Great Britain: History Facts for Students

BBC History: In-depth articles, multimedia (like games, virtual tours and animations) as well as bite-size material like timelines and short biographies of historic figures. The site is divided into a broad range of topics from Ancient History to Wars and Conflict. Within each topic you'll find sub-topics devoted to key areas such as Ancient Egypt or World War One. Much of the content is about British History.

Collect Britain: A rich selection of digitized historic content; audio collections

British History: A complete timeline of British history with descriptions, graphics, and photographs

History of Parliament: A research project creating a comprehensive account of the parliamentary politics in England, then Britain, from their origins in the thirteenth century.

Infoplease: United Kingdom History

United Kingdom History: A travel site with great history facts

10 Downing Street: Undated daily to keep the British people informed about news happening in the parliamentary government

Cabinet Office of Great Britain: The Cabinet Office is at the center of government, making government work better. This website brings together information from units in the Department.

Home Office: The Home Office is the lead government department for immigration and passports, drugs policy, counter terror ism, and police.

House of Lords Official Website: Stay informed on daily events

Parliament UK: Keep track of Parliament's day-to-day activity as it makes new laws and checks up on the work of Government

British History Encyclopedia: Contains over 1,000 entries and is an attempt to show the history of Britain through the eyes of people from all levels.

Britain's National Army Museum: Find out how Britain's past has helped to shape its present and will shape its future. Discover the

impact the British Army has had on the story of Britain, Europe and the world, and see how the actions of a few can affect the futures of many.

Museum of London Learning Online: Learn, discover, and play educational interactive games

*Great Britain is the ninth largest island in the world, and Great Britain is the official name given to the two kingdoms of England and Scotland, and the principality of Wales.

The United Kingdom, formed in 1801 includes: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

*The flag of the United Kingdom is called the Union Jack, and it symbolizes all of the union of all of the countries that make up the United Kingdom.

*The capital city of the UK is London. The capital of Scotland is Edinburgh. The capital of Wales is Cardiff. The capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast.

*Britain's history spans thousands of years.

The History Channel: Each month the History Channel takes new explorations into the past and puts them on display for you, utilizing state-of-the-art interactive technology; listen to speeches drawn from the most famous broadcasts and recordings of the Twentieth Century. The History Channel Time Machine brings you to a different speech every day; trivia quiz; fact of the day; games

The Biographic Dictionary: Covers more than 33,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day- SEARCHABLE by keyword

Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources from A to Z

Information Please: On-Line Dictionary; Encyclopedia; Almanac, and MORE

Who2: Find famous people biographies fast! This site also lists links to more information about each person. - SEARCHABLE by keyword