A wealth of background material for teachers and on-line activities for students, this site covers Egypt, Rome, Greece and other ancient civilizations.
A comprehensive overview of the spread of people to Australia by Fran Dorey, Exhibition Project Coordinator at the Australian Museum, Sydney. It is good reading material for teachers to provide an overview of ancient settlement.
This is a fantastic site presented by the British museum for students. It is very appropriate for year 7s. The site is broken into topics such as Mummification, Egyptian Life, Pyramids etc. Each topic has a home page, a story using primary sources, an explore page. and a challenge
This site is presented by University Press Inc. and is fairly academic. It does contain some great information and images. Some sections require you to sign in
Spartacus Educational is a UK based organisation providing free history encyclopedias. Entries usually include narrative, illustrations and primary sources. This Rome section is vast and a great place for students undertaking research. Seems to be a lot of writing.
This site contains outline of a lesson plan based on the Roman fort of Vindolanda just south of Hadrian's Wall. Outcome of their research is students writing a letter imagining they are a Roman soldier stationed on Hadrian's Wall.