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Premium Content available to London Teachers only |
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Victorian Schools on HOLNET
What was it like in a Victorian school? Find out about Mr Arthur Seer, a Victorian teacher. |
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London in the 2nd World War
What was evacuation like? How did Londoners shelter from the Blitz? What was a V1? |
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Landmark
Landmark is an online database of photos, maps and pictures of South London. You can copy any image for free from a machine on LGfL. |
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Maps and Photos of old London
Websites with maps and photos of old London. What did your part of London look like 100 years ago? |
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Great Fire of London - 2simple
Join Dinesh at he travels to London in 1666 and meets Samuel Pepys.
(NB: you will need Shockwave 10 on your machine to load the story) |
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George Bridgetower
This resource looks at the musical genius George Bridgetower, a Polish-born black Londoner who died in Peckham in 1860. It also examines other artists, writers and musicians who were working at the same time as Bridgewater, with a special focus on their relationship to the anti-slavery movement. |
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e-library
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Oxford dictionaries, Grove Art and Music databases and more reference resources for all ages. Available free, online 24/7, in schools, at home, provided by the People's Network. All you need is a membership card from your local library. Join now!! |
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BBC Learning Zone
Lots of usable video clips on Famous events, the Romans, the Jacobites, Toys, Victorians and Vikings |
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Show Me
the 24 Hour Musem's site bringing together lots of resouces, activities and games from museums and galleries acros the UK |
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Sainsbury's Virtual Museum
Lots of information on living and working in a Victorian shop, and also the effect of the 2nd World War on shopping and diet. |
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British Pathe
3,500 video clips, 12m photos covering 1920-70.
Download for free - click here for details. |
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Bournville village in the 1890s
Using the Cadbury website and 1891 census data, explore what life was like in a Victorian model village. |
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LGFL Local History projects
Maps, photos and census data, selected by teachers to support local studies. See if your LEA has done a project. |
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GENERAL RESOURCES |
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Espresso at home for teachersIf you are a teacher & your school subscribes to Espresso, then you can access it at home. You will need your LGfL username and password |
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