Thursday 20 March 2008

S1 and S2 Websites

Roman Websites

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Romans.html
Romans for Kids – Homework Help

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/
BBC – Romans – Homepage
Information and activities on the Romans and the Roman Empire. Click on the links ( e.g. Leisure, Invasion, Religion etc

http://www.hadrians.com/index.html
Daily Life in the time of the Emperor Hadrian
Click on the links on the left hand side of the page to find out about daily life in Ancient Rome – e.g. food, religion, games, work, slavery etc

http://www.roman-empire.net/children/index.html
The Roman Empire
Clixk on the pictures in the ‘Chapters’ section to get facts about Roman gods, Famous Romans, Roman achievements etc

http://historyonthenet.com/Romans/romansmain.htm
History on the net – Ancient Rome
Click on the blue links for information on a wide range of Roman topics such as Roman baths, trade, games etc

http://www.brims.co.uk/romans/index.html
The Romans in Britain
Click on the blue links at the bottom of the page for information on farming, clothes, building , gods etc

http://rome.mrdonn.org/
Ancient Rome for kids
Huge list of roman topics to choose from




Slavery Project.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/people/slavery.htm
Kidipede – History for kids - African American Slavery

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAslavery.htm
Spartacus – Slavery in the USA
Check all the pages in this section: slave accounts, the slave system, slave life, events and issues, campaigners against slavery, political organisations, British campaigners

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1523100.stm
BBC news - article from September 2001. A useful summary of the history of the slave trade and its impact upon the world. Includes a map. A good overview.

http://www.juneteenth.com/middlep.htm
An atmospheric and grabbing site that with great use of illustrations, and with written content that is more suitable for more able students

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html
PBS: An interesting site that presents shocking information on the Middle Passage, and backs this up with accounts from different slaves who survived the ordeal.

http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/timelines/htimeline3.htm
Central Oregon Community College : African Slave Trade timeline
A collection of links and information about the Slave Trade arranged as a timeline. Whilst at times complicated, this helpful site covers a wide range of relevant issues.

http://www.uen.org/themepark/liberty/slavery.shtml
Utah Education Network: Slavery
Contains a straightforward overview of slavery, plus facts and links to other useful websites

Year of My Birth

The year I was born: 1996
WEBSITES

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_important_things_happened_in_1996
wikipedia: important events of 1996

http://www.inthe90s.com/timeline.shtml
in the 90s: timeline

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996
Wikipedia article about 1996

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1996.html?gclid=CKqykOazg5YCFQUvlAod5B7qEg
People History: 1996 news

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/years/1996/default.stm
bbc: 1996 news

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/
I love 1996…info on news, films, music, TV and clothes

http://century.guardian.co.uk/1990-1999/0,,96030,00.html
guardian century: news and obituaries

http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
year by year chronology

http://history1900s.about.com/library/time/bltime1990.htm
timeline of the 20th century

http://www.filmsite.org/
greatest films

http://www.aesvn.org/resources/hds/annexa6.html
Emergency management Australia world disasters 1991-97

CIVIL RIGHTS PRESENTATION

http://delicious.com/broughtonslrc/civilrights

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