General History Sites
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greeks
Romans
Anglo-Saxons
Vikings
Normans
Tudors and Stuarts
Victorians
World Wars 1 and 2
Britain Since the 1930s
The 20th Century 
   

General History Sites
 

Athena Review
This site is an excellent source of historical primary sources. It has many links to different archeological sites in Great Britain.
Dinosaurs
Find out all about these favourite prehistorical beasties! An excellent site.
Britannia: British History
Typically classy and detailed history archive from those encyclopedia people. If what you're looking for, British history-wise, isn't here it probably doesn't exist!
The British Library On-Line Service
Want to see a digital copy of the Magna Carta? The Lindisfarne Gospels? Try here. You can also access a complete catalogue of the Library’s resources, find out about current exhibitions, or how to obtain a British Library Reader's Ticket.
The British Museum - An Introduction
Full of information about the museum’s collections. Children can explore a section devoted to Ancient Egypt, teachers can find all the information they need to plan a school visit.
Council of British Archaeology
Discoverers Web Homepage: voyages of discovery
Loads of links to sites about any aspect of exploration and discovery that you care to think of, from pre-history onwards.
Empires Past
An interactive site that deals with the Ancient Egyptian, Aztecs, Roman and Chinese Empires. The Library section provides an online notepad. There is a "visit the past" game and a "Features" section with lots of other stuff.
Encyclopedia Mythica
Information about myths and beliefs from a wide variety of cultures from around the world.
English Heritage
French Revolution
Useful links to a range of sites dealing with this fascinating topic.
The Heritage of Britain
Camelot International's site about British History. Packed with all sorts of information. The bits I have looked at have been excellent. There are sections on Famous People, Rulers (all the British Kings and Queens - yes including Scotland Ireland and Wales), Heraldry, Landmarks, towns and famous people of the Counties, Historic Houses, Castles, Romans and much much more.
The History Channel
A US based site with lots of information, graphics and sound. It's focus on US history is so strong that the average KS2 child would struggle to find much about the UK and European History. Useful for some aspects of KS3.
History Essentials (4Learning)
Part of Channel 4's educational offering this interactive site has sections for many of the topics in the QCA History (Ancient Egypt, Rome and Greece, Invaders and Settlers, Tudors, Victorians, WW2, Britain Since WW2, Local Area Studies. There is also an A-Z of history words. Each section is referenced to the QCA scheme and has information, a quiz, downloadable worksheets, a bank of clip art and photographic images,web links and activities to do at home.
History On The Net
A site supporting NC History, which believes that learning should be fun. There is information aplenty and lots of historically educational games. The main aspects of History dealt with are Romans, Medieval Life, Tudors, Stuarts, The Civil War, Slavery and the Monarchy (there is a useful interactive factsheet about British Monarchs. Choose your monarch and it tells you all the basic facts about him/her).
Kids Domain UK
This is a really useful site! It is dedicated to providing information and resources for safe use of the internet. There are pages of information and activities for children, an excellent teachers' area which includes resources and links pages (some really useful resources including excellent fact files on a wide variety of KS1/2 history topics), information for teachers about safe surfing and more...
Learn.co History Webguide
A useful collection of reviewed weblinks from the Guardian.
Learning Curve - National Archives
If you are teaching KS2 or KS3 History then this is a must see site. The National Archives Learning Curve is an on-line teaching resource, structured to tie in with the History National Curriculum from Key Stages 2 to 5. Designed for teachers, the Learning Curve contains a varied range of original sources including documents, photographs, film and sound recordings, as well as suggestions for work based on them. The site also has links to the National Archives Virtual Museum.
The Leodis Database
The Leodis Database is a collection of over 54000 photographs of Leeds and its environs. The photos are annotated and users can add their own comments and observations on the photos. The site gives a fascinating insight into the social history of a particular area.
Monarchs of Britain
Exhaustive list of British kings and queens from the House of Wessex to Windsor and more besides. Just click on a name for succinct information. Some pictures too. This is from Britannia.com (America's Gateway to Britain!) - you will get annoying pop-up advertising windows  - a small price to pay - just close them.
Museums Around Britain
Thinking of taking your class to a museum? Find it here! Take a virtual tour before-hand. Test its suitability. Make enquiries and/or book online. Very useful URL for busy teachers.
The National Maritime Museum
Masses of information and images about the history of sailing and the Sea. Online access to the collection, which is the largest maritime collection in the World. The SearchStation is excellent.
Perseus Digital Library
Based at Tufts University. The library has collections on Classics, English Renaissance Literature (eg Photos of every page of a Shakespeare First Folio), History of the American Midwest and two really useful sections for children - The Ancient Olympics and Hercules, Greece's Greatest Hero.
Public Record Office
Just what it says. The PRO's website. Very useful!
School History   
Webmaster, Andrew Field, has put a lot of work into this site since I last looked at it. There is a wide range of material here now with workksheets, downloadable Powerpoint presentations, interactive games, quizes and other  activities and a growing collection of online lessons.
Schoolshistory
This site offers background information about many areas of British and World history. Each unit is supported by a range of activities for students to use. There are downloadable resources and links.
Spartacus: History Links for KS2
The Spartacus Website lists some useful sites to visit for the main Key Stage 2 History topics including Romans, Tudors, Victorians, Ancient Greeks and Britain since 1930.
Spartacus Internet Encyclopaedia: Britain 1700-1920  
In depth look at British history for this period. Lots of detail (too much for some!) and pictures too.
Spectrum Biographies  
Biographies of famous people. Subjects are as diverse as JS Bach, Julius Caesar, Leonard Bernstein, Abraham Lincoln, Amelia Earhart, to name but a few. They are clearly written and comprehensive.
Teaching Ideas for Primary History
A site full of teaching ideas and downloadable resourcesThere is also an option for you to contribute your own ideas, or send a query to the staffroom noticeboard.
Tower Hamlets History On Line 
This site contains both histories and descriptions of the Tower Hamlets area as it was in the past, all taken from the Tower Hamlets' Local History Library and Archives. Many of the articles are contemporary accounts and whilst unsurprisingly many are Victorian, many are not. Well worth a visit if you are interested in this area of East London or are researchingaspects of Victorian city life.
World HyperHistory
Pick a period, pick an empire or religion
 

Anglo-Saxons
 

Anglo-Saxon England
Lots of information regarding: Invasions, Religion, King Cnut. Lots of text and no pictures.
King Arthur
History for Kids
Text written for (American) middle school kids by college professors. The text is clear, yet comprehensive with lots of internal links. An excellent site once children have used the rather small buttons on the home page to get into the information part of the site. There is information about particular civilisations: Greeks, Romans, West Asia, Germans, Egyptians, Islam, Middle Ages and about themes such as architecture, clothing, war. There is also stuff for teachers. Care! There are clickthroughs to Amazon.com's toy department. (That's how they fund the site).
 

Normans
 

Kids Castle
Medieval castles to explore! This is part of the excellent Kids on the Net website.
Castles of Britain
A site devoted to providing information about Britain's rich heritage of castles. Lots of information on this well structured site.
Castles on the Web
Another excellent site with lots of useful information about castles and the people who lived in them. There is a comprehensive glossary page and a page of fun links for kids.   (You need to close down the annoying advertising window that pops up when you first enter the site)
Ghosts in the Castle
This is an interesting and fun site by the ever-reliable National Geographic. You can explore a castle and meet the ghosts who "live" there. Each ghost tells you a little about his/her life and function in the castle. Lots to find out. One drawback is the smallsize of the text.
History for Kids
Text written for (American) middle school kids by college professors. The text is clear, yet comprehensive with lots of internal links. An excellent site once children have used the rather small buttons on the home page to get into the information part of the site. There is information about particular civilisations: Greeks, Romans, West Asia, Germans, Egyptians, Islam, Middle Ages and about themes such as architecture, clothing, war. There is also stuff for teachers. Care! There are clickthroughs to Amazon.com's toy department. (That's how they fund the site).

Ancient Greeks
 

British Museum Ancient Greeks Virtual Tour
An excellent site, which includes Ancient Greek literacy hour resources and Ancient Greek numeracy hour resources. Pages and pages of artefacts.
The Ancient Greeks
Basic information, simply presented.
Greek and Roman Sites
Greek Mythology
A really useful site with information about the characters of Greek Mythology and their stories and family trees..
Hercules, Greece's Greatest Hero 
The Perseus Digital Library's pages about the great Greek hero.
History for Kids 
Text written for (American) middle school kids by college professors. The text is clear, yet comprehensive with lots of internal links. An excellent site once children have used the rather small buttons on the home page to get into the information part of the site. There is information about particular civilisations: Greeks, Romans, West Asia, Germans, Egyptians, Islam, Middle Ages and about themes such as architecture, clothing, war. There is also stuff for teachers. Care! There are clickthroughs to Amazon.com's toy department. (That's how they fund the site).
Mythweb 
A site devoted to heroes, gods and monsters of greek mythology. A kidsafe site, which also includes teachers' resource pages.
Odyssey Online - Egypt, Greece, Rome
An attractive site with text that is within the reach of many 9-10 year olds. The information content seems a little thin, though..
The Ancient Olympics
The Perseus Digital Library's pages about the original Olympic Games.
Pegasus Paradise
Animals, Heroes & Heroines, Villains, Gods and Games. Great!
The Real Deal About Ancient Greece
This is a simple site produced by 3 American 6th graders. Some of the basic facts about Ancient Greece, simply and atractively presented.
 

Ancient Egypt
 

Ancient Egypt 
The British Museum's educational site. Excellent pages for pupils + good teachers' pages with resources etc.
Cairo Museum
The greatest collection of Egyptian antiquities is, without doubt, that of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Egyptian Artefacts
Egypt Voyager
A useful site for information about aspects of both ancient and modern Egypt. Pages on Tutankhamun, Hieroglyphs, Egyptian Weather, Touring Egypt etc.
Empires Past
An interactive site that deals with the Ancient Egyptian, Aztecs, Roman and Chinese Empires. The Library section provides an online notepad. There is a "visit the past" game and a "Features" section with lots of other stuff.
Eyelid 
Mark Millimore has produced this impressive site about Ancient Egypt. There is lots of clearly expressed information and lots of images, many of them showing what temples and other buildings looked like at the time. The quality of the images is impressive. You can also download screensavers and translate hieroglyphics.
History for Kids 
Text written for (American) middle school kids by college professors. The text is clear, yet comprehensive with lots of internal links. An excellent site once children have used the rather small buttons on the home page to get into the information part of the site. There is information about particular civilisations: Greeks, Romans, West Asia, Germans, Egyptians, Islam, Middle Ages and about themes such as architecture, clothing, war. There is also stuff for teachers. Care! There are clickthroughs to Amazon.com's toy department. (That's how they fund the site).
Odyssey Online - Egypt, Greece, Rome
Tour Egypt
This is the official site of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and the Egyptian Tourist Authority.
Be a Mummy
Dead? Have your organs removed, Get stuffed, Tomb bound, Your funeral and Eternal rest.
 

Romans
 

Classical Atlas Project Museum
Very small web page, as this is a link from Cotswold hyperguide, containg four JPG images.
Corinium
Empires Past
An interactive site that deals with the Ancient Egyptian, Aztecs, Roman and Chinese Empires. The Library section provides an online notepad. There is a "visit the past" game and a "Features" section with lots of other stuff.
The Ermine Street Guard
(Roman Re-enactment Society) The Ermine Street Guard is a society dedicated to research into the Roman Army and the reconstruction of Roman armour and equipment. The Ermine Street Guard at Hadrian's Wall
Greek and Roman Sites
Hadrian's Wall
Everything you ever wanted to know about the wall.
History for Kids 
Text written for (American) middle school kids by college professors. The text is clear, yet comprehensive with lots of internal links. An excellent site once children have used the rather small buttons on the home page to get into the information part of the site. There is information about particular civilisations: Greeks, Romans, West Asia, Germans, Egyptians, Islam, Middle Ages and about themes such as architecture, clothing, war. There is also stuff for teachers. Care! There are clickthroughs to Amazon.com's toy department. (That's how they fund the site).
Odyssey Online - Egypt, Greece, Rome
All text, describing the period oulined by the above web site. Another part of the Britannia History resources.
Pompeii Forum Project
Roman Britain
Roman Sandy
Children become virtual archaeologists and help explore the Roman past of Sandy in Bedfordshire. Looks good.
Romans in Scotland
The web site is linked to the Hunterian Museum, which is associated with the University of Glasgow. The enhanced site includes video clips, if you have Quicktime software. Standard site isn't as good. It's just like being in the museum itself. A good site.
Roman Emperors
An online encyclopedia of Roman Emperors. Written for adults, but lots of information and pictures, too.
The Rome Project
Timeline of Roman Britain
A timeline with Hyperlinks. This site is part of Britannia History resources.
A Visual Compendium of Roman Emperors
A list of the Roman Emperors with links to pictures photos of coins from their periods and other information.
 

Vikings
 

The Jorvik Viking Centre
A web site linked to the Jorvik Viking Centre situate in York. Admission times, ways to use the centre, school visits.
The Longship Trading Company
"Longship has built a nationally known reputation as being one of the leading specialists in bringing Saxon & Viking living history displays into schools. Our visits are designed to relate to the history national curriculum.." Lots of information about Longship and the things they do. Tere is a "For Kids" section that children will love. It begins with a warning "These pages are intended for children who are studying the Vikings & Saxons at school, and contain pictures and information not suitable for wimps." You have been warned!
The Vikings
Lots of hyperlinks in text and images. Covers: everyday life, travels, Heritage, Regions, Contributions from schools, Viking Maths and Viking Quiz.
 

Tudors and Stuarts
 

Battle of Bosworth
Visitor centre and story of the battlefield where the War of the Roses ended and the Tudor dynasty began.
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
Just about everything you would ever want to know about the Globe from 1564 to present day! Lots of pictures, data and links including a time line from 1564 to 1999.
The Tudors
Scholarly site on the Tudors covering such topics as the arts, music and the life of women in Tudor times. Links to other Tudor-type sites too. 
Tudor Timeline
Britannia present a Tudor Timeline with links to pages about all the Tudor monarchs and other important historical characters of the time.
Welcome to the Mary Rose
First rate site on Henry VIII's favourite warship. Very readable text, excellent graphics and even a 3D model. Wow! Great site to use with KS2 children.
Sir Thomas More
Studious site suitable for teachers looking for background information on the saint. Of little interest to children.
 

Victorians
 

The Age of Empire
Web page with numerous interesting historical links such as Prime Ministers 1721-1901. It is part of the Britannia website so loads of links to Monarchs from 802AD, Timelines, Historical documents and maps, King Arthur, Time period links and Early British Kingdoms. An excellent site for historical research at KS2/3.
Cadbury's Learning Zone
Cadburys, the chocolate people, have produced a colourful site with infomration about life in Victorian times. Of course their information is centred on their own archives, but none the worse for that.
The History of Costume by Braun Schneider - c.1861-1880
Web site showing plates of costumes from the Egyptians to Late 19th century from around the world. A good visual resource that would aid lots of different topics. The pictures can be enlarged.
Queen Victoria - Images of her World
A collection of images of Queen Victoria, her family and court. There is a useful list of her children, too.
Rev.Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - Photographer
Some of the photographs taken by Dodgson, who was better known as Lewis Carrol.
Sainsbury's Virtual Museum
There is some excellent stuff here, but you may need to search around a bit. Ask Harry is very useful...
A Step Back in Time - Victorian House
Part of The BBC's History output. Animated cartoon adventure, a modern girl visits her house as it was in Victorian times.
Trade and Empire
Part of the National Maritime Museum's website. This one contains 5 online activities, with teachers' notes and downloadable investigations linked to primary resources.
Victoria
Britannia.com's page about Queen Victoria. Lots about her life and times.
The Victorians (Snaith Primary School)
A colourful and informative site from this primary school in  Yorkshire.
The Victorians (Nettlesworth Primary School)
Lots of information, colourfully presented on this primary school's site.
Victorian Childrens' Website (Channel 4)
Aimed squarely at the QCA History unit 11: Victorian Children. While not exhaustive, it provides resources and interactive tasks for pupils which cover the learning objectives of the scheme. There are sections on Victorian Schools, Victorian Timelines, People Who Helped Children and A Victorian Toyshop.
Victorian Christmas
How Victorians celebrated Christmas
A Victorian Christmas
Another site giving much more information about how Christmas was celebrated in Queen Victoria's day.
A Victorian Diary
Closely tied to the excellent Channel 4 TV series of the same name. The original site no longer exists but this link gives teachers some interesting links to follow.
Victorian Street
The BBC's Walk Through Time games. Can you spot the anachronisms?
Virtual Victorians
Produced by Tiverton Museum in Devon this site looks in detail at the life of a Victorian family in 1874. Spend time in the company of 12 year old Alice Poslett, her mum, dad, brothers and sisters. Learn about their lives, ask them questions, play with some of Alice's toys. There is an extensive collection of images of everyday objects, some of them animated. Some parts of the site require free registration with the museum.
 

World Wars 1 and 2
 

1940's History
"Wartime Recollections, Links to museums and archives from American Armed Forces to WRNS
Anne Frank
There are some good extracts from the diary and pictures of her life.
Britain at War
Nettleworth Primary School's Pages about WW2. Lots of information set out in a simple and easily accessed way. A good starting point for pupils.
Children of World War II
From the BBC, this site is linked to the ZigZag TV series. There are sections about a wartime home, rationing and evacuation. There is an excellent Research Room with images and recorded sounds (air raid sirens and the all clear). The site is very interactive and the language just right for KS2.
History of the Home Guard
Just what it says. This is the place to find out more about the real Dad's Army.
The Home Front
Pages from the Snapshots section of the Public Record Office's National Archive.The page has a series of wartime images with questions.
The Imperial War Museum
This homepage has links to several subsites: The IWM itself, The Cabinet War Rooms, IWM Duxford, HMS Belfast and IWM North.
Private 5776807
Freddie Taylor enlisted in 1939, served in the Far East and finished the war as a PoW of the Japanese. This site contains extracts form his wartime diary and information about his life since the end of the war. It makes fascinating reading.
Remember.org
This site is a cyber library of the Holocaust. There is a huge amount of information accessible through this link.
Sainsbury's Virtual Museum
There is some excellent stuff here, but you may need to search around a bit. Ask Harry is very useful...
Trenches on the web
This is a first rate site, detailing the history of the First World War.
World War II: The Greatest Battles
World War II: D Day
WW2 Photo Gallery

Britain (mainly) Since the 1930s
 

Britain Since the 1930s Cyberhunt
One of www.icteachers.co.uk 's very own cyberhunts!
 

The 20th Century
 

Apollo 11
Loads of information and links to some excellent sites about Earth, Mars etc. well worth a visit.
Apollo 11
Follow this link to hear 'One small step for man....."
Several pages about Martin Luther King
The Power of Non-Violent Resistance
A short essay on MLK's philosophy.
I have a dream speech