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Active History

Active History offers interactive simulations, educational arcade games and virtual interviews, as well as worksheets, lesson plans and history quizzes.

Columbus Navigation Homepage

Examining the History, Navigation, and Landfall of Christopher Columbus.

GCSE History Revision

Revision Materials for Modern World History, focusing on Germany, International Relations, Russia1914-1941, and Britain and the Second World War.

GCSE Modern World History

Modern World History GCSE revision site. Examination Topic e-booklets on Causes of WWI, Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations, Road to WWII, Germany 1919-1939, The Cold War, Russia 1917-1941, Britain and World War II, and more.

Historical Maps

List of websites with historical maps for around the world (too many for me to list individually!)

Historical Sounds in MP3 Format

Apollo, Castro, Mandella, Pearl Harbour - a wealth of historical sounds to listen to and add depth to your projects.

History Channel

Lots of features, including their Classroom resources, as well as pages to back up their programming.

History & Citizenship

This site from the British Library covers a fascinating range of historical, social and cultural topics.

Invicta History

The interactive zone of this website has multimedia resources aimed at year 7, 8, GCSE and A level history students. The resources section also has downloadable resources aimed at the same age range.

Learn History

Learn History has FREE History resources such as PowerPoint lessons, revision content, quizzes and research help. Topics covered: Romans, Medieval, 1500-1750, Indians, 1750-1900, 1901-2000, American West, Crime and Punishment, Vietnam, Football, USA 1941-80, Germany and the Cold War.

Open News Archive

For the first time in its history BBC News is opening its archives to the UK public for a trial period. You can download nearly 80 news reports covering iconic events of the past 50 years including the fall of the Berlin Wall, crowds ejecting soldiers from Beijing's Tiananmen Square and behind-the-scenes footage of the England team prior to their victory over West Germany in 1966. Registration required.

Rulers

This site contains lists of heads of state and heads of government (and, in certain cases, de facto leaders not occupying either of those formal positions) of all countries and territories, going back to about 1700 in most cases. Also included are the subdivisions of various countries (the links are at the bottom of the respective country entries), as well as a selection of international organizations. Recent foreign ministers of all countries are listed separately.

SchoolHistory.co.uk

Lesson plans, free downloadable resources, online history lessons, games, quizzes, teachers section and more, aimed at history teachers and students.