Firm Foundations - History Links
BBC GCSE Bitesize
This bbc bitesize website allows you to revise and test yourself online. The following topics are available to revise: Britain and the First World War, Germany: 1919 to 1945, India, International Relations: 1919 to 1945, International.
www.bbc.co.uk
Revision Notes
This website offers revision notes on the following topics: Brief Overview of Pearl Harbour, Brief Overview of World War Two, Hitler Timeline, World War One Weapons New Technology.
www.revision-notes.co.uk
CNN - Cold War
This website offers plenty of information on the Cold War. Learn about the key players and discover how the Cold War helped to launch the space age. The following are available: Navigate Interactive Maps, See rare archival footage online, Learn more about the key players, Read recently declassified documents, Tour Cold War capitals through 3–D images.
www.cnn.com
School History
The website offers online tasks for use in History lessons, links to other tasks, online glossary and e-mail group for students/teachers to share ideas on.
www.schoolshistory.org.uk
GCSE History
This website offers History essays and notes. They may be useful for revision purposes. The following topics are covered: Notes Were the Peace Treaties of 1919 - 1923 Fair? To What Extent was the League of Nations a Success? The Weimar Republic: the Rise of the Nazis and Germany under the Nazis. Hitler's Actions as Fuhrer. Chronology of Key Events in Germany Between the Wars. The Munich Putsch. The Great Depression. The Reichstag Fire. Hitler's Ability as a Public Speaker. Essays Why did Hitler fail to gain power in 1923? Using some of the causes in the list, explain whether any one of them was more important than the others in Hitler's rise to power by January 1933. Study the events of January 1933- August 1934. How far do you agree that Hitler's appointment as chancellor was the most important factor in his achievement of complete power?
www.gcsehistory.fsnet.co.uk
History Revision Notes
This website offers History revision notes and essays on the following subjects: Causes of the First World War, The First World War, Germany 1918-1939, Causes of the Second World War, The Second World War, Coursework, USA 1918-1941, The Cold War, GCSE revision guide.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk
John and Clare
An excellent revision website for those students studying Modern World History. The site contains ‘topic mini books', revision sheets, coursework help and example essays. The following topics are covered: Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations, Road to World War II, Weimar Republic, The Cold War, Russia 1917-1941, Britain & World War II.
www.johndclare.net/
Spartacus - Directory of National Curriculum History
The website offers a directory of National Curriculum History websites.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/history.htm
The History Channel
The History Channel website offers a dedicated area to GCSE and A Level History Students and their teachers. With over 50,000 articles and 40,000 biographies the site's fully cross-referenced search is the most comprehensive on the web, it will also return relevant articles from the site and the web, and alert you to any programmes coming up on the channel.
http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk
School History
This is a top History website for online resources, top ideas and quizzes. Covers a range of historical periods to cover secondary education from Year 7 to GCSE to A Level.
www.schoolhistory.co.uk
Active History
This is a History revision website focusing on the Cold War. The site offers: Interactive seminar on the Cold War, ‘fling the teacher' quick revision quiz.
www.activehistory.co.uk
Spartacus School
This website offers resources, information, online lessons and downloadable worksheets on the following topics: Cold War, English Civil War, Second World War, Encyclopedia of the First World War, Tudor Encyclopedia, Making of the United Kingdom, Encyclopedia of British History 1700-1900, Russia 1860-1945, USA 1840-1960, Germany 1900-1945, The Medieval World, Nazi Germany, American Civil War, Civil Rights Movement, Slavery 1750-1870, Railways 1780-1900, McCarthyism, Vietnam War, Emancipation of Women, British Art, American Journalism, Parliamentary Reform, The Textile Industry, The New Deal, Child Labour 1750-1900, Trade Union Movement, Religion and Society, Cartoonists 1700-1980, Search Website, Online History Lessons, History Timelines, Spanish Civil War, Russian Revolution, Chartism, Novelists & Poets, Website Directory, Teaching History Online.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk
History on the Net
The aim of this site is to provide historical information linked to the English National Curriculum, for teachers, pupils, parents and anyone who wishes to further their historical knowledge. History on the Net also believes that learning should be fun and offers a range of games and interactive activities with a History theme.
www.historyonthenet.co.uk
Learning Curve
Learning Curve is an on-line teaching resource, structured to tie in with the History National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. The Learning Curve contains a varied range of original sources including documents, photographs, film and sound recordings.
www.learningcurve.pro.gov.uk
History House
An irreverent online History magazine. Contains articles and archives useful for research and resource based lessons.
www.historyhouse.com
Revision Central
This website offers revision guidance for the following topics: The Treaty of Versailles. Background and Terms, The Victor's Policies, Wilson's 14 points, How Germany was affected. The Berlin Crisis Background, How Germany was affected, Longer term results. The Cuban Missile Crisis U2 incident background, Consequences of the U2 incident, Cuban missile crisis background, The bay of pigs, Kennedy's options, Order of events. The Korean War Background, The start and order of events, After the conflict. Russia Background.
www.revisioncentral.co.uk
Coursework
This website offers sample coursework answers which may be useful for revision purposes. The following subcategories contain many essays to revise from: Cold War, Interwar Period, World War One, World War Two.
www.coursework.info
