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Going further, Year 8 .............
Useful websites & digital resources..........................................................
French Revolution | The Slave Trade | Industrial Revolution | The Age of Entrepreneurs| The Great War | The Great Dictators | The Holocaust |
| One-stop website for sources, commentary & images on the French Revolution. Excellent. | |
Extremely detailed, encyclopaedic website on this ill-fated French king. |
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| As above, though this time the detail is on his wife, Marie Antoinette. |
| Fascinating snapshots of the experiences of different black people as they fall prey to slave traders. Good for empathy writing. | |
| Detailed information about individuals and events associated with the slave trade. Excellent primary sources, too. | |
| University website with unrivaled collection of images, artefacts & documents relating to the age of slavery. Very useful for project work. | |
| Hard to believe that slavery still exists in the world, but this site proves it. Also, interesting section on Transatlantic Slave Trade. | |
| Useful images of artefacts assoicated with the trade as well as helpful animated diagram of the slave triangle. | |
| Part of the excellent Black History Month website described below. Includes links to other sites on Olaudah. | |
| Every year in October a series of events and activities take place across the country to promote the history of black people. The site has useful links to cultural and historical resources useful to those studying the history of black peoples. |
| Links to a host of entrepreneurs and inventors of the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Good starting point for your research. | |
| A host of interactive activities and role plays that get you to imagine yourself as an entrepreneur and make decisions that will affect the outcome of your business. | |
| Superb site, with a variety of articles, links and interactive games and activities. Try out the cotton millionaire role play and the chance to build and drive a model of Stephenson's Rocket. | |
| Similar to Spartacus website above, with lots of encyclopedia style info. on key players of the Industrial Revolution. | |
| Information on working conditions, reformers and changes in the law suc as the Factory Acts. | |
Spartacus Schoolnet - workhouses |
Sources that describe life in Victorian workhouses as well as links to other areas on the site relating to child labour. |
| Multi-media site with photos, texts, diagrams and even soundclips that paint a rich picture of life in workhouses in Victorian Britain | |
Spartacus - poverty, health & housing |
Case studies of living conditions in major towns and cities as well as information on key reformers |
Learning curve - census returns |
Investigate life in a London borough. Peep inside and look the residents and their jobs, family sizes and ages. |
| Range of information on Victorian society, links to special programmes on the subject too.Take a look at Tony Robinson's worst jobs in history on the same site. | |
| Rather dense but useful site that explores life for the Victorian underclasses. Have a look at the 'Muck & Brass' game in the multi-media zone. | |
| Excellent starting point for your research, with in depth articles, picture gallery, animated maps & film clips | |
| Interactive site, with animated role play activities to improve your understanding of the weapons and strategies used. | |
| This section of the above site explores the unimaginable impact that constant bombardment and the horrors of modern warfare had on the minds of soldiers | |
| Film clips include life in the treches, 'going over the top' and shell shock | |
| A modern analysis of the reputation of Haig and other generals who led British troops in the Somme | |
| Part of the snapshots series which uses original documents in the National Archives to explore wider historical themes. Find out about the real life experiences of Private Campbell. How ‘good’ a soldier was he really? | |
| Use this site to begin your research into UK or Commonwealth ancestors who died in conflict. You can also print out a certificate with details of their service history. | |
| Pages and pages of detail on battles, commanders, living conditions, Home Front and many more issues surrounding the War. Excellent primary source material at the end of most pages that will help provide valuable evidence for essays o rextended writing tasks. | |
| Rich site, especially strong on cultural & social impact of war | |
| Very student friendly site, which doesn't overload you with too much detail. Good range of topics including outbreak of war, conditions in trenches & key battles | |
| Dutch site with unusual and graphic pictures of conditions at the front, from an alternative perspective. | |
| Details on the hundreds of soldiers who were executed for so-called cowardice. |
| An interactive timeline, providing images and factual notes on the stages of the Nazi campaign of hatred and violence towards Jews and any other 'misfits'. | |
| Fascinating computer-generated tour around the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp. Relatively little of the original camp survives, but this computer-generated animation gives a powerful sense of the horros of this place. | |
| Resources and activities from the Holocaust Educational Trust. | |
| Case study of Belsen concentraion camp, from the National Archives. | |
| Imperial war museum's holocaust exhibition. | |
| Superb site full of factual detail, case studies, interactive and virtual tours. A good site for project work or detailed research. | |
| Encyclopaedic website that has a useful section on the Holocaust | |
www.annefrank.eril.net |
Information and learning resources about Ann Frank - a Jewish child who also died along with her family at the hands of the Nazis |