Sites

http://college.hmco.com/history/west/mckay/western_society/8e/student_home.html

If you only go to one site, it should be this one. Student site for our text book which offers a variety of tools to help you study and check your understanding with sample questions, flashcards and so forth.

http://www.historyhouse.com/

Describes itself as “an irreverent history magazine” and gives an offbeat look at a variety of historical topics. Can be funny and a bit tawdry at times.

http://www.historychannel.com/

An informative site that is slanted toward US history, but still contains useful information.

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

The British Broadcasting Company’s site, so it should come as no surprise that it contains a lot of material that focuses on English history. Nevertheless, there is much, much more there than just the history of Britain.

http://www.learn.co.uk/guardianarchive/webguides/history.htm

A site that has fantastic links to a variety of other sites. This one has real depth!

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

You probably won’t ever take the GCSE exam, but this site has plenty of information on British and non-British subjects. Especially good on developing writing skills too.

http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/classroom/index.htm

This site covers a variety of topics and certainly is not just British history.

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/

A site geared toward a variety of ages, but contains some outstanding material for US students.