Students : Curriculum : Humanities : History

Useful websites

Some of the best general sites with games and clear information for students are:

• www.schoolhistory.co.uk
• www.activehistory.co.uk – some good games on this one
• www.learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/index
• www.schoolshistory.org.uk
• www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/history.key3.htm

Other good sites include:

• www.victorianweb.org/victorian/history/hist3
• www.historygcse.org
• www.thewest.harpweek.com (American West website)
• www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/chartism
• www.schoolshistory.org.uk/gcse
• www.wz.com/arts/FamousBritishPeopleEvents
• www.channel4.com/history
• www.schoolshistory.org.uk/images/index
• www.bbc.co.uk/schools/11_16/subjectsch_m.shtml#history – includes information on Medicine through Time and American West
• www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/index
• www.learningcurve.pro.gov.uk/politics/chartists/default
• www.napoleonguide.com
• www.besthistorysites.net
• www.remember.org/educate/intro (includes virtual tour of Auschwitz)
• www.virtual-egypt.com (take virtual tours or write your name in hieroglyphs)