Useful links: History
We have collected together links to some really great websites for many different subject areas, which you can explore in the other pages in this section.
On this page we have links to websites for both Key Stage 1 and 2, to help with their history.
If you come across any links that aren't working, please let Mr Morrison know.
Key Stage 1
People
- Growing up - put the people in order of age
- Travelling to school - different ways of getting to school
- Teachers - now and in the past
- Jobs - now and in the past
- How Toys have changed - sequencing toys
- Toys - sequencing
- Old Toys - pictures from the Cumberland Toy and Model Museum
- Teddy Bear Museum - Liverpool, with wonderful links to other bear site
Now and then
- Which room? - put these things in the right room
- Print and do - old and new
- Seaside holidays - then and now
- The Great Fire of London - lots of information
- The Great Fire of London - time line
- The Great Fire of London - engraving - click on the picture to see more detail
- St Paul's Cathedral - engraving - click on the picture to see more detail
- Panorama of London - engraving - click on the picture to see more detail
- Map of London - drawn in 1666 - after the fire
- Samuel Pepys Diary - BBC site
- Florence Nightingale - BBC site animation
- Florence Nightingale - a picture to colour
- Florence Nightingale - a doll to cut out and dress
- Florence Nightingale - information
Key Stage 2
Invaders and Settlers
- Anglo Saxons - BBC site
Vikings
Vikings- BBC site, lots of links here
Vikings pages - great site with lots of wonderful illustrations
Janet's Vikings - lots to see here
More Vikings - from the famous Grid Club, lots to see and do
Vikings - channel 4 this time
Viking and Saxon cyberhunt - use the internet to follow the clues
Romans
Roman Britain - lots of links from here
The Romans in Britain - lots of fun and information here
Romans - BBC website
Roman Sandy Project - become an online archaeologist and get a certificate
Tudors
Henry VIII and the Tudors - informative and great fun, especially the wives' page
Tudor History - a wealth of information
Joust - an online jousting game
The Mary Rose - interactive site
Queen Elizabeth I - full of information
The Globe Theatre - official site of Shakespeare's theatre
Henry VIII - send a question to this King! (registration required)
Henry VIII - BBC site
Tudor England - fantastic amount of information, topic by topic
Stuarts
Stuart England - lots of links here
Victorians
Victorian England - lots of links here
Victorian Schools - comparisons
The workhouse - online activity and some more links
A Victorian Christmas - some fascinating facts
Children in Victorian Britain - BBC site
Victorian Children - Channel 4 site
Queen Victoria - information
Victorian History Trail - BBC interactive site
Victorian Children - activities and quiz
Victorian homes - information and quiz
Ancient Greeks
Ancient Greeks - BBC site
Ancient Greece - the British Museum
Mythweb - Gods and Heroes
World War II
Children of WWII - BBC site
The Home Front - questions and information
The Imperial War Museum - links to other museums - find the nearest one to visit
The Holocaust Cybrary - memories of survivors and so much more
Egyptians
Make your own mummy - online activity, fascinating and gory
History: Powerpoint presentations
- Unit 1. How are our toys different from those in the past?
- Unit 2. What were homes like a long time ago?
- Unit 3. What were seaside holidays like in the past?
- Unit 4. Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?
- Unit 5. How do we know about the Great Fire of London?
- Unit 6a. Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Roman case study
- Unit 6b. Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? An Anglo-Saxon case study
- Unit 6c. Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Viking case study
- Unit 7. Why did Henry VIII marry six times?
- Unit 8. What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times?
- Unit 9. What was it like for children in the Second World War?
- Unit 10. What can we find out about ancient Egypt from what has survived?
- Unit 11. What was it like for children living in Victorian Britain?
- Unit 12. How did life change in our locality in Victorian times?
- Unit 13. How has life in Britain changed since 1948?
- Unit 14. Who were the ancient Greeks?
- Unit 15. How do we use ancient Greek ideas today?
- Unit 16. How can we find out about the Indus Valley civilisation?
- Unit 17. What are we remembering on Remembrance Day?
- Unit 18. What was it like to live here in the past?
- Unit 19. What were the effects of Tudor exploration?
- Unit 20. What can we learn about recent history from studying the life of a famous person?