Here are some websites to get you started on your research about the English Civil War.
Civil War from the BBC and Open University
The English Civil War from Historyonthenet.com
The Causes of the English Civil War from historylearningsite.co.uk
Civil War and Revolution from the BBC
Civil War Chaos from Berkshire History
Oliver Cromwell from The Cromwell Association
Your Y7 History challenges are looking at slavery.
You can find lots of books that will help you with your research. These will have a Dewey number of 326. As there are so many of you working on this topic – you will only be able to borrow these books for 1 night.
Here are some websites that will help you too
Black peoples of America from the History on the net website has links to information about the slave system including where slaves came from, their journey to America, how they lived and their work on the plantations.
Freedom: a website from the National Maritime Museum explains Britain’s involvement in the slave trade. You can find out information about the triangular trade and slave’s journey’s to America.
The middle passage from the Juneteenth website uses words and pictures to illustrated the conditions that slaves were kept in on their journey to America.
Slavery in the United States from the Spartacus Educational website has lots of links to information about slave life including accounts from slaves.
The story of Africa: Slavery from the BBC World Service has information about the impact of slavery on Africa. Use the hyperlinks on the right side of the page to find out more about the slave trade and the journey the slaves made to America. You can also find out about the end of slavery.
If you want pictures for your project try this website, The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: a visual record from the University of Virginia. Click on ‘explore the collection’ and then choose one of the headings or use the search box.
Battle of Hastings – this website has information about what happened, who was involved, and what changed after the battle.
Battle of Hastings – this website from the BBC gives a brief explanation of the battle. Click on the links on the left side of the page to find out more about the people involved.
Battle of Hastings – this webpage from Spartacus Educational has lots of facts that will be useful for your newspaper article.
Norman Invasion of England - this website from Woodlands Junior School has links to information about the invasion and the Battle of Hastings.
Here are some tips for where to find reliable sources of information to complete your History learning challenges.
Remember to write down which books and websites you use for your research. This list should be included in your work when you hand it in. It’s called a bibliography. See the Out of Africa display in the library for ideas on how to write your bibliography.
Books
The best books that can help you with your Out of Africa topic have been placed in a special short term loan collection in the Reference section (by the photocopier). These books are shelved in Dewey order (look for the number on the spine), and can be borrowed for one night only. They can be used in the library at any time.
Don’t forget you can also find lots of information in encyclopedias and the other reference books.
For your History tasks you will need to look for books on Egypt which will have a Dewey number of 932.
Websites
Ancient Egypt from the British Museum is a great website to start your research with. Click on the links at the left to find information about gods, mummies, pharoahs, pyramids, temples and much more.
Ancient Egypt - this website from Woodlands Junior School is full of information. Use the links on the left to find out about animals, clothes, gods, hieroglyphics, the Nile and much more
Ancient Egypt for kids – from History for kids has links to basic information about all things Egyptian.
Egypt - this website from BBC History has lots of information and some fun stuff too. Can you find the missing archaeologist in the Death of Sakkara adventure, or be the first to build a pyramid? Why not have a go?
Have you finished all your work on the Tudors? Have a go at these websites to see how much you’ve learned…
Looking for information about the Rawmarsh area?
This webpage from Wikipedia outlines the history of Rawmarsh and its industry and transport.
Rawmarsh Welfare Football Club
Rawmarsh Welfare – this webpage from the Football Club History Database shows Rawmarsh Welfare’s results from 1953-1982
Gordon Banks - Rawmarsh Welfare’s most famous player
Rawmarsh Welfare was part of the Yorkshire Football League. You can find out more about the League in this Wikipedia article.
Warren Vale mining disaster 1851
Warren Vale colliery disaster – this article from Rotherham Web explains how the disaster was reported in the Times newspaper.
Abraham Thompson was one of the men who died in the colliery disaster. You can find out more about him in this webpage.
Rawmarsh School history
Hilary Jackson came to Rawmarsh School in the 1950s when it was known as Rawmarsh Secondary Modern School. Scroll down this webpage to find out what school was like then, and some of her teachers.
Here are some resources to help you with your projects on England in the 1660s.
Books
There are some books that you might find useful in the history section of the library. They all have a Dewey number of 942.05. Be careful which books you use, as some books in this section tell you about Tudors and Stuarts. You need the information about Stuarts. Use the contents and index pages to help you choose which books and which sections will be most useful for you.
Look out for these books with a Dewey number of 942.05.
You can also use the encyclopedias at the beginning of the non-fiction section to find out more about key events and people in the 1660s.
Websites
Here are some websites that might help you too.
Life in London from Samuel Pepys diary
Life in Pepys London
Pepys Diary
Great fire of London
Fire
Great fire of London animation
In the beginning
London’s burning: the great fire
London after the great fire
Plague
Great plague 1665
Great plague information sheet
Plague
Plague doctor information sheet
Mr Borman’s class are researching poets and poetry from the First World War.
Mr Borman has already taken some books out to help you, but if you want to look for some more you may find some on the non fiction shelves with a Dewey number of 821.
Here are some websites that may help you too:
Looking for a poem?
Try this page, World War One Poetry to find poems by Sassoon, Owen and others.
Or Sonnets of World War I. Scroll down to find the poems.
Or 120 War Poems. Scroll down the the World War One section.
Looking for information about your chosen poet?
Try this page. Lives of War Poets of the First World War.
Looking for some information to help you put your chosen poem into context – this extract from a book called Minds at War explains What the war poets knew and did not know about the First World War.
For more general information, try these sites
First World War Poetry - this webpage from the BBC is part of a wider collection of information on war called ‘Remembrance’. You can find brief information about some of the war poets (John McCrae, Laurence Binyon, Charlotte Mew and the more well known Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon) and links to their poems.
Prose and Poetry – this webpage from First World War.com. Scroll down to find names of writers. Click on them to find more information. Be careful though as some of the people listed may have written letters or accounts of war, rather than poems.
Mr Darler has asked for some resources to help you with your slave diaries.
We don’t have many books on this subject at the moment (I’ll try and get some more) but it’s worth looking for books on American history [with a Dewey number of 973] and looking for books with a Dewey number in the 320s for books on civil rights.
Here are some websites that might help too!
Abolition of the slave trade 1807 – this webpage from the BBC has links to lots of information including important people in the fight for abolition, the effects of the transatlantic slave trade and looks at what life was like after abolition for former slaves.
The history of the translatlantic slave trade – this webpage from the International Slavery Museum has links to find out more about the trade triangle, European traders and life in the Americas.
Plantation-mania – Scroll down the homepage of this website to the heading Slavery and life in the main house. Here you will find links to information about the customs and traditions of slaves, what slaves wore and ate and their daily life.
Slaves stories – this website from Liverpool museums tells the stories of four slaves from their lives before capture, their journeys to slavery and what life was like as slaves.
The slave trade – this webpage from the Spartacus history website has lots of links to information about slaves and their living conditions, anti-slavery organisations and people and slavery laws.
