HISTORY of THE UNITED KINGDOM

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(Updated on 18/02/2011)

A

Activities
Anglo-Saxons

B

Battle of Hastings
Battle of Trafalgar
Becket ( St Thomas - )
Berkshire
Bleinheim Palace
British Empire

C

Charles and Camilla
Churchill
Cinema
Civilization : The United Kingdom
Columbus Day
Crimes

D

Drake (Sir Francis -)

E

Elizabeth I
Elizabethan England

F

Food (Tudors)

G

Games
General information
Great Fire
Guy Fawkes

H

Hadrian's Wall
Hastings (Battle of - )
Henry VIII
Historic sites
HOOD Robin

I

Immigration
Industrial Revolution

J

Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper (page)

K

King Arthur
Kings and Queens

L

Legends
Loch Ness Monster
London

M

Maps
Mary, Queen of Scots
Medieval England
Monarchy (vocabulary and activities)
Movie clips

N

Nelson
Norman Conquest
Northern Ireland
Nottingham

O

 

P

Pictures
Plague (of London)
Police (History)
Population

Q

Queen Victoria (and Victorians)
Queens and Kings

R

Resources

S

Scotland Yard
Sports (Tudors)
St Thomas Becket
Suffragettes

T

Time Line Generators
Tower of London
Trafalgar (Battle of -)
Tudors

U

United Kingdom : Traditions

V

Victorians and Queen Victoria
Videos
Vikings
Vocabulary

W

Webquests
William the Conqueror

X

Y

Z

 

William the Conqueror :

• William the Conqueror - a song
  DMX krew and the Bayeux Tapestry combined.
  (YouTube)

  
  
  + LYRICS :
  "I'm William the Conqueror
  Britain's first Norman king
  I found renown and won my crown
  at the battle of Hastings
  in September of 1066
  I crossed the sea from France..."
  (thelyricarchive.com)
  
  "The lyrics of this song tell the story of the Norman Conquest.
  I use the song alongside images from the Bayeux Tapestry to act as an introduction to the Norman Invasion."
  (schoolshistory.org.uk)

• William I of England (about 1027 or 1028 - 1087) - "better known as William the Conqueror (French: Guillaume le Conquérant), was Duke of Normandy from 1035 and King of England from late 1066 to his death."
  (Wikipedia)

Vocabulary :

• The Victorian Dictionary - a guide to the social history of Victorian London. (victorianlondon.org)

• History Dictionary - contains "explanations for all historical terms and key words used ...
  The explanations are presented in a pop-up window when the link is clicked."
  (History on the Net)

• Glossary - The British Empire (britishempire.co.uk)

• Idem (learningcurve.gov.uk)
  
  

• About the United Kingdom - niveau 6ème (Valérie Nagel - Académie de Reims : Chaumont 52)
  - webquest conçue à partir de celle de Michelle Henry du même nom, avec une recherche sur Londres.
  Objectifs : "entraînement en vue de la validation du B2i niveau 1
  et objectif culturel : connaissance du Royaume-Uni"

  

• About the United Kingdom - niveau 5ème
  
  

• Webquests (onestopenglish) :
  London with Dickens, a listening exercise featuring the voice of Virginia Woolf and some lighter material with ghosts and dungeons.

• The TUDORS Cyberhunt (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk)
  
  

• Henry VIII and his 6 wives - a webquest (Hervé Humbert)

• Happy Birthday, Queen Victoria - a scavenger hunt (with answer key ) - 5 questions
  (Education World)
  
  

Kings and Queens :

• Tudor Kings and Queens (woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk)
  "There were five crowned Tudor kings and queens and they are among the most well-known figures in Royal history. Henry VII, his son Henry VIII and his three children Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I ruled for 118 eventful years.
  ( Lady Jane Grey reigned as Queen for just 9 days.)"
  

• Kings and Queens of England (to 1603) - (royal.gov.uk)
  
  

• Kings and Queens of the United Kingdom (from 1603) - (royal.gov.uk)
  
  

• "Explore the kings and queens of England
  and later the United Kingdom through time, illustrated with contemporary portraits and key events from each period.
  (with Fast Facts and Family Tree) - WITH A MOVIE
  Then see if you can remember who reigned when in the game." (BBC)
  
  

• Facts about the British Monarchy 1066-2003 (interactive) - (History on the Net)

• British Monarchy with timelines (History on the Net)
  
  

• The Royal Archive
  
  

• The Royals (humorist.net)
  
  

• Virtual Museum. (nationalarchives.gov.uk)
  "It provides a showcase for some of the treasures at the PRO s new Education and Visitor Centre at Kew, including a host of landmark documents from the past 1000 years of British history. Many of these items have never before been on display.
  Visitors can explore everything from Famous Names to Crime & Punishment, and from War & Defence to Kings & Queens.
  They can find out surprising facts about famous people - including William Shakespeare, Robin Hood and Sir Elton John - as well as the extraordinary feats of ordinary people."
  
  

Anglo-Saxons :

• The Anglo-Saxons - a timeline
  (BBC)

  

• Anglo-Saxons - Glossary
  (BBC)

• Laurence HAQUET (Ac. Rouen)
  a commencé à préparer des webquests sur différents aspects de la société britannique pour sa classe de 4ème EURO.
  Voici les 3 premiers (4 autres viendront très bientôt):
  
  
  - British Culture 1: The United Kingdom

  - British Culture 2: Queen Elizabeth II

  - British Culture 3: The History of the English Language

  "Les élèves sont amenés à remplir des minibooks qui sont téléchargeables en haut de chaque page.
  Les élèves mettent en commun à l'oral ce qu'ils ont trouvé et compris et ils utilisent ensuite leurs notes pour réaliser une trace écrite.
  A partir de la webquest N°3, il y a des documents audio et/ou vidéo."

• The Last Of The Tudors - a webquest
  "As a group, you will research the life of Queen Elizabeth I of England and come up with an obituary that details aspects of her life."
  (questgarden.com)

  

• Elizabeth I - a lesson plan (texts and quizzes) - (History on the Net)
  
  

• An illustrated guide to Elizabethan England.
  
  

Sir Francis Drake :

• Sir Francis Drake (1545-1596) - a British explorer - with a map of Drake's Route (Enchanted Learning)
  
  

Games :

• History Games (BBC) avec animations
  - Quelques exemples :
  - Women's rights "Find out how many doors were open to Victorian women."
  - Spying Game "Crack the mysterious code that Mary used in secret to plot against Elizabeth. Walsingham, Elizabeth's spymaster, deciphered it and Mary's fate was sealed."
  - Whose house? "Step inside the rooms of eight historic characters. Gather clues to help you guess whose room you are in."
  - Gunpowder Plot "Search the cellars of the Houses of Parliament and find the gunpowder kegs before it is too late."
  
  

• A time line - Find the correct order (home.freeuk.net/elloughton13)
  
  

Vikings :

• The Vikings - Invaders and Settlers - a PowerPoint presentation (primaryresources.co.uk)

  

• The Vikings - the Tudors - The Victorians... (site pour enfants) - (home.freeuk.net/elloughton13)
  
  

• Vikings - History (BBC)
  + "Explore the Viking world with Thorkel and visit the Viking house to spot the items that don't belong."
  + 3-d Viking Farmhouse : "Explore a reconstruction of a real farmhouse."
  + Videos
  
  

The Battle of Hastings :

• The Bayeux Tapestry
  "Watch the video and try to understand as much as you can, then click to start the activity."
  Activity created by: Renée Maufroid

  

• Bayeux Tapestry - animated version (YouTube)

  

• THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS IN PICTURES (BAYEUX TAPESTRY)
  (englischlehrer.de)

  

• Battle of Hastings (Wikipedia)
  # 1 Background to the battle
  # 2 The battle
  # 3 Aftermath
  # 4 Remembrances and retrospections...

Guy Fawkes :

• Bonfire Night :
  Vocabulary - Pictures - History, Poems and Songs - Listening -
  Interactive activities - Lesson plans - Webquests - Interactive games - Games to print - Cartoons - Videos
  
  

The British Empire :

• The British Empire -
  Timelines - Biographies - Maps - Armed Forces - Art and Culture - Science and Technology - Resources - Glossary - TV & Film
  
  

• Glossary - The British Empire (britishempire.co.uk)

• Idem (learningcurve.gov.uk)
  
  

The Industrial Revolution :

• Industrial pioneers (norvic-philatelics.co.uk)

  

• Child Labour & The Industrial Revolution (done by a Primary school in Durham)
  (nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk)
  
  

• An encyclopedia of the Textile Industry in Britain between 1700 and 1900.
  "The website includes information on the different aspects of the domestic system as well as the woolen, cotton, silk and linen industries. The website also features entries on twelve important textile inventions and biographies of inventors (16) and entrepreneurs (28). There is also a series of lessons available that simulates the debate that took placed in the 19th century on the morality and the economic value of child labour in textile factories." (Spartacus Educational)
  
  

Related pages :

Suffragettes (USA)

History :

• The War on Suffrage  (mentalfloss.com)
  "The suffrage movement, both in America and England, involved angry debates about the ideals of womanhood, the power and purpose of government,
  and how much beer everyone should be drinking..."

  'Ten Little Suffergets' Suffrage Isn’t Sexy I Am Woman Voter, Hear Me Roar! Babes and Booze Women of the World, Don’t Unite The Singing Defense

  
  

Lesson plans :

• The Suffragettes (my-english-courses.com)

Webquests :

• Suffragettes - a webquest : A MOCK TRIAL: "THE CASE OF LADY BUCKINGHAM"
  "The charge: Lord Buckingham accuses his wife Lady Buckingham of punching him and sending him to the hospital during their 2nd Saint Valentine's dinner.
  Lord Buckingham claims that he has discovered by chance during this dinner that Lady Buckingham is a suffragette activist.
  He lodges a complaint against his wife.
  He wants to divorce and get criminal injury compensations..."
  (my-english-courses.com)
  
  
  
  
  

Churchill :

• The Churchill Museum - with a virtual tour (churchillmuseum.iwm.org.uk)
  "The Cabinet War Rooms have created the first ever museum dedicated to the complete life and times of Winston Churchill, the greatest Briton ever, according to a BBC poll."
  
  
  
  
• Churchill and the Great Republic (Library of Congress) -
  "This exhibition examines the life and career of Winston Spencer Churchill and emphasizes his lifelong links with the United States--the nation he called "the great Republic."
  The exhibition comes nearly forty years after the death of Winston Churchill and sixty years after the D-Day allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France during World War II. It commemorates both of these events."
  
  

The Loch Ness Monster :

• The legend of the Loch Ness Monster (nessie.co.uk)
  
  
  
  
  

• The History of the Metropolitan Police Service with Stories from the Crime Museum :
  Jack the Ripper - The Brighton Trunk Murders - Dr Crippen - etc
  (met.police.uk)
  
  

• Tension follows night of violence in Belfast as Orange parade begins - 12 July 2011
  (guardian.co.uk)

  

• Photographer shot in second night of Belfast rioting - 22 June 2011 - with a video
  "A barrage of petrol bombs, missiles and fireworks were thrown at police lines...
  Police estimated about 700 people were involved in disturbances on Tuesday."
  + ANALYSIS by Mark Simpson - BBC Ireland Correspondent
  (BBC)

  

• Belfast trouble 'exploded' - 21 June 2011
  "Riots broke out in east Belfast last night with reports of paint, bottles, and petrol bombs being thrown at houses belonging to Catholics."
  (BBC)
  
  
  
  
  

  Short Strand: shots fired by nationalists and loyalists + a video
  (BBC)

  

• British Army Exits Northern Ireland
  "Morning Edition, August 1, 2007 ·
  The British army's operation in Northern Ireland ends after nearly 40 years. Operation Banner was the army's longest continuous campaign, with more than 300,000 personnel. A garrison of 5,000 troops will remain in the province, but security will be in the hands of the police...."
  (npr.org)

• VIDEOS :

  • British army's role in Northern Ireland at an end
    (cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com)

   

  • Army in NI troop withdrawal
    "The army's longest campaign in Northern Ireland, Operation Banner, is to formally end after nearly four decades."
    (BBC)

   

• NORTHERN IRELAND: WHAT ARE THE TROUBLES ?
  (englischlehrer.de)

• Timeline (History on the Net)

• Northern Ireland Quick Quiz (interactive) - (History on the Net)

• Wordsearch (interactive) - (History on the Net)

• Mural (ec1.images-amazon.com)