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
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 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.
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 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
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 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
This is a huge site with practical classroom activities, links to good websites, interactives and lessons specific to the UK History curriculum. Some of the offerings are perfect for the Australian curriculum. Well catagorised and easily searched.
A wealth of background material for teachers and on-line activities for students, this site covers Egypt, Rome, Greece and other ancient civilizations.
In this BBC production Professor Jane Humphries uses testimonies of children to explore the abuses and mistreatment. Covers orphans, human scarecrows, chimney sweeps and more
This video is produced by United Learning. From about half way it becomes very focused on the US but it is a very good and simple overview aimed at students., It contains a short True o=r False quiz at the end.