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This lesson plan uses the Atlas of World History to give students a broad overview of the Ancient World.

This is a wonderful interactive timeline that uses maps to tell the story of world history. Great for overviews and placing depth studies in a global context

A collection of first person accounts of historical events from the ancient world

This interactive 3D site from the ABC is an incredibly rich resource for the Year 9 World War 1 depth study.The quick tour explains how to use the site aned teaching resources are provided. I can't open the Teachers section.

This is a social networking site that allows users to pin their phiotos to a map of the world (i.e google maps?). The collections include VE Day and D Day

SBS put thi site together a few years ago. Text ciovers issues relevant to Year 9 Making a better world and Australia and Asia.

These lessons from the UK National Archives provide student questions focussing on some fantastic primary sources. Check out Empire and Industry 1750 - 1850 and Victorians 1850 - 1901 for issues relating to Making a Better World. Make sure you hit the Sho

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.

Imperial Federation map 1886 from the Boston Public Library. A wonderful source to analyse British Imperialism and what raw material the colonies supplied to fuel the Industrial Revolution. Great comparison insert from 1786