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Welcome to the Year 8 History pages!

In year 8 pupils study 3 units:
  • Black People's of the Americas
  • The Making of the UK
  • Expansion, Trade and Industry.
Use the links below to explore these topics.

 

Black Peoples of the Americas

 
Excellent site to discover the history of Black people of the Americas.
 
Learn about the slave trade.
 
Find out more about the Trade Triangle.
 
Learn about Britain's involvement with slavery - especially the city of Liverpool.
 
 
The Making of the UK
Discover the family tree of the Tudor Monarchs
 
Find out about the great Tudor king Henry VIII
 
Learn more about his 6 wives!
 
Can you identify Henry's wives? Click here to play the matching game.
 
 
     
   
   
Find out the facts about Queen Elizabeth I.
 
What did Elizabeth really look like? Learn more about how important it was for the Queen to look good!
 
A detailed look at Elizabeth I.
 
Explore what life was like in Elizabethan England.
 
Click on the image to decide how well you think Elizabeth ruled over England.
 
     
Access the timeline of the Stuart Monarchy.  
 
Find out how civil war broke out in the reign of Charles I
 
Excellent site about the Oliver Cromwell
 
Visit a site devoted to Oliver Cromwell
 
An interactive site about Cromwell
   
The Civil War - Spatacus site  
   
  Timeline of the Civil War - History Learning Site  
 
Owen Crosby
 
BBC History - Civil war pages
 
The Vickerage site
   
 

Expansion, Trade and Industry - Britain 1750 to 1900

   
An introduction to the Industrial Revolution
 
A fantastic interactive site about the cotton industry.
 
Discover the major inventions of the Industrial Revolution
 
Discover how new modes of transport changed our lives!
 
 
   

Click on the images below to play these interactive games.

Here on the icon above to watch a video of Stephenson's rocket in action.
Follow this interactive diary to learn about Annie, a child worker in an industrial factory.

 

Who wants to be a cotton millionnaire? Play the game to try and make your fortune!

 

     
To support teaching and learning for this topic, pupils visit the Black Country Museum. This open-air musuem recreates what life was like in by-gone days.
Click on the icon to visit their website and find out more.
   
     

 

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