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Agencies and museums
www.becta.org.uk	Links to NGfL and VTC, On-line bookshop
www.pro.gov.uk	Public Record Office Education section has KS3 and 4 activities for History, presented in a cheerful and accessible manner
www.iwm.org.uk	Imperial War Museum - but lots, lots more than just war, war, war. Links to other museum sites
www.nmm.org.uk	National Maritime Museum with dedicated sections for KS3 History and a very progressive attitude towards developing the educational relevance of the site
www.cwgc.org.uk	Commonwealth War Graves Commission with an on-line search facility for all fatalities in all wars. Excellent opportunity for an on-line data-handling activity.
learningcurve.pro.gov.uk	Part of the Public Record Office site but a lot flashier and more extensive in content. It has substantial, project-based sections on: Power, Politics and Protest in Nineteenth Century Britain Twentieth Century Heroes and Villains The Great War 1914-18
www.icom.org	Directory of world-wide museums on-line
vads.ahds.ac.uk	The Visual Arts Data Service (part of the Arts and Humanities Data Service) holding over 2000 images, with online search for images on any topic. An excellent site for stimulating visual source material

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Other sites
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk	Exceptionally well-researched site with lots of excellent information
www.Schoolhistory.co.uk	KS3 activities arranged by year with downloadable worksheets and links to supporting sites A very helpful site maintained by a history teacher
www.cadburylearningzone.co.uk	History section focuses on the new model factory and village built at Bournvill in the 1890s. KS3 downloadable activities including the largest free census datahandling file on the web
www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/museum/museum.htm	Archives section of the supermarket stores with sections on shop work and life in both the Victorian era and in the Second World War. Downloadable worksheets in the Teachers' Zone
www.english-heritage.org.uk	Publications, resources and advice on organizing a school visit. Includes an archive of national monuments
www.granada-learning.com/yitm/ww1	Role play activity for World War 1
www.bbc.co.uk/education/histfile	Lots of materials on KS3 and 4 topics Constantly changing and developing in light of BBC programmes
www.bbc.co.uk/schools
battle1066.com	Comprehensive site on the battle of Hastings
www.hastings1066.com	Comprehensive guide to the Bayeux Tapestry with pictues and explanation
http://loki.stockton.edu/~ken/wharram/wharram.htm	Excellent site on the lost medieval village of Wharram Percy
www.historyplace.com	American site with a useful perspective on the Second World War and an extensive online exhibition about Nazi Germany
www.historyonline.co.uk	Historical Association's online subscription site at £50 pa
www.storyoflondon.com/	History of London website
www.holnet.org.uk	History of London website First section of this free site will be based in material from the Imperial War Museum and examines the impact of the Second World War on London including evacuation, shelters, daily life, the Blitz, dig for victory etc.. Lots of photos and primary sources and a teachers' zone with downloadable worksheets
www.teachit.co.uk/teachit/ks5lib/ks5libry.htm	First World War resource - suitable for KS3/4/5 teachers and pupils
www.pitt.edu/~pugachev/greatwar/ww1.html	First World War resource - suitable for KS3/4/5 teachers and pupils
www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/trench/index.shtml	First World War resource - suitable for KS3/4/5 teachers and pupils
www.schoolhistory.co.uk	First World War resource - suitable for KS3/4/5 teachers and pupils
www.ww1photos.com	First World War resource - suitable for KS3/4/5 teachers and pupils
home.stevebrown.clara.net/html/ experience_of_war_front_cover.htm	First World War resource - suitable for KS4/5 teachers and pupils