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Ancient Greece

The Children's University of Manchester Explore a timeline of important events, learn about the gods and the ancient Olympics.

BBC Schools Ancient Greece (old site) Learn more about the ancient Greek world including Athens and Sparta.

BBC Schools Ancient Greece (new site) This new site from the BBC answers key questions about life in Ancient Greece.

Ancient Greek Facts Lots of information about different aspects of life in ancient Greece.

The British Museum Ancient Greece Explore different objects and read stories.

Q-Files Ancient Greece Factual information about ancient Greece from this online encyclopedia.

Adventures in Ancient Greece Explore Athens and Sparta in this interactive activity.

Professor McGinty's Website Have a look at some of the professor's "stuff" from ancient Greece.

The Odyssey Online Find out about life in Greece and the story of the Odyssey.

Victorian Britain

BBC Schools - Victorian Britain This archived site has lots of information about life in Victorian times.

BBC Schools - Victorian Class Clips Lots of good video clips about life in Victorian times. There are even some songs.

BBC Schools Radio - Victorian Britain Listen to clips on range of subjects including street children, working in mines, famous Victorians and railways.

BBC Horrible Histories This site for the show has lots of different songs and clips including several from Vile Victorians including Victoria and Albert's love song.

BBC Victorians - Muck and Brass game Try your hand at being a city planner during the Victorian era.

Primary Homework Help - Victorians This site has lots of detail about different topics including daily life, factories and schools.

DK Find Out - Victorians This site lets you find out more about life in Victorian times by clicking on pictures.

Walk through a Victorian house Travel back in time and look around a Victorian home.

Children's British History Encyclopedia This site has lots of detail and pictures about life in the Victorian era.

Cook it! - Historical Cookbook - Victorians This site has lots of information about the Victorians as well as authentic recipes from the time you can make at home.

Victorian Crime and Punishment Learn more about crimes committed during Victorian times and the punishments that resulted. Note that some of the site is aimed more at KS3.

Victorian Solihull

Solihull's Workhouse (ADVERTS) You can see pictures and maps showing Solihull's workhouse. The site also has the census return listing the inmates in 1881.

Queen Victoria and Osborne House

BBC Schools - Famous People - Queen Victoria Learn more about Queen Victoria and her family.

Homework Help - Queen Victoria This site has lots of information about Queen Victoria and her life.

English Heritage - Osborne House This site is designed to encourage people to visit Osborne. It includes information and photographs showing the rooms at the palace.

HMS Warrior 1860

HMS Warrior's history The official HMS Warrior site has detail about the ship's history and what life was like on board.

HMS Warrior Virtual Tour This is an older virtual tour of HMS Warrior 1860. Don't click on the 'For a larger more dynamic...' links as they don't work.

HMS Warrior Webcam See what is happening right now in Portsmouth with the webcam attached to Warrior's mast.

HMS Warrior 1860 Statistics The key facts about the ship and her crew.

Medieval Castles

DK Find Out - Castles Explore an interactive picture of castle to learn more about its various parts.

Primary Homework Help - Castles This site has lots of detail about life in a castle.

TimeRef - Parts of a castle (ADVERTS) Shows the main parts of a castle. There is lots of information on this site to explore.

Windsor Castle - Bring on the Battle A game in which you can learn more about castles.

Carisbrooke Castle

English Heritage - Carisbrooke Castle This site give details about the castle for visitors.

Castle Xplorer Carisbrooke Castle This site has pictures and a map of the castle.

Castles Forts Battles - Carisbrooke Catle Information and pictures about the castle.

English Heritage - King Charles I at Carisbrooke Castle Find out why one of England's kings ended up being held at Carisbrooke.

English Monarchs - King Charles I at Carisbrooke (ADVERTS) This site has an account of the king's imprisonment at Carisbrooke Castle.

Look and Learn - King Charles I at Carisbrooke Another article about the king's imprisonment at Carisbrooke Castle

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