Ryton Students - Departments – History – Web Links

 

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Year 12

Year 13

 

Reference

 

Good sources of information for all abilities and all year groups. It also includes games, quizzes and revision exercises and online lessons

www.schoolhistory.co.uk

 

Good sources of information for all abilities and all year groups especially for revision

www.bitesize.co.uk

Good sources of information for all abilities and all year groups.

www.historyonthenet.co.uk

Good sources of information for all abilities and all year groups, especially for biographies

www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk

Good sources of information for all abilities and all year groups.

www.historylearningsite.co.uk

 

Good sources of information for all abilities and all year groups.

www.historychannel.co.uk

 

Good sources of information for all abilities and all year groups.

www.bbc.co.uk/history

 

Good sources of information for all abilities and all year groups, especially for Twentieth Century History

http://www.iwm.org.uk

 

 

Good sources of information for all abilities and all year groups.

http://en.wikipedia.org

 

Good sources of information for all abilities and all year groups.

http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk

 

Good for information for Historical skills at Key Stage 3

Good resource for information on slavery

http://www.dur.ac.uk/4schools

 

Good sources of information for all abilities and all year groups.

http://www.royal.gov

 

Good for all Key Stage 3 areas. Information and activities

http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/index.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year 7

 

Good for short biographies of Kings and Queens

http://www.britannia.com/history/h6f.html

Good sources of information for all abilities in Year 7.

http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/vg/rcastle.html

 

Good sources of information for all abilities in Year 7.

http://www.castles-of-britain.com/

 

Information about Medieval towns

www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval_towns.htm

Interactive site to explore castles

www.castlexplorer.co.uk

Articles, printable worksheets and exam advice on the Battle of Hastings

www.battleofhastings-1066.org.co.uk

Good information about the peasants revolt

www.historylearningsite.co.uk/peasants-revolt.htm

Easy to follow information, divided in to sub topics with good revision tools

www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/feudal/html

Well presented information on Thomas Beckett

www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/NORbeckett

Explores different aspects of castle life

www.schoolhistory.org/castles.htm

Useful revision tools and good summaries

www.historylearningsite.co.uk/king-john.htm

Easy to follow, informative pieces, broken in to sub topics

www.historylearningsite.co.uk/feudalism.htm

 

 

Year 8

 

Good for short biographies of Kings and Queens

http://www.britannia.com/history/h6f.html

Good sources of information for all abilities in Year 8.

http://tudors.crispen.org/

 

Good sources of information for all abilities in Year 8.

http://www.tudorbritain.org/

 

Easy to read information on the reformation

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/reformation.htm

Easy to follow information on the Gunpowder Plot

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/gunpowder_plot_of_1605.htm

Well presented website documenting the Plague, including interactive activities

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/plague/index.html

Charles I and the Civil War explained step by step

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/english_civil-war.htm

Details of the causes of the Industrial Revolution, as well as information on inventions and the impact

http://industrialrevolution.sea.ca/causes.html

Simple introduction to the Pilgrim Fathers

http://www.historyonthenet.com/Stuarts/pilgrim_fathers.htm

Excellent coverage of slavery, including slave accounts, the slave system and slave life, all presented neatly

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm

 

 

Year 9

 

Black History video clips from BBC 1 Extra

http://www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra/blackhistory/features/video.shtml

 

Durham Light Infantry web site – good for links to other sites.

http://www.durham.gov.uk/dli/usp.nsf/pws/dli+-+dli+menu+for+durham+light+infantry

 

Good sources of information for all abilities in Year 9.

http://www.firstworldwar.com/

Excellent information about WW II leaders for end of term project

http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIILeaders.htm

Summarised noted and timelines about life in the trenches and trench warfare

http://www.germannotes.com/hist_ww1_trenches_life.shtml

Useful information on WWI weaponry

http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/weapons.htm

Step by step view of the causes of WW II, using links to guide you through the build up to war

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/causesofWW2.htm

The story of Pearl Harbour

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pearl.htm

Information about Stalin for WW2 leaders project

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/joseph_stalin.htm

Churchill for WW2 leaders project

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/winston_churchill.htm

Hitler for WW2 leaders project

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/index.htm

 

 

 

Year 10 & 11

 

Excellent website for all aspects of the course

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk

Resources for all aspects of the course, easy to read information

http://www.schoolhistory.org.uk/thefirstworldwar.htm

Easy to read information about Hoover and Roosevelt, key figures during the depression and recovery

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents

Explores topics in manageable chunks, covering many key aspects of the course. Easy to navigate with good exam guidance

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk

Good information on World War I and World War II. Step by step guide to the wars

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com

Excellent information, maps, pictures, radio edits and witness accounts to events of the Cold War

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war

Summarised noted and timelines about life in the trenches and trench warfare

http://www.germannotes.com/hist_ww1_trenches_life.shtml

Resources and information on World War II

http://www.firstworldwar.com

Information on many aspects of the course with easy to follow links to different topics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history

Guide to the rise of Hitler in Germany, the holocaust, the Hitler youth and other aspects of German life with Hitler

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2

Easy to follow guide to the Holocaust with excellent summary

http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/

 

 

Year 12

 

Napoleon

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk

 

 

http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/

 

 

http://www.historyworld.net

 

 

http://www.napoleonguide.com

 

 

http://www.channel4.com/History

 

 

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk

 

 

http://www.historyguide.org/europe/rusrev_links.html

 

 

http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/

 

Russian Revolution

www.sparknotes.com/history/european/russianrev

 

 

www.alexanderpalace.org

 

 

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk

 

 

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook39.html

 

 

http://web.channel4.com/learning/main/netnotes//programid1355.htm

 

French Revolution

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution

 

 

http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/

 

 

http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/frenchrevolution.htm

 

 

 

Year 13