online history of England for dc

[SSSandy2]

Can someone please pass on the website for that book on the History of England. I saved the link but can't access anything. Can't remember who wrote it now. Hope someone knows what I'm talking about !

Thanks

[MarieCeleste]

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No idea, SSSAndy2, but would be interested to know. Any more clues?

[SSSandy2]

sorry I know that's vague. I'd google for it if I could remember the author. Some time ago it was mentioned on a thread but no idea what the thread was about. It's not a modern book and the author is known for his novels. Perhaps it will come to me! I saved the link meaning to print it out but see the link I have doesn't work!

[Desiderata]

I think you might be referring to Asa Briggs' A Social History of England.

[SSSandy2]

Thanks Desiderata, no I have that on the bookshelf actually but the one I meant here was specifically written for smaller children I think. I will try a search on the site, see if anything comes up!

[Desiderata]

Ah, I see.

No, can't think of it off-hand.

[SSSandy2]

Found it on Wikipedia. It's this one by Charles Dickens:

etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/d/dickens/charles/d54ch/

[Lilymaid]

Is it Our Island Story by Henrietta Marshall?

[coffeepot]

Not this one?
digital.library.upenn.edu/women/marshall/england/england.html

I find this a bit dated and a bit too patriotic and imperial for my taste but a lot like it.

[coffeepot]

Oops sorry - others beat me to it!

[policywonk]

I think Jane Austen wrote a humorous kids' history as well, full of deliberate mistakes. Don't know whether it's online though.

[SSSandy2]

Thanks lilymaid and coffeepot. I'd never heard of that one. I'll read a couple of chapters when dd is bed.

[SSSandy2]

THanks policy for that but I don't about the deliberate errors! Dd is only 6 so wouldn't like to confuse her too much (or myself for that matter).

I quite like that our island history book. Only looked at the Celts/Romans.

Does anyone happen to know a good website for history aimed at children by any chance? I could do with some pictures/worksheets to follow things up. Maybe I should start another thread for that though...

[coffeepot]

Try www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/history.shtml

Dd (aged 7) loves it.

[SSSandy2]

Thanks coffeepot That looks great. I'll have a look around the site now.

[SSSandy2]

That site is brilliant coffeepot. THanks. We did the Celtic pages along with the chapters from those books.

If anyone knows any other good history sites for dc, please post them up.