Links
General (Newest updates at the top)
http://www.history.ac.uk/resindex.html
Institute of Historical Research – good list of resources
http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/focuson/film/film-archive/
Some good film clips here – especially of the cold war and votes for women. Even film footage of the Domesday Book...?
http://www.timelines.tv/indexSearch.htm
Some timelines of British History and lots of video clips
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/index.cfm
Trivia Quiz website, including several thousand history quizzes
http://simplythebest.net/sounds/MP3/sound_effects_MP3/index.html
Lots of free sound effects. There are also some movie quotes – eg “Good Morning Vietnam!”
http://www.historyshareforum.com/
Useful site full of history resources. Most are based on powerpoints which can then be adapted for your needs.
Impressive collection of powerpoints at http://www.pptpalooza.net/.
They concentrate on American history but there’s other stuff there too. It’s connected to http://www.historyteacher.net/ which also looks promising.
http://www.national-anthems.net/
Every national anthem of every country, ever... These seem to work best if you click on the link next to the “MP3” symbol where it says “Download instrumental anthem”. You should then get a page like this http://www.national-anthems.net/music/IT (Italian National Anthem) – click under “MP3” where it says instrumental anthem of Italy and it will play automatically.
Key Stage 4
We didn’t Start the Fire Video – good for Cold War revision
http://www.mrallsophistory.com/fire.html
Some nice images and audio of Sputnik and the Space Race at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7018809.stm
This is the website for a US history textbook which contains lots of useful images for America in the 20s (plus Civil War / slavery information for Year 9)
http://occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/divine5e/chapter98/deluxe.html
Key Stage 3
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7074596.stm
Trailer for Elizabeth: The Golden Age, plus access to other film clips
http://pabucktail.com/songs.htm
http://www.meloware.com/articles/civil_war.htm
Some American Civil War music to try – or put “civil war music mp3” into google!
Tutor Time Resources
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7074596.stm BBC Quiz of the Week
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/ Archive of previous BBC quizzes
http://www.itv.com/ITVPlay/SkillGames/Blockbusters/default.html Blockbusters!