to-use and thoroughly comprehensive tutorial is based on Isaac Rosenberg's
1916 poem, Break of Day in the Trenches. Along with a full chronology of the war and
outlines of all major battles, it contains over 25 poems by the likes of Owen and Sassoon.
A boon if you're doing your homework on this subject.
Fossil Hominids - An
overview of the evidence for the evolution of human beings. Excellent counter to
creationist arguments, presented in a really easy-to-use, if slightly text-heavy, way.
Highlander Web Magazine Archive
- Feature articles on Scottish history with an SNP-oriented romantic nationalist bent.
Historical Atlas of the
Twentieth Century - A century in which Man has both learnt to fly and land on the moon
represents a fair amount of change. Keeping tabs on those shifting sands is not an easy
thing to do, though. This site, however, offers a quick and easy way to see how the world
has changed politically, militarily and socially, from the height of Western imperialism
to the recent war in Yugoslavia.
Historical Text Archive
- One big attraction the Web offers historians is a large amount of original documents. No
more searching around dark, musty library basements. This archive has loads of documents,
giving you a first-hand reading of history as it happened
History House - The History House
is the place to come for all the weird stuff that often fails to make the text books. Did
you know for example that William the Conqueror was so fat when he died, that when
attendants tried to force his body into a stone sarcophagus, it burst, filling the church
with a disgusting smell. The Dark Ages actually seem to have been quite exciting.
History Ready Reference
- Searchable index of key online resources for the study of history.
HyperHistory -
Hugely ambitious and not totally successful attempt to provide fully cross-referenced
timelines for every field of endeavour throughout human history. Vast number of topics,
but specific information is basic at times and somewhat confusingly presented.
Internet Public Library - Find the information
you need without having to put up with someone hissing "Shhhhh!" every time you
try to chat to your mates.
Irish History - Irish
history is always a minefield, all the more so when it comes from America. This resource
includes pages dedicated to the protesting against "the police state in the North of
Ireland", so it's pretty clear where it's coming from. Though it also provides access
to plenty of useful original documents.
Library of Congress Country
Studies - Excellent in-depth historical material on 71 countries. Would be even more
useful if the information was updated to cover the last decade.
Marx/Engels Archive - A substantial and
searchable collection of the works of Marx and Engels.
Mary Rose - Excellent and well-constructed
virtual guide to Henry VIII's ill-fated flagship, now on display at Portsmouth. Tour the
remains of the ship, find out more about its history, and learn how you can help the Mary
Rose Trust.
Presidents of the United States - Almost
all you could ever want to know about every US president, with details of their election
results, highlights of their term in office, personal biographies and superb links to
relevant historical documents available online.
RMS Titanic: Her
Passengers and Crew - These pages tell the fascinating story of the people who
travelled on The Titanic. From first class passengers to immigrants, from the Captain to
the bellboy this presentation offers detailed biographies on some of those involved in the
great disaster as well as a list of the names of those who died and those who survived.
Texts & Contexts - If
heavyweight philosophers and literary giants are your bag, then this well-indexed
collection of links to online versions of their work and discussions of its importance
will be useful stuff. Otherwise, you should know that under "Kant, Immanuel"
lurks philosophy that will fry your brain. Beware.
The American revolution
Online - When Americans celebrate their Independence Day on 4 July, they love to
remind their British forefathers quite how happy they are without them. With pictures and
articles covering all aspects of the revolution, from cultural to military issues, this
site has to be one of the finest on the subject.
The Arab World - Facts, figures, commentary and
basic maps, mostly abstracted from the CIA World Factbook, covering all the principal
countries of the Arab world.
The Classroom - An online
course in "western civilisation" aimed at GCSE and A level standard students
that thematically covers European history from the ancient world to the scientific
revolution. Run by an American professor, the course is supposed to be followed in
conjunction with a text book, but is a useful resource in its own right.
The Glorious Revolution - Britons
down the centuries have liked to see revolution as something messy that happens abroad,
and this elegant site, with explanations, chronology and an encyclopedia, may help to
explain why. The 'Glorious' revolution is curious for its lack of bloodshed and its
significance to modern Britain - and it sheds light on a few attitudes that are still
around today.
The History Channel - Mostly advertising
material for an American TV channel devoted to history, but there is some useful
school-orientated material published here, mostly under the section Kitman on History.
The Labyrinth -
This site will get seriously mediaeval on your mind with archives that cover all aspects
of life around the world up to the Middle Ages. From Viking runes via the temples of
Byzantium to the peasant-ploughed soil of Saxon Wiltshire, there are very few places this
site does not visit. A fine way of shedding a little light on some famously dark ages.
The Napoleon Series - Superb
electronic magazine dedicated to Napoleon and his times. Imaginatively presented and
historically authoritative. Best to turn off the graphics for speed's sake.
The Nizkor Project - Huge searchable archive
of material relating to the Holocaust, particularly Holocaust denial or
"revisionism".
The World Factbook
- If you want bare facts and statistics about all the countries of the world, come here.
Population, land use, economy, climate, birth rate, literacy levels, defence, the lot. Not
surprising when you know it was compiled by the CIA. Loads of maps.
Timeline of British History -
A limited timeline of British history from Stonehenge to the late 20th century. Produced
by the Brit-obsessed people at Britannia, an Internet magazine based in the US.
U-boat Net - All the information you could possibly
want on 1157 U-boats during the Second World War. Their operations, crews, shipyards,
technology and victims. As well as information on books and events.
Victorian
Web Overview - Brilliant source of information on every aspect of Victorian life, from
politics and economics to religion and philosophy.
Views of the Irish Famine - A selection of
contemporary accounts of the Irish Famine of the 1840s.
World Rulers - Lists of
all the 20th century rulers of each country of the world and many important supra-national
organisations, with the dates they ruled. Also includes a chronicle of elections and other
changes of government. Also included are the subdivisions of some countries
World War 1
Trenches on the Web - Extensive and
glossy.
WW1
Links - Huge list of links on this topic.
Spartacus Internet
Encyclopeadia - very compact and useful resource not only for this topic but also for
British History.
Oxford University
WW1 Site - brief but with good pictures.
War Poets - An
Australian year 9 pupils resource on war poets.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- To trace a known person who died in the war browse this huge war graves commission
database.
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