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Anglo-Saxons

	www.georgetown.edu	Map of Anglo-Saxon England
	BBC Anglo Saxons	BBC Anglo Saxons History Site index
	bbc.co.uk	Find out about Anglo-Saxon Life, beliefs, pastimes, & invasions from the BBC schools site.
	Show me	Activities from museums and galleries around the UK

Roman History

	www.romans-in-britain.org.uk	Find out about the Celts and Celtic life, inc. maps
	cybersleuth-kids.com	Be a Cyber Sleuth and search kids sites on the Celts
	Show me Romans	Activities for teachers, from museums and galleries around the UK, relating to the Romans.
	Roman online resources	Fantastic resources on the Romans, from the Teachers Virtual School

Tudor Links

	http://www.brims.co.uk/	Find out why Henry VIII had 6 wives, what he was like, and who the Tudors were.
	Show me Tudors	Activities for teachers, from museums and galleries around the UK, relating to the Tudors.

Viking Links

	http://www.bbc.co.uk/	BBC Schools site on Viking invasion, life, beliefs, travel & trade
	Show me Vikings	Activities for teachers, from museums and galleries around the UK, relating to Vikings.

WW2 Links

	Imperial War Museum	Imperial War Museum Picture Archive [All pictures may be used in school]
	Show me 20th Century Britain	Activities for teachers, from museums and galleries around the UK, relating to World War II, and 20th Century Britain.
	Churchill Speeches	This website has live audio feed of Churchill's Iron Curtain speech. There are also images & info from the war.
	Holnet	History of London Net

Victorian Children

	Geffryes Museum	Check out the Victorian Room at the Geffryes Museum in Hackney
	Ragged School Museum	Located beside the Regents Canal the Museum offers, through roleplay, hands-on exhibits and talks, an authentic and memorable experience of the poor of the East End a century ago.
	Show me Victorians	Activities for teachers, from museums and galleries around the UK, relating to the Victorians.
	Holnet: Victorian London	Holnet

Cable Street

	News item link	Bill Fishman, a former lecturer at Queen Mary’s University and historian relived the triumphant day that he joined thousands of east Londoners to protest against the fascist movement trying to break through in the heart of London.
	Cable St mural and pages	A direct link to our Cable Street pages
	Film for Humanity	View short films created by young people in Tower Hamlets to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle Of Cable Street.

Black History Month

	City of Westminster image bank	Celebrating the black presence in Westminster 1500-2000
	Black & Asian Londoners	Maps, stories, documents, timeline and images of Black & Asian Londoners in the London Metropolitan Archives
	Museum of Black Heritage	Archive and Museum of Black Heritage
	Football and battle field hero	Walter Tull was the first black outfield professional footballer in Britain, he was in action from day one during the first battle of the Somme during World War I, and he was the first British-born black officer in the Army.
	Power Writers	A direct link to our pages for Black History Month

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