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"Ten historians from 10 countries give a brief history of the first world war through a global lens. Using original news reports, interactive maps and rarely-seen footage, including extraordinary scenes of troops crossing Mesopotamia on camels and Italian soldiers fighting high up in the Alps, the half-hour film explores the war and its effects from many different perspectives. You can watch the documentary in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic or Hindi thanks to our partnership with the British Academy."

Great interactive tools for geography in the classroom.

for Year 9 History

An interactive game about the bombing of Darwin.

A great interactive global map. Can show surface temp, wind etc. Would be great for weather.

Developing persuasive writing skills is a process that students start in elementary school and continue to develop through high school and beyond. Read Write Think offers a good interactive guide that can help students craft a good persuasive essay. The Persuasion Map asks students to start with a thesis statement before walking them through developing support for that thesis. Students can print their persuasion maps or email them to you.

A great interactive activity for student to find out where things they own come from. Produces a map for them at the end. 

Launched in March 2009, The Making of Modern Australia is a cross-platform people's history of postwar Australia. What began as an interactive website is now also a major four-part TV documentary series on ABC TV and a book of the same name, written by series narrator William McInnes.

"Explorations are inquiry-based, interactive modules designed to give students the opportunity to do history: to conduct research, analyze primary sources, and draw their own conclusions." - US history

Good little game for Year 7

Great interactive activity for students to use ALL skills they have acquired in Geography. This tool drops you anywhere in the world that uses Google Maps Street View. Students then use skills in analysing: climate, topography, language, signs, vehicles etc. to select with a pin where they think they have been located. Works on 5 rounds and keeps your score, shareable with a link to challenge each other. Great activity that can go from 15 minutes to 30 minutes.

An interactive board game tutorial focusing on how to do research

These pages contain a variety of resources for teachers and students including teaching resources, factsheets and interactive quizzes.

Website of a (now closed) British Museum exhibition of medieval maps. Maps are interactive.

Fantastic mapping tool. Can change the base map (satellite, terrain etc.) and use the drawing and tagging tools. A quick and easy alternative to using Google Maps Engine.

a fantastic tool for statistical research

That is very cool!

Commerce Quiz is an interactive tool designed to test students financial literacy skills