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If you liked the film of the 1905 streetcar ride down Market Street in San Francisco, you might enjoy this 1927 film of various sites around London, including several down-the-street shots. Oh, and it's in color. In the 1920s.

"Explore the London Blitz during 7th October 1940 to 6th June 1941"

FREE teaching resources for schools from the Museum of London.Three new teaching resources for Citizenship KS4 and PSHE KS4 available here!

This year's Olympics have generated vast amounts of excitement among everybody in the UK. Well, that's not quite right. Some people are really, really dreading them. It's been difficult to escape the crescendo of positive publicity about the London games.

The plague

An interesting geography site which show what is on the opposite side of the Earth. For London it's just some fish and a lot of water. A nice way of selecting contrasting places to study. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PSHE,+RE,+Citizenship,+Geography+&+Environmental

lessons with starters about the 2012 olympics.  Resources can be found at the bottom of each page.

"Locating London's Past is a new JISC-funded website that lets users delve deep into the capital's past, revolutionising our understanding of London's history. The website is the first to map information from a vast array of sources, covering: crime and punishment the distribution of wealth, poverty and occupations the ownership of consumer goods mortality "

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