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BBC

Bbc News: Labour's Centenary

For Students 9th - 10th
From 2000, this site examines the work of Great Britain's Labour party in the 20th century, including interviews with many government leaders who look back at the party's history and forward to the party's future.
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BBC

Bbc Newsround:what Roman Tablets Found in London Dig Tell Us

For Students 3rd - 5th
Archaeologists say that they've discovered over 400 Roman tablets at a site in London, including the oldest handwritten document ever found in Britain.
Unit Plan
Science Museum, London

Science Museum: Making the Modern World: Textiles: Domestic v Factory Production

For Students 9th - 10th
Twelve-part learning module uses text-based overviews and rich media cut-away scenes to explain the role of the textile industry in driving the Industrial Revolution forward in Britain.
Website
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: The Mandate

For Students 9th - 10th
In July 1922, recognizing "the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine," Great Britain was called upon to facilitate the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine-Eretz Israel (Land of Israel). This...
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Curated OER

Great Britain Guide: Anglo Saxon Britain Viking Raids

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...
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Curated OER

Great Britain Guide: Anglo Saxon Britain Viking Raids

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...
Graphic
Curated OER

Great Britain Guide: Anglo Saxon Britain Viking Raids

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...
Graphic
Curated OER

Great Britain Guide: Anglo Saxon Britain Viking Raids

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...
Graphic
Curated OER

Great Britain Guide: Anglo Saxon Britain Viking Raids

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Great Britain guide provides the history of the Anglo-Saxons in England between the mid-5th century and the Norman Conquest (410-1066). Shows the transition from their being invaders to being invaded, first by Vikings...
Primary
Other

Uk Parliament: The Greatest Briton Winston Churchill

For Students 9th - 10th
Online documents that pertain to some of the greatest moments in Winston Churchill's government during World War II. Includes PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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BBC

Bbc: History Trails: Victorian Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
Victorian Britain experienced dramatic economic growth but at great social cost. Read about the times, and play online learning games as well.
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: Posters From the Great War

For Students 9th - 10th
Original posters from the leading countries involved in World War I.
Handout
US Navy

Naval History and Heritage: Destroyers for Bases: Complete List of Destroyers

For Students 9th - 10th
View a complete list of the destroyers traded with Britain in the 1940 Destroyers for Bases Agreement.
eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Motherless Bairns, and Who Sheltered Them

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)'s The Motherless Bairns, And Who Sheltered Them has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication,...
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize History: The Industrial Revolution

For Students 5th - 7th
In the 1800's learning became accessible for the poorest of people. In Great Britain, a system of secondary schools was established and the government passed acts making education attendance compulsory.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: The War of 1812

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides an overview and detailed facts and information on the War of 1812, the short war between the US and Great Britain that resulted in a stalemate.
Website
BBC

Bbc: History: The Welfare State Never Ending Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
An article by a British Member of Parliament that traces the history of the welfare state in Britain. It examines its beginning in the early 1900s through its overreaching problems at the end of the twentieth century. Archived.
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W. W. Norton

Norton Anthology: Restoration/british Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The period between 1660 and 1785 was a time of amazing expansion, when Britain became an empire and its society and literature had to adapt to circumstances for which there was no precedent. The topics in this Restoration and Eighteenth...
Primary
Yale University

Yale: Avalon Project: Chamberlain's Address on the Eve of War

For Students 9th - 10th
On September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland. Hours later, Neville Chamberlain spoke to the members of the House of Commons. The gist of the speech was preparing Britain for war.
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Curated OER

Cbc.ca: The Great Transformation: Seeking an Identity

For Students 6th - 8th
A brief overview of Canada at the start of the 20th century when Prime Minister Laurier was in power, the divide between French and English, challenges in the West, and existing ties to Britain.
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Curated OER

Coal Fields and Principal Industrial Centers and Ports of Great Britain, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Great Britain in 1916, showing the primary coal fields, centers of iron industry, ports, industrial centers, and steamship routes with distances between major ports shown.
Interactive
BBC

Bbc: Ww2 People's War Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on various stories and dates and learn more about the event plus read eyewitness accounts. The focus in on Great Britain's role in the war.
Handout
Other

The Falklands Conflict Chronology of Events

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a timeline of the history of the Falkland Islands, including the Falklands War, which involved a conflict between Argentina and Great Britain.
Website
Other

Chamberlain and Britain Prepare for War

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describing the failure of Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy. Includes links to Realtime Audio copies of two of Chamberlain's speeches.

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