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SATH homepage: Scottish Association of Teachers of History

Higher History Supported Study: Appeasement and the Road to War - ERS Guide.

General Directories of Resources

National Qualifications Online - Educational websites - History
The HistoryNet - Where History Lives on the Web: excellent directory of resources.
Encyclopaedia of British History: produced for the National Grid for Learning, this resource covers British history from 1700 - 1950.
spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk: NGfL site with a range of resources.
Arts and Humanities Data Service: Subject Guide from JISC, created, classified and annotated by subject experts. Designed for Higher Education but not restricted to H.E. use.
ARChaeological Holdings Search System: from the Archaeology Data Service in the Arts and Humanities Data System Resources.
Topmarks Education History Links: Excellent resources on a range of useful topics
4L - HistoryQuest - Home: interactive site, including games.

North Ayrshire History Topics

Scottish History Resources

Social Change: Employment - Intermediate History website from BBC Education Scotland.
Scotland: 1750-1950: links prepared for the National Grid for Learning, accessed via biographies of Scots.
Wallace and Bruce
: Local history site - webmaster's personal view.
Images of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce: and other links.
CSYS History - Wars of Independence
: and associated links.
William Wallace: and other links from the "Highlander Web Magazine."
Medieval Sourcebook: Flores Historiarum: On William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, c. 1307

British History Resources

Child Labour in the 19th Century: from the NGfL Project, Encyclopedia of British History.
Poverty, Health and Housing: including some information about Scots and Scottish cities.
Twentieth Century: Events that Shaped History Hotlist: useful for Changing Life in Scotland and Britain 1880 - Present.

American History Resources           

American Cultural History - The Twentieth Century: an excellent resources which makes full use of the power of the WWW to bring together a variety of related topics, including race.
American History 102 Student Web Notes: WWW students' guide and lectures from the University of Winsconsin.
Heritage OnLine - K-12 History Resources
: directory of useful links including American history.
IPL POTUS -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Internet Public Library resources on presidents of the United States.

Slavery

Slavery - History - The 19th Century Net Links
: from About.Com.

Russian History Resources

Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution - 20th Century History:
from About.Com.
Russian History 1905-30: sources and documents on Russian history from Durham University.
University of Glasgow - Slavonic Languages & Literatures - Russian resources: best of the WWW.

The Cold War

The Cold War - 20th Century History
: excellent range of sites from About.Com.

Ancient History Resources

Egyptians: Education Resource Service Guide to Egyptians.
Romans: Education Resource service Guide to Romans.
Vikings: Education Resource service Guide to Vikings.

Tollund Man


Bodies of the Bogs:
brief summaries of notable bog bodies.
Silkeborg Museum: with its most famous exhibit, Tollund Man.
Bog Bodies: with links to other sites, including information about bogs and why bodies were found there.
Eisie Awards Our World Photo Finalist: photograph of Tollund man.
Engines of Our Ingenuity: Episode No. 487: short article about Tollund man.
Seamus Heaney - The Tollund Man: Heaney's poem.

Medieval History Resources

Castles on the Web: offers castle links, castle photos, castle site of the day, castles for kids, free castle web pages and more!
NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
: a good place to begin to get an overview of the type of resources available on the WWW for this period.
Labyrinth Home Page: a range of state-of-the-art directories linked from this site.
Medieval Sourcebook: amazing access to a huge range of source materials.
Castles on the Web: Medieval Studies:range of medieval links, including domestic life in the Middle Ages.
Gothic Architecture & Medieval Studies - Earthlore Links of Distinction: brings together a range of types of resource for medieval historians.

World War One Resources

World War I - Trenches on the Web: an Internet history of the Great War.
World War I - 20th Century History Net Links: extensive range of links from About.Com.
Imperial War Museum: links and images relating to the history of conflict.
The First World War: from the NGfL Encyclopedia of History.
 

World War Two Resources

Churchill: the Evidence, a chronicle of the life and times of Sir Winston Churchill with educational resources: from the National Library of Scotland.This site contains a section specifically devoted to school use, with activity sheets which can be printed off for classroom use, either as web pages or as PDF files. It has been designed for 5-14, Standard Grade and Higher Still. The NLS also requests feedback on the resources from schools.
World War II and the Holocaust - 20th Century History: a variety of sites from About.Com..
Imperial War Museum: links and images relating to the history of conflict.

 

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